yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid Incredible General] jdmba:
+1

I have no the slightest idea why the developer of the most stable gingersense and sense ROMs was denied developer status, but it is injustice plain and simple.
[Droid Incredible General] patsfan1130:
*Signed*

A great dev who certainly deserves to be recognized for his rock solid contributions to the community.

At this point however not sure it matters. I mean, we want to be recognized for the obvious. Not because somebody put them up to it. It's ashame. This should not even be taking place IMO.
[Droid Incredible General] rfarrah:
Is there anyone we could PM?
[Droid Incredible General] TheBr0ken:
Signed!

Absolutely the most stable Sense ROM(s) I have used. Great attention to detail and always willing to help when or if issues arise. Not sure what other qualifications are required to be a recognized developer, but regardless I would never hesitate to install one of his ROMs, Great work Nils!!
[Droid Incredible General] rboddy:
What's funny is that the person or people involved in denying his application would never voluntarily release their identities because they know they're flat out stupid for their decision. Too bad that people who don't deserve to breathe get to make those types of decisions.
[Droid Incredible General] donnyp1:
Nils, i see a great wrong being rectified! Dont give up!

PLEASE SIGN THE NILS PETITION IN THE GENERAL THREAD!
[Droid Incredible General] o0 DIDDY 0o:
*** Signed ***

NilsP is an awesome Dev, this blows my mind!!
[Droid Incredible General] renzo.olivares:
ok this is just outrageous nils has made so many contributions and roms to xda how can he not be a recognized developer....

signed

+1
[Droid Incredible General] 7he Messiah:
+1

**signed**
[Droid Incredible General] Andassaran:
*signed*

NilsP is an amazing developer. He has always been supportive, not only with his own work, but helping other devs fix issues in their roms, and sharing his fixes which has benefitted the community as a whole. I for one have never had any issue flashing one of his roms, as they're always of top quality. Lets see this injustice undone.
[Droid Incredible General] theguitarguy58:
+100000

*signed
[Droid Incredible General] starvenmarven:
+1 love nils roms!!! Suck if he left!!
[Droid Incredible General] donnyp1:
Its not just the roms, nils has been in many threads helping others out. Dude knows his stuff!

PLEASE SIGN THE NILS PETITION IN THE GENERAL THREAD!
[Droid Incredible General] jbh00jh:
+1 for Nils. :) "signed"
[Droid Incredible General] caleris:
Signed. Nils work is outstanding.
[Droid Incredible General] toosurreal01:
Signed! Make it so!
[Droid Incredible General] lpstudio18:
+1 signed! Thanks for the hard work Nils
[Droid Incredible General] g00gl3:
+1 *signed*

NilsP should absolutely be recognized!
[Droid Incredible General] tjamscad:
+1 from me, Nils I have loved your roms since I bought this thing. And I am pretty sure the only Rom I ever ran on my omni was yours.
[