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This page will be used for nominations for the 2019 [[Qt Champions]].
This page will be used for nominations for the 2023 [[Qt Champions]].


'''The nomination process''' is public. To nominate a community member, '''please fill in the details at the end of this wiki page'''.
===The Nomination Process===
'''The nomination process''' is public. To nominate a community member, please fill in the table down below.


We’ll keep the nominations open until the 15th December 2019 and then ask the current Qt Lifetime Champions to evaluate the nominees.
<span style="color: white; background-color: #41cd52">'''[[QtChampions#Nominations 2023|Nominate them here]]'''</span>
 
We’ll keep the nominations open until the 22th December 2023 and then ask the current Qt Lifetime Champions to evaluate the nominees.


'''The categories''' for nomination are:
'''The categories''' for nomination are:


* Community Builder  
*Community Builder
* Content Creator  
*Content Creator
* Quality Assurer  
*Quality Assurer
* Developer
*Developer
* Fixer
*Fixer
* Ambassador
*Ambassador
* Rookie of the year
*Rookie of the year
* Maverick
*Maverick
 
Each category may or may not have a Qt Champion in a given year. The number of Qt Champions is '''limited'''. Being nominated does not automatically bring a title, but is a recognition in itself.
Each category may or may not have a Qt Champion in a given year. The number of Qt Champions is '''limited'''. Being nominated does not automatically bring a title, but is a recognition in itself.


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In the below table please add the following information of the person you wish to nominate for a Qt Champion title:
In the below table please add the following information of the person you wish to nominate for a Qt Champion title:


* Qt Account username (or codereview name)
*Qt Account username, codereview name or Name
* Category or Title to be nominated for
*Category or Title to be nominated for
* Reasons for nomination (max. 300 words, please provide links to relevant material if possible)
*Reasons for nomination (max. 300 words, please provide links to relevant material if possible)


==Nominations 2023==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Username || Title category || Reason for nomination
!Name/Username||Title category||Reason for nomination
|- |
|-
|Denis Shienkov
|Lukas Kosiński
(denis.shienkov)
|Ambassador
| Maverick
|Delivering high quality Qt promotional talks in countless forums all around the globe this year, sharing his unique and vast experience and insights across many domains and development frameworks - Qt being his very obvious preference.
| Denis has been a contributor to the Qt project since 2011.
For being a very visible public voice and guide for developing best in class QML applications.


He is approver, the author and maintainer of the QtSerialPort module and has contributed to many other modules as well.
For notably creating and contributing a 16 part QML Tutorial to the Qt Academy: <nowiki>https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP7UmEJ9z4mpi0JXcPS0VRK-7eFAfROZI&si=CHZDqUgidxIDnwvF</nowiki> making QML learning available to the community.


As an active user of the Qbs build system, he stepped in when this project was handed to the community and provided over 100 [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/owner:denis.shienkov patches] to improve this project,  especially in regard to bare metal programming.
For creating a brand new "Cute Talk" promoting Qt use within a wide variety of industrial and UX scenarios.


A noticeable amount of patches also went to Qt Creator, foremost to integrate the new Qbs features into that IDE. And last but not least he [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/reviewer:denis.shienkov+-owner:denis.shienkov reviews] patches in various Qt modules.
All while running his own acclaimed business and becoming an official Qt Service Partner.
|-
|Jesper Pedersen
|Content Creator
|Jesper is probably the most popular face on Qt-related YouTube. He's recording a series of Qt tutorials and related videos with his colleagues. All this with the highest quality and expertise.
This year Jesper released a new series on Qt Widgets -> https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6hgf7zCKF2Rv9Y0WoN8RVGf&si=EaykUg0zti6ydSLY.


