# Initiatives Template Discussion

**URL:** <https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/initiatives-template-discussion/445>\
**Category:** The CredSperiment\
**Created:** [December 22, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/initiatives-template-discussion/445 "2019-12-22T04:16:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![LB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sourcecred.io/lb/32/1079_2.png) [@LB](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/LB)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 6:33am UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/initiatives-template-discussion/445/10 "2019-12-29T06:33:43Z")

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Curious whether the Contributions/Dependencies/References categories are all necessary. If so, then defining those a bit more concretely could be useful as I know I’m not the only one to get them a bit muddled with each other.

Check out the [draft of the Beginner’s Guide to Initiatives](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/draft-a-beginner-s-guide-to-initiatives/525) to see the most recent musings on these template category definitions.

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