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Community Contribution Guidelines
Join us in amplifying marginalized digital voices
Submit New Data Sources
Help us expand our coverage by suggesting underrepresented forums and communities
- •Identify a public forum or community board from an underrepresented region
- •Verify that the forum is publicly accessible and does not require authentication to view
- •Check that the community discusses topics relevant to civic life (education, health, local governance, etc.)
- •Email us at hello@sfi.institute with the forum URL, geographic region, primary language, and brief description
- •Our team will conduct ethical review and community assessment before inclusion
Report Errors or Issues
Help us maintain data accuracy and respect community wishes
- •Identify the specific dataset, case study, or visualization containing the error
- •Describe the issue: factual inaccuracy, privacy concern, misrepresentation, or technical bug
- •Provide evidence or context (screenshots, links, explanations)
- •Submit via email to hello@sfi.institute with "Error Report" in subject line
- •We will acknowledge within 2 business days and resolve within 5-10 business days
- •For urgent privacy concerns, use subject line "URGENT: Privacy Issue" for priority handling
Participate in Research
Contribute your expertise to improve our methodology and analysis
- •Regional Experts: Provide cultural context and help interpret local discussions
- •Language Specialists: Assist with translation and multilingual analysis
- •Method Reviewers: Audit our NLP pipeline and ethical protocols
- •Community Liaisons: Help us connect with marginalized communities respectfully
- •Student Fellows: Join our upcoming fellowship program for hands-on research experience
GitHub Contributions
Help improve our open-source tools and documentation
- •Code: Improve our visualization platform, data pipeline, or NLP analysis scripts
- •Documentation: Enhance README files, method docs, or user guides
- •Testing: Report bugs, suggest UX improvements, or test accessibility
- •Translation: Help translate interface and documentation into more languages
- •Review our GitHub repository at github.com/sfi-initiative (coming soon)
Contribution Principles
- •Community First: Respect the wishes and agency of communities we document
- •Ethical Standards: All contributions must adhere to our data ethics guidelines
- •Quality over Quantity: We prioritize depth and accuracy over comprehensive coverage
- •Attribution: Contributors will be acknowledged in publications and datasets
- •Transparency: All decisions about inclusion/exclusion are documented
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Reach out to discuss how you can help amplify marginalized digital voices
Last Updated: November 2025