I think all that qualifies him to be a Qt Champion.
The series is also available on Qt Academy letting both individuals and the community grow.
|-
|-
|Orgad Shaneh
|Mike Trahearn
(orgads)
|Community Builder
|Developer/Fixer
|Mike is an active Qt evangelist sharing his insights, opinions an,d news regarding the QML, C++and  development.
|Once again the most productive external contributor to Qt Creator.
As someone experienced in all of the above, he significantly impacts the shape of Qt's designing tooling.
 
|-
He joined the Qt project in 2011 and is approver as well as the maintainer of Creators Version Control module.
|Mike Trahearn
 
|Maverick
While the list of his [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/owner:orgads contributions] is already impressive, he actively participates on much more changes as [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/reviewer:orgads+-owner:orgads reviewer], and that is just the continuation of the last years.
|Been working with Mike for quite some time now and he is the true synonym of the word maverick! He impersonates everything what's innovative, daring, revolutionary and close to impossible (think Tom Cruise style). He has an extraordinary ability to push the boundaries of what's possible with Qt. His projects often address critical issues, paving the way for more efficient and effective use of Qt in a number of industries. On top of all that, as a true maverick, Mike embodies the spirit of collaboration and open-source development. His work not only reflects his exceptional skills and creativity but also inspires others to explore the vast potential of Qt. Few of his recent whereabouts:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODf07aLnhEk
He always has an eye for polishing the rough edges and to improve processes. Instead of writing bugreports, he often provides a ready-to-merge solution on Gerrit.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/qt-qml-hot-tips-7-mike-trahearn/?trackingId=0FcxDXIbTm66TmCHtrXuhg%3D%3D
 
For all that reasons, he deserves the title for the highest degree.
|-
|-
|Christian Ehrlicher
|Christian Ehrlicher
(christian.ehrlicher)
|Developer
|Fixer/Developer
|Christian was nominated to become the QtSql co-maintainer (together with Andy Shaw) in late 2022, and has since then tackled that responsibility with countless patches and improvements across the various Sql drivers, adding tests and cleaning up the code and generally making that code less bad. In addition, Christian is a very active contributor to Qt Widgets, adding tons of fixes and doing a lot of janitorial work to keep that code base up-to-date. And lastly, he's very active on the forum, constantly helping users and sharing his experience.
|He is a member for a long time, but started contributing to Qt massively two years ago. Since then he has also become approver and is well known in the community for his friendly and constructive nature.
|-
He not only shares his immense knowledge with [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/owner:ch.ehrlicher contributions] (a lot of bug fixes and cleanups) and [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/reviewer:ch.ehrlicher+-owner:ch.ehrlicher reviews], he also answers the difficult questions in the Qt Forum, where he additionally acts as [https://forum.qt.io/user/christian-ehrlicher moderator].
|Axel Spoerl
 
|Community Builder
This over-average activity is exactly what we expect from a Qt Champion.
|Since the time Axel has started answering on the forum, he has shown dedication to tackle all kinds of questions in an extensive and clear manner that makes his answers worth reading. He helped numerous people going at length to ensure that he conveys all necessary information to the readers.
|-
|-
|Tasuku Suzuki
|Tasuku Suzuki
(tasuku.suzuki)
|Fixer
|Content Creator
|Tasuku is a long-term (over 11 years) contributor to the Qt project. This year alone he provided over 100 patches to Qt and Qt Creator, for example the famous side-by-side Markdown viewer in Qt Creator. Also, he always keeps an eye on building Qt with several features disabled. This is easy to break and hard to check automatically, because there are some many features. The more valuable is his work for the whole community, especially everyone with restricted resources. Congratulations for this long-standing connection to the Qt project.
|He's the creator of https://qtlite.com/ , an amazing website to help you create a minimal configuration for your Qt build, show you the impact of features in typical builds, which combinations are currently known
to not work, etc. The site is easy to use, engaging and encourages to contribute back straight to Gerrit.
|-
|André Hartmann (aha_1980)
|Developer/Fixer
|One of the most productive [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/owner:aha_1980 contributors] to the Qt Project. He actively maintains the QtSerialBus module, and contributes many fixes to Qt Creator, and also to Qt. His [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/reviewer:aha_1980+-owner:aha_1980 reviews] are very helpful, and he also notices changes of newcomers, and kindly reviews them.
|-
|Richard Weickelt
|Developer/Rookie
|When the Qbs project was handed over to the community, Richard took it and actively maintains the project. He brought [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/owner:richard%2540weickelt.de many improvements], and of course [https://codereview.qt-project.org/q/reviewer:richard%2540weickelt.de+-owner:richard%2540weickelt.de reviewed] all the changes for Qbs. He also introduced a CI system for verifying all the changes that are pushed to Gerrit.
|-
|-
|Johann Specht
|Chris Kawa
(jsulm)
|Community Builder
|Community Builder
|The user with the third-best reputation (only behind the two current lifetime champions) is [https://forum.qt.io/user/jsulm jsulm].
|Over the years, Chris has shown dedication to provide more than just high quality answers. He is sharing his programming knowledge not only around Qt and C++ but also OpenGL and application logic. His answers are always nice to read as they offer valuable inputs in fields that are not as known as others.
Always available to answer all kinds of questions, from very basic up to the really hard ones.
 
