Feat/article retrospective 2023

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• Adds the article "Retrospective 2023"
• Adds its cover images

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  • Added a 2023 retrospective article documenting key achievements in Research, Development, and Growing Traction. The new article includes front-matter metadata (title, author, date, image, excerpt) and detailed retrospective content summarizing the year’s progress and milestones.

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A new Markdown article was added at public/articles/retrospective-2023.md containing front-matter (title, author, date, image, excerpt) and static retrospective content for 2023 covering Research, Development, and Growing Traction sections with listed achievements.

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Article Content public/articles/retrospective-2023.md	Added new Markdown article with front-matter metadata and full 2023 retrospective content (Research, Development — Djed/Osiris/Shu, Gluon, publications, and Growth metrics).

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• Zahnentferner

Poem

🐰 I hopped through notes of twenty-twenty-three,
Found code and research, and community glee.
Djed and Gluon danced within the page,
A year preserved on a quiet stage.
Hooray — the retrospective takes the stage!

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public/articles/retrospective-2023.md (1)

9-48: Minor writing style refinements to improve consistency and tone.

The article content is well-organized with clear sections and substantive achievements. A few minor writing style improvements would enhance polish:

1. Line 11: "have a look at" — For American English consistency, prefer "take a look at."
2. Line 11: "even hard to know" — Consider a more direct phrasing, e.g., "difficult to track" or "challenging to capture."
3. Line 18: "completely new protocol" — Strengthen with "entirely new" or simply "novel protocol."
4. Overall: Six exclamation marks across ~1856 characters may feel excessive. Consider reducing to 2–3 for a more measured, professional tone.

🔎 Proposed refinements

- 2023 has been an incredible year for Djed and for the Alliance. We have achieved so much. Since we are a completely decentralized meta-organization that does not even have a "core team", it is even hard to know everything that we have achieved, because we don't always have visibility about everything that everybody else is doing. So, let's have a look at just some of our major 2023 highlights.
+ 2023 has been an incredible year for Djed and for the Alliance. We have achieved so much. Since we are a completely decentralized meta-organization that does not even have a "core team", it is difficult to track everything that we have achieved, because we don't always have visibility about everything that everybody else is doing. So, let's take a look at just some of our major 2023 highlights.

- 1 completely new protocol researched: Gluon!
+ 1 entirely new protocol researched: Gluon.

- ~6x increase in the number of real followers of our Twitter account!
+ ~6x increase in the number of real followers of our Twitter account.

- ~5x increase in the number of participants in our Discord server!
+ ~5x increase in the number of participants in our Discord server.

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[style] ~11-~11: To elevate your writing, try using a synonym here.
Context: ...not even have a “core team”, it is even hard to know everything that we have achieve...

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[locale-violation] ~11-~11: In American English, “take a look” is more commonly used.
Context: ...that everybody else is doing. So, let's have a look at just some of our major 2023 highligh...

(HAVE_A_LOOK)

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[style] ~18-~18: Consider using a different adverb to strengthen your wording.
Context: ...ilkomeda, and Shu, used in Zephyr. - 1 completely new protocol researched: Gluon! - The ...

(COMPLETELY_ENTIRELY)

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[style] ~48-~48: Using many exclamation marks might seem excessive (in this case: 6 exclamation marks for a text that’s 1856 characters long)
Context: ...er of participants in our Discord server!

(EN_EXCESSIVE_EXCLAMATION)

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public/articles/retrospective-2023.md (1)

1-7: Front-matter is well-structured and complete.

The YAML metadata is properly formatted with all necessary fields: title, author, date, image, and excerpt. The image path references /images/2023-in-review.webp—verify that this asset exists and is properly committed alongside this article.

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Hi @john-walter-munene ! I would like to merge this one, but github is saying that there are merge conflicts. Could you resolve them?

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public/articles/retrospective-2023.md (1)

11-11: Optional style refinements for polish.

The article content is well-structured and the retrospective is comprehensive. Consider these minor style suggestions for American English preferences and tone:

• Line 11: Replace "let's have a look" with "let's take a look" (more idiomatic for American English).
• Line 18: Consider replacing "completely new" with a stronger adverb like "entirely" or rephrasing for impact.
• Line 48: The piece contains 6 exclamation marks; consider reducing them to avoid seeming excessive for the text length.

These are optional refinements that could enhance readability without changing meaning.

Also applies to: 18-18, 48-48

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Repo: StabilityNexus/StableViewpoints PR: 18
File: public/articles/bug-bounty-program.md:5-6
Timestamp: 2025-11-13T06:27:50.395Z
Learning: In the StabilityNexus/StableViewpoints repository, contributors should always check and address automated reviews by CodeRabbit as per maintainer Zahnentferner's workflow guidelines.

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public/articles/retrospective-2023.md

[style] ~11-~11: To elevate your writing, try using a synonym here.
Context: ...not even have a “core team”, it is even hard to know everything that we have achieve...

(HARD_TO)

---

[locale-violation] ~11-~11: In American English, “take a look” is more commonly used.
Context: ...that everybody else is doing. So, let's have a look at just some of our major 2023 highligh...

(HAVE_A_LOOK)

---

[style] ~18-~18: Consider using a different adverb to strengthen your wording.
Context: ...ilkomeda, and Shu, used in Zephyr. - 1 completely new protocol researched: Gluon! - The ...

(COMPLETELY_ENTIRELY)

---

[style] ~48-~48: Using many exclamation marks might seem excessive (in this case: 6 exclamation marks for a text that’s 1856 characters long)
Context: ...er of participants in our Discord server!

(EN_EXCESSIVE_EXCLAMATION)

🔇 Additional comments (1)

public/articles/retrospective-2023.md (1)

1-48: Resolve merge conflicts before proceeding.

The PR description notes that merge conflicts reported by GitHub need to be resolved before merging. Please address these conflicts first, as they are a blocker for this pull request.

[john-walter-munene]

Hello @Zahnentferner, This PR should now be ready for merging. I've resolved the conflicts.