(ch-acknowledgement)= # Acknowledging Contributors _The Turing Way_ is collaboratively developed by its diverse community of researchers, learners, educators, and other stakeholders. Everyone has a skill that is useful for someone, and therefore anyone can contribute to _The Turing Way_. We value all kinds of contributions in this project and are committed to recognising each of them fairly. ```{figure} ../figures/theturingway-acknowledgement.* --- height: 400px name: theturingway-acknowledgement alt: This illustration shows that the traditional acknowledgement system is broken then it shows how we try to acknowledge them fairly. We have a contributors bot that catches all the contributors information and stores them in contributors record --- The process of acknowledging contributors in *The Turing Way*. _The Turing Way_ project illustration by Scriberia. Used under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. DOI: [10.5281/zenodo.3332807](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3332807). ``` We recognise all kinds of contributions that are possible in this project. We update our {ref}`Contributors Table` by appropriately acknowledging our contributors' work within _The Turing Way_. Furthermore, we invite every community member to update the {ref}`Record of Contributions` with their personal highlights in _The Turing Way_ and use it for promoting their contributions to open science in general. In this chapter, we provide details on the following aspects: - who our contributors and community members are - how we create opportunities for a shared ownership of this project - how we can use the record of contributions to highlight the work of our community members - what different types and possible pathways for contributions exist in _The Turing Way_