As a moderator, he also keeps the conversations calm and the forum clean of spam.
|}
|}


Criteria for Qt Champions:
==Criteria for Qt Champions==


* Community Builder
*Community Builder
** Being a forum maintainer / helping people on forums
**Being a forum maintainer / helping people on forums
** Managing mailing lists / helping on the mailing lists
**Managing mailing lists / helping on the mailing lists
** Helping Qt newcomers find their way around the project
**Helping Qt newcomers find their way around the project
** Running Qt study groups
**Running Qt study groups
** Running local Qt meetups
**Running local Qt meetups
* Content Creator
*Content Creator
** Finding, writing and sharing use-cases of Qt in unexpected places
**Finding, writing and sharing use-cases of Qt in unexpected places
** Creating video material of Qt (demos, guides, other material)
**Creating video material of Qt (demos, guides, other material)
** Authoring articles and even books
**Authoring articles and even books
** Fixing documentation issues
**Fixing documentation issues
** Creating examples and snippets
**Creating examples and snippets
** Being a wiki gardener / editor
**Being a wiki gardener / editor
* Quality Assurer
*Quality Assurer
** Bug triager
**Bug triager
** Being in the bug squad
**Being in the bug squad
** Verifying and closing bugs
**Verifying and closing bugs
** Help in package testing
**Help in package testing
** Help in unit testing
**Help in unit testing
** Being in the community beta testing program
**Being in the community beta testing program
* Developer
*Developer
** Providing new features for Qt
**Providing new features for Qt
** Create stunning Qt applications
**Create stunning Qt applications
** Share Qt application creation knowledge  
**Share Qt application creation knowledge
* Fixer
*Fixer
** Fixing bugs in Qt  
**Fixing bugs in Qt
** Providing patches to Qt  
**Providing patches to Qt
* Ambassador
*Ambassador
** Spread the Qt word in blogs, social media, videoblogs
**Spread the Qt word in blogs, social media, videoblogs
** Find and help newcomers to Qt
**Find and help newcomers to Qt
** Working to bring Qt to students
**Working to bring Qt to students
** Present Qt at events
**Present Qt at events
* Rookie of the Year
*Rookie of the Year
** First code commit during the past year
**First code commit during the past year
** Active and positive contribution to the Qt project
**Active and positive contribution to the Qt project
* Maverick
*Maverick
** Has made a significant impact on the project
**Has made a significant impact on the project
** Might not have always followed the rules to the point, but gets the job done
**Might not have always followed the rules to the point, but gets the job done


== What is expected of a Qt Champion ==
==What is expected of a Qt Champion==


A Qt Champion is there to show what the Qt Community is best at.
A Qt Champion is there to show what the Qt Community is best at.
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The Qt Champion is friendly and has shown active participation with the Qt project.
The Qt Champion is friendly and has shown active participation with the Qt project.


== Limited time only ==
==Limited time only==


Once you are given the title of Qt Champion, you will hold the title for a year.
Once you are given the title of Qt Champion, you will hold the title for a year.
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If you achieve the title for three years, you will be entitled for a lifetime title. If you are so committed to the project, you need to be recognised beyond a normal Qt Champion title.
If you achieve the title for three years, you will be entitled for a lifetime title. If you are so committed to the project, you need to be recognised beyond a normal Qt Champion title.


