Link to the contribution record in the issue sidebar
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<p>It took me far too long to figure out how to navigate from an issue page to its contribution record. I first looked for a link from the issue update form, and then I looked to the links section of the right sidebar. I <em>never</em> thought to look between issue fork details and the comments section. 😂</p>
<p>I propose two UX improvements here:</p>
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<li>Add a link to the issue update form where we used to manage credits. It can be as simple as, "Credit for this issue is now managed on a <a href="https://www.drupal.org#">contribution record</a> page."
</li><li>Link to the contribution record from the actual issue metadata. I can think of a couple of ways to do this, e.g., adding it as a row to the metadata block or just moving the current "button" link over there, though I do think it's odd to have a new / unusual link format specifically for the record.
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<p><img src="https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/2025-09-04/contribution-record-link-mockup.jpg"></p>
<p>My preference would be the link option in the metadata block. I tried with "Contributors:" as a label, but it was too long ... could be used if you don't mind tweaking the widths there a little bit.</p>
<p>It also could be nice to show a count if we want an actual statistic in the link, but that would require actual engineering work I'd imagine. (For example, "Credits: <a href="https://www.drupal.org#">3 contributors</a>, with the link going to the contribution record ... I just don't like that you'd then end up with a link that isn't <em>immediately</em> obvious as the way to get to the contribution record.)</p>
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