I am not a native English speaker and that’s why I used AI to answer your questions. I keep seeing this, or a version of it, on issues and PRs. Reading it over and over again, especially when written by first-time contributors, infuriates me, it triggers an irrational anger in me! I am also not a native English speaker, most of the other participants in this conversation aren’t either. ...
A while back I was exploring an open source project I was using, and interested in contributing to, as it provided capabilities I needed but missed some additional ones I wanted to have. Naturally, I was looking for a CONTRIBUTING.md. The file existed, but it only contained a note, that issues and PRs are accepted. While this is key information that belongs in this file, I was missing instructions on how to set up the repository, how to run tests, and what criteria I need to meet to increase my chances of having a PR accepted. ...