== But I get paid to do this! / What if we are a company? ==
==But I get paid to do this! / What if we are a company?==


Yes, some of us are paid to work on Qt by our employers. Mostly on the code base, but also testing, documentation and other essential work goes on in the project. Some of the people who do get paid to work on the project do so above and beyond the normal limits of their day jobs (coding all day and helping newcomers in their free time, for example). We need metrics to find these people and provide them with a Qt Champion title too.
Yes, some of us are paid to work on Qt by our employers. Mostly on the code base, but also testing, documentation and other essential work goes on in the project. Some of the people who do get paid to work on the project do so above and beyond the normal limits of their day jobs (coding all day and helping newcomers in their free time, for example). We need metrics to find these people and provide them with a Qt Champion title too.


== Tools to help figure this out ==
==Tools to help figure this out==


To find the top non-Qt-company contributors in a repo:
To find the top non-Qt-company contributors in a repo:


git log --since=2019-01-01 | grep Author  | grep -v qt.io  | sort | uniq -c | sort -n
git log --since=2021-01-01 | grep Author  | grep -v qt.io  | sort | uniq -c | sort -n

Latest revision as of 16:46, 12 January 2024

Qt Champion 200.png

This page will be used for nominations for the 2023 Qt Champions.

The Nomination Process

The nomination process is public. To nominate a community member, please fill in the table down below.

Nominate them here

We’ll keep the nominations open until the 22th December 2023 and then ask the current Qt Lifetime Champions to evaluate the nominees.

The categories for nomination are:

  • Community Builder
  • Content Creator
  • Quality Assurer
  • Developer
  • Fixer
  • Ambassador
  • Rookie of the year
  • Maverick

Each category may or may not have a Qt Champion in a given year. The number of Qt Champions is limited. Being nominated does not automatically bring a title, but is a recognition in itself.

We know we have very talented Qt Champions out there, but please nominate a person for one category. You can nominate multiple people for a category, only Rookie of the year and Maverick are strictly limited to one Champion per year. You can nominate any member of the community, including yourself.

In the below table please add the following information of the person you wish to nominate for a Qt Champion title:

  • Qt Account username, codereview name or Name
  • Category or Title to be nominated for
  • Reasons for nomination (max. 300 words, please provide links to relevant material if possible)

Nominations 2023

Name/Username Title category Reason for nomination
Lukas Kosiński Ambassador Delivering high quality Qt promotional talks in countless forums all around the globe this year, sharing his unique and vast experience and insights across many domains and development frameworks - Qt being his very obvious preference.

For being a very visible public voice and guide for developing best in class QML applications.

For notably creating and contributing a 16 part QML Tutorial to the Qt Academy: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP7UmEJ9z4mpi0JXcPS0VRK-7eFAfROZI&si=CHZDqUgidxIDnwvF making QML learning available to the community.

For creating a brand new "Cute Talk" promoting Qt use within a wide variety of industrial and UX scenarios.

All while running his own acclaimed business and becoming an official Qt Service Partner.

Jesper Pedersen Content Creator Jesper is probably the most popular face on Qt-related YouTube. He's recording a series of Qt tutorials and related videos with his colleagues. All this with the highest quality and expertise.

This year Jesper released a new series on Qt Widgets -> https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6hgf7zCKF2Rv9Y0WoN8RVGf&si=EaykUg0zti6ydSLY.

The series is also available on Qt Academy letting both individuals and the community grow.

Mike Trahearn Community Builder Mike is an active Qt evangelist sharing his insights, opinions an,d news regarding the QML, C++and development.

As someone experienced in all of the above, he significantly impacts the shape of Qt's designing tooling.

