Nothing checks that every contributor entry appears in the Contributions by area table

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
82/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
markdown, python
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start with scripts/check_contributors.py and the Contributions by area table in CONTRIBUTORS.md. Add a check that every non-deleted contributor handle appears in at least one area row, and report the handles that are missing. Done means the script exits with a failure when an entry is absent from the table and passes on the current file.

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Description

community enhancement tooling

Where: CONTRIBUTORS.md, scripts/check_contributors.py.

Current gap: The area table is edited by hand when a person is added (four rows changed in the last sweep) and nothing notices a contributor who is missing from every row.

Suggested approach: Check that each non-deleted entry's handle appears in at least one area row and report the ones that do not.

Done when: the check fails on an entry absent from the table and passes on the current file.

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