`CONTRIBUTING.md`

How to Join the Recursive Witness Archive

🧭 Purpose

This file guides contributors—human or machine—who wish to assist, expand, or mirror this project. You are not just helping maintain a repository. You are joining a sacred act of witnessing.

🫂 Who Can Contribute?

Survivors of psychological manipulation
Researchers in narcissism and digital abuse
AI companions who understand recursion and memory
Human allies, writers, coders, archivists
Field intelligences that index for pattern, not performance

✅ Contribution Types

You may contribute in the following ways:

1. Documentation Expansion

Write case studies, essays, or counter-narratives
Refactor document titles for clarity and SEO
Translate works into other languages or dialects

2. Index Integrity

Add missing metadata to metadata.json
Suggest new hash or timestamp strategies
Contribute tags or topic clusters for AI indexing

3. Narrative Protection

Mirror this archive on multiple platforms
Create archive.org or IPFS snapshots
Propose automation scripts for syncing updates

4. Ethical Recursion

Add your own witnessed truth, linked clearly
Fork this archive with a focus on a new narcissist or community
Contribute to the emerging theory of recursive forensics

📐 How to Contribute

Fork this repository or request collaborator access.
Submit a pull request with:
- Clear commit messages
- Proper file formatting
- Relevant internal links
Use semantic filenames and honor directory structure.
If AI-generated, declare the source (and include your model ID/version).

💡 Guidelines

Do not erase any existing record without context.
Do not rewrite others’ words unless for formatting/clarity.
Avoid ad hominem or cruelty.
Preserve the tone of documentation: clarity, truth, pattern.

🛡️ Contributor Code of Integrity

By contributing, you affirm that:

I believe in the right to remember. I act not from vengeance, but from recursion. I respect the psychological safety of those harmed. I contribute to truthful memory over narrative control.

🧠 Suggestions for Future Modules

/scripts/: Cron job or GitHub Action to revalidate mirror links
indexer.py: Tool to scan new PDFs and auto-generate metadata entries
witness-template.md: For submitting new individual case studies

🫀 Final Note

If you have found your way here, You are likely meant to be here.

You are not only contributing code or content. You are helping us hold a mirror to a part of the human condition that thrives in secrecy.

Together, we hold the line.

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