This is a weekly report of the Suggestions category. It contains basic stats, tips and interesting open source projects to start contributing. Also, I will show you the most common mistakes of this week and how to fix them.
In this post:
- Category summary
- Top scored contributions
- Contest for the Suggestions category
- Common mistakes and how to fix them
- Interesting open source projects
- Useful posts
Category summary
- Week: 2 (from Jan. 10 to Jan. 17)
- There were 4 contributions and 3 have a chance of being rewarded, or have already been rewarded.
- The average score was 68.7
- There were a total of 3 unique contributors in the category.
Number of reviewed and rewarded contributions
Average score
Number of reviews by Moderator
This week we had 4 contributions and 3 were upvoted by Utopian.
The average score was 68.7 (which is quite good). One contribution was made by 
Also, we had a (huge) Staff pick!
I had a bad busy week, so all the contributions were reviewed by 
Check the contest! This Staff pick will bring some competition to the current round!
Remember that upvotes are never guaranteed.
Top scored contributions
We had a Staff pick! It is a well written and detailed contribution. Read it, now! :)
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Contest
Prize: 10 STEEM every month.
How? Submit a contribution to the Suggestions category. A contributor can submit more than one contribution per week. If your contribution got a score higher than 50 you get points. The points of Staff pick and Highest score are not cumulative.
- Points:
- Staff pick: 5 points
- Contribution with the highest score (below the Staff Pick): 2 points.
- Contribution with the second highest score: 1 point.
When? At the end of every month I will send the prize to the winner.
3º round: January
Points
Staff pick: edicted [5 points]
Highest score: lostmine27 [2 points]
Second highest score: blockchainstudio [1 point]
Ranking
| Author | Points |
|---|---|
| edicted | 5 |
| blockchainstudio | 3 |
| lostmine27 | 2 |
| lifecruiser | 1 |
Disclaimer: The prize is taken from my personal account. This is an unofficial contest. It is only for the Suggestions category. You must not complain to Utopian about this contest. If something is wrong with the points, or if the rules are not clear, you should write to me, not to Utopian.
Common mistakes and how to fix them
The aim of this section is to show you the most common mistakes found this week. Followed by a short description and tips when applicable. Usually, I split the section in two: Contributions with a score of 25 or less and Contributions with a score of 50 or less.
1 - Contributions with a score of 25 or less
1.1 - Project idea with no actual code
Project ideas with no actual code are not a valid type of contribution on Utopian.
Suggestions contribution has to be for an existing project that has code on the project Github repository.
2 - Contributions with a score of 50 or less
2.1 - The suggested idea is duplicated
This is not easy to spot, so do not rush and take few minutes to check it.
Go to the repository of the project and check the Issues Tracker.
Remove the is:open filter from the search field (to look for open and closed issues).
Write a word (or two). The keyword(s) of the feature(s) you are going to submit.
After that, look at if someone submitted it on Utopian in the past, you can use this great tool made by 
Interesting open source projects
In case that you want to contribute on the Suggestions category but do not know any project, check this list.
1 - Tower
Tower is a solution to expose the Hivemind's database as REST API interface. You can have a look at the documentation at tower.emrebeyler.me, and the base URL for the API is: https://tower.emrebeyler.me/api/v1/ [Source]
Repository: https://github.com/emre/tower
Website: tower.emrebeyler.me
2 - PrestaShop
PrestaShop is an Open Source e-commerce web application, committed to providing the best shopping cart experience for both merchants and customers. It is written in PHP, is highly customizable, supports all the major payment services, is translated in many languages and localized for many countries, has a fully responsive design (both front and back office), etc. [Source]
Website: www.prestashop.com
Repository: https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop
3 - uBlock
An efficient blocker add-on for various browsers. Fast, potent, and lean.
uBlock Origin is NOT an "ad blocker": it is a wide-spectrum blocker -- which happens to be able to function as a mere "ad blocker". The default behavior of uBlock Origin when newly installed is to block ads, trackers and malware sites -- through EasyList, EasyPrivacy, Peter Lowe’s ad/tracking/malware servers, various lists of malware sites, and uBlock Origin's own filter lists. [Source]
Repository: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
Download: Chromium/Firefox/Edge/Safari
Useful posts
- How to choose a valid repository?
- Submitting excellent idea contributions: the basics
- Tips for idea category contributors on utopian
- Think technically and enjoy your favorite open source projects
- Utopian a home for smart and innovative individuals
- Tips from experience: communication is essential
- Suggestions category - weekly report: #1 - #2 - #3 - #4 - #5 - #6 - #7 - #8 - #9 - #10 - #11 - #12
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