Guide To Providing Feedback

# Guide To Feedback ### What is feedback? - Feedback is information provided about a product or action, or in our case, about a map or code change. - Feedback should be able to be used to improve that map or code project. - Good feedback is critical for projects to be successful. ### How do I give effective feedback? - Feedback can be better communicated if you start with a positive about the project, before providing your negatives. "While I enjoy **this** about the project, I think **this other thing** would be better if-" Sounds much better than "I think **this other thing** would be better if-" - Feedback should be something a contributor can act on. "I do not like this" or "This is shit" will likely be ignored because it's not something they can change about the project. - Focus on the content of what you're giving feedback to, not the person behind the content. Personal attacks will get your feedback ignored, even if you're correct about something. - Be realistic with your expectations, expect your feedback to improve or alter the project at best, not to entirely change it or shut it down entirely. - Use "I" statements to keep the feedback relevant to your own experiences. Examples include "I enjoy this because-" or "I think this could be better if-" - Place feedback where the developer behind a project is likely to see it. Links to these locations are below. ### Where do I send feedback? #### Mapping Projects: [In the Pull Request of the relevant project](https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pulls?q=is%3Apr+label%3A%22Map+Edit%22) [On the forums, on a map specific thread.](https://tgstation13.org/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=11) [On the TGstation discord, underneath player-dev-projects](https://tgstation13.org/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=60) #### Coding Projects: [In the Pull Request of the relevant project](https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/labels/Feature) [Alternatively here, if it's a balance PR](https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/labels/Balance) [On the forums, on a code specific discussion thread](https://tgstation13.org/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=5) [On the TGstation discord, underneath player-dev-projects](https://tgstation13.org/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=60) #### Spriting Projects: [In the Pull Request of the relevant project](https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/labels/Sprites) [On the forums, on a sprite specific thread.](https://tgstation13.org/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=11) [On the TGstation discord, underneath player-dev-projects](https://tgstation13.org/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=60)