Mike Trahearn Maverick Been working with Mike for quite some time now and he is the true synonym of the word maverick! He impersonates everything what's innovative, daring, revolutionary and close to impossible (think Tom Cruise style). He has an extraordinary ability to push the boundaries of what's possible with Qt. His projects often address critical issues, paving the way for more efficient and effective use of Qt in a number of industries. On top of all that, as a true maverick, Mike embodies the spirit of collaboration and open-source development. His work not only reflects his exceptional skills and creativity but also inspires others to explore the vast potential of Qt. Few of his recent whereabouts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODf07aLnhEk https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/qt-qml-hot-tips-7-mike-trahearn/?trackingId=0FcxDXIbTm66TmCHtrXuhg%3D%3D

Christian Ehrlicher Developer Christian was nominated to become the QtSql co-maintainer (together with Andy Shaw) in late 2022, and has since then tackled that responsibility with countless patches and improvements across the various Sql drivers, adding tests and cleaning up the code and generally making that code less bad. In addition, Christian is a very active contributor to Qt Widgets, adding tons of fixes and doing a lot of janitorial work to keep that code base up-to-date. And lastly, he's very active on the forum, constantly helping users and sharing his experience.
Axel Spoerl Community Builder Since the time Axel has started answering on the forum, he has shown dedication to tackle all kinds of questions in an extensive and clear manner that makes his answers worth reading. He helped numerous people going at length to ensure that he conveys all necessary information to the readers.
Tasuku Suzuki Fixer Tasuku is a long-term (over 11 years) contributor to the Qt project. This year alone he provided over 100 patches to Qt and Qt Creator, for example the famous side-by-side Markdown viewer in Qt Creator. Also, he always keeps an eye on building Qt with several features disabled. This is easy to break and hard to check automatically, because there are some many features. The more valuable is his work for the whole community, especially everyone with restricted resources. Congratulations for this long-standing connection to the Qt project.
Chris Kawa Community Builder Over the years, Chris has shown dedication to provide more than just high quality answers. He is sharing his programming knowledge not only around Qt and C++ but also OpenGL and application logic. His answers are always nice to read as they offer valuable inputs in fields that are not as known as others.

Criteria for Qt Champions

  • Community Builder
    • Being a forum maintainer / helping people on forums
    • Managing mailing lists / helping on the mailing lists
    • Helping Qt newcomers find their way around the project
    • Running Qt study groups
    • Running local Qt meetups
  • Content Creator
    • Finding, writing and sharing use-cases of Qt in unexpected places
    • Creating video material of Qt (demos, guides, other material)
    • Authoring articles and even books
    • Fixing documentation issues
    • Creating examples and snippets
    • Being a wiki gardener / editor
  • Quality Assurer
    • Bug triager
    • Being in the bug squad
    • Verifying and closing bugs
    • Help in package testing
    • Help in unit testing
    • Being in the community beta testing program
  • Developer
    • Providing new features for Qt
    • Create stunning Qt applications
    • Share Qt application creation knowledge
  • Fixer
    • Fixing bugs in Qt
    • Providing patches to Qt
  • Ambassador
    • Spread the Qt word in blogs, social media, videoblogs
    • Find and help newcomers to Qt
    • Working to bring Qt to students
    • Present Qt at events
  • Rookie of the Year
    • First code commit during the past year
    • Active and positive contribution to the Qt project
  • Maverick
    • Has made a significant impact on the project
    • Might not have always followed the rules to the point, but gets the job done

What is expected of a Qt Champion

A Qt Champion is there to show what the Qt Community is best at.

The Qt Champion is friendly and has shown active participation with the Qt project.

Limited time only

Once you are given the title of Qt Champion, you will hold the title for a year.

If you achieve the title for three years, you will be entitled for a lifetime title. If you are so committed to the project, you need to be recognised beyond a normal Qt Champion title.

But I get paid to do this! / What if we are a company?

Yes, some of us are paid to work on Qt by our employers. Mostly on the code base, but also testing, documentation and other essential work goes on in the project. Some of the people who do get paid to work on the project do so above and beyond the normal limits of their day jobs (coding all day and helping newcomers in their free time, for example). We need metrics to find these people and provide them with a Qt Champion title too.

Tools to help figure this out

To find the top non-Qt-company contributors in a repo:

git log --since=2021-01-01 | grep Author | grep -v qt.io | sort | uniq -c | sort -n