Governance Taskforce Recommendation "Define Key Community Terms In Clear, Translatable Language"

Shared definitions reduce tension and ambiguity; an agreed common language helps community members communicate.

What we heard:

What is the community? What constitutes a contribution? What is a Drupal space, and what isn’t? The Drupal community is rife with ambiguity, and we cannot adequately communicate or define policy without shared understanding of key community concepts.

What we recommend:

We recommend the creation of clear definitions for these terms. They should be documented on drupal.org, and the wording used must be easily translated.

We leave the tasks of determining an initial list of terms and then developing definitions to a more appropriate body.