Thank contributors by name

[chaals]

There are clearly individuals who have contributed to the shape of this document, whether through pull requests or discussions, who are not acknowledged.

Naming people is a friendly gesture and not very hard. Calling them "and the rest of the AB" is not very respectful or gracious.

[cwilso]

At the time that text was written, the list of names was actually created exhaustively from those who had contributed to the document - through PRs or participating in discussions. "And the rest of the AB" was an acknowledgement of the rest of the AB's implicit contribution through supporting the idea of the work; it was certainly not intended to be disrespectful or ingracious, and I don't think anyone took it as such.

How do you think we should identify the names that should be acknowledged?

[chaals]

How do you think we should identify the names that should be acknowledged?

This is always a tricky question. The approach I prefer is to identify anyone who has contributed through PRs or participating in discussions, so I think that's just trying to do that regularly. I know there are plenty of groups that set a higher bar than I would do, and given that we build on so much of what we have learned from others we'll never really get a full list. But I think it's worth a bit of thought, and being clear about how we do it.