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title: Guide To Providing Feedback
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# 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)