title: Submitting a Community Card
tags: [[Community Cards]]
modified: 20250909171928024
created: 20250909171928024

Anyone associated with the TiddlyWiki community can submit a Community Card. The submission process currently involves making a GitHub pull request but we intend to provide a more user-friendly submission process in the future.

Pull requests to add or update a community card should be made against the `tiddlywiki-com` branch of the [[TiddlyWiki repository|https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyWiki5]] in the directory `community/people`.

The card should be a TiddlyWiki tiddler with the following fields:

|!Field |!Required|!Description |
|`title`|Yes |The username of the person represented by the card, starting with `@` (e.g. `@Jermolene`). This is the title of the card and should be unique |
|`tags`|Yes |The tags for the card, including `Community/Person` |
|`fullname`|Yes |The full name of the person or group represented by the card |
|`avatar`|Yes |The base64 representation of the 32x32 avatar image for the person represented by the card |
|`first-sighting`|No |The date of the first sighting in the community of the person represented by the card. This should be in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD) |
|`talk.tiddlywiki.org`|Yes |The username of the person or group on the TiddlyWiki Talk forum |
|`github`|No |The username of the person or group on GitHub |
|`linkedin`|No |The URL of the LinkedIn profile for the person or group represented by the card |
|`flickr`|No |The URL of the Flickr profile for the person or group represented by the card |
|`homepage`|No |The URL of the homepage for the person or group represented by the card |
|`email`|No |The email address of the person or group represented by the card |
|`text`|Yes |The text of the card. This should include a brief description of the person or group represented by the card, and any other relevant information |

! Rules for Community Cards

Community cards must observe the following rules. It is intended to enforce them with an automated script, but for the moment they will be manually checked.

* `title` must be unique and start with `@`
* `tags` must include `Community/Person`
* `fullname` must be provided
* `avatar` must be a base64 representation of a 32x32 image, with a limit of 1KB.  [[Squoosh|https://squoosh.app/]] is recommended for resizing and compressing images
* `first-sighting` should be in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD)
* `talk.tiddlywiki.org` must be provided
* `text` total size must not exceed 2KB