# Contribution Guidelines

Your contributions are welcome!

## Sign to Support

One of the main ways you can contribute to this repository is by signing (and starring!) the repo to show your support. Follow these steps to sign:

1. Click on the edit icon of the README.md
2. Add your name and affiliation as you would like it to appear
3. Create a pull request:
    - Name the branch `signed-<your-username>` and "propose file change"
    - Add `MSWorkers` as a reviewer

> You can also email <msworkers4good@protonmail.com> with your name and affiliation as you would like it to appear and we can add it for you.

Please also considering starring the
[996.ICU](https://github.com/996ICU/996.icu) repository to show support and contribute directly to the original GitHub project.

## Translation

Microsoft and GitHub are global companies with workers all around the world. While English and Chinese are the primary languages we support, we welcome translations of the letter into other languages. To do so, make a pull request with your translated version of the letter under `README_<language_code>.md`. For example, the Spanish translated version may look like `README_ES.md`. 

When making a translated version, only translate the contents of the letter and not the signatures themselves. Signatures should only go into the main `README.md`.

When creating the pull request for a language translation, please add a native speaker of the language you are translating to to review the contents of the pull request.

If you plan on translating the `README.md`, we ask that you consider yourself a native speaker and writer of the language you are translating to. Please only translate _from_ the English or Chinese version of the letter as we want to make sure that translations are as accurate as possible. 

## Other edits

We welcome other edits. Feel free to update the contents of the letter or even add new ideas to it. Pull requests to the contents of the letter will be heavily scrutinized during the review process and we cannot guarantee that most changes will be accepted. However, we are always happy to have those discussions.