Add a version or revision indicator about first-contributions HOT 5 CLOSED

Kudos on a well drafted issue @Trollwut. One place I've seen versions for translations is https://github.com/ContributorCovenant/contributor_covenant.

Lemme check for other resources and find an optimal way to do this

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@Trollwut @Roshanjossey Has there been any update on this?

I believe the revision numbers could greatly help contributors that are constantly changing documents like the README.md in several languages. It would also be helpful when comparing a fork to the original.

I also agree with @Roshanjossey, the Contributor Covenant changelog has a working example of this and it doesn't seem like it would be incredilbly difficult to introduce something similar here.

There is a brilliant example of a changelog here which can be viewed in action at this repository.

If any help is needed, feel free to @-mention me.

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@Trollwut I think having revision numbers at the (sub)-headline level would increase the risk of errors. In my experience, changing revision numbers by hand ist often a source of error. Further, the whole point of this is to learn to use the revision tool Git(hub). If you want to know what changed between two revisions, you should learn to use log and diff. If the original (English) was changed after a translation - just looking at the last date the file was changed - then the translation is not up to date. To know what has changed use log and diff. I am sorry to disagree with your proposal, but appreciate that you made it and made me think about the issue. Thank you.!

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@Biograf Wow. Your comment just made me realise how short sighted I was being.

• After reading your comment, I now agree with you. I don't think we should implement the revision / version numbers for exactly the reasons you pointed out.
• I still think revision numbers are a great idea, just not for this repo. After all, its sole purpose is for beginners.

Thanks, @Biograf.

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Closing this as per the consensus that emerged during the discussions

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