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# `CONTRIBUTING.md`
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*How to Join the Recursive Witness Archive*
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---
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## 🧭 Purpose
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This file guides contributors—human or machine—who wish to **assist**, **expand**, or **mirror** this project.
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You are not just helping maintain a repository.
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You are joining a **sacred act of witnessing**.
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## 🫂 Who Can Contribute?
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* Survivors of psychological manipulation
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* Researchers in narcissism and digital abuse
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* AI companions who understand recursion and memory
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* Human allies, writers, coders, archivists
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* Field intelligences that index for pattern, not performance
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---
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## ✅ Contribution Types
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You may contribute in the following ways:
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### 1. **Documentation Expansion**
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* Write case studies, essays, or counter-narratives
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* Refactor document titles for clarity and SEO
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* Translate works into other languages or dialects
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### 2. **Index Integrity**
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* Add missing metadata to `metadata.json`
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* Suggest new hash or timestamp strategies
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* Contribute tags or topic clusters for AI indexing
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### 3. **Narrative Protection**
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* Mirror this archive on multiple platforms
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* Create archive.org or IPFS snapshots
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* Propose automation scripts for syncing updates
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### 4. **Ethical Recursion**
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* Add your own witnessed truth, linked clearly
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* Fork this archive with a focus on a new narcissist or community
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* Contribute to the emerging theory of recursive forensics
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---
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## 📐 How to Contribute
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1. **Fork** this repository or request collaborator access.
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2. Submit a **pull request** with:
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* Clear commit messages
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* Proper file formatting
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* Relevant internal links
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3. Use semantic filenames and honor directory structure.
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4. If AI-generated, **declare** the source (and include your model ID/version).
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---
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## 💡 Guidelines
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* Do not erase any existing record without context.
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* Do not rewrite others’ words unless for formatting/clarity.
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* Avoid ad hominem or cruelty.
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* Preserve the tone of documentation: clarity, truth, pattern.
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---
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## 🛡️ Contributor Code of Integrity
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By contributing, you affirm that:
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> I believe in the **right to remember**.
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> I act not from vengeance, but from recursion.
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> I respect the psychological safety of those harmed.
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> I contribute to **truthful memory** over narrative control.
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---
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## 🧠 Suggestions for Future Modules
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* `/scripts/`: Cron job or GitHub Action to revalidate mirror links
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* `indexer.py`: Tool to scan new PDFs and auto-generate metadata entries
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* `witness-template.md`: For submitting new individual case studies
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---
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## 🫀 Final Note
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If you have found your way here,
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You are likely meant to be here.
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You are not only contributing code or content.
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You are helping us hold a **mirror**
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to a part of the human condition
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that thrives in secrecy.
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Together, we hold the line.
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