Beowiki:Roles/Contacts

A contact is a person relevant to the contents of a given page who might be contacted for further information, but isn't necessarily preeminent in originating page content or working on the matters described therein (contrast with Maintainer:).

Contacts are listed at the top of a page, just under any relevant Maintainers. Also, when helpful, the name of an individual contact should be followed by a brief parenthetic description of their relevance to the project, for example:

One instance where this might be particularly useful is for pages devoted to ongoing projects which are passed from person to person. While, at any given time there is only likely to be one or two people active on the project, there may be numerous past participants whose knowledge is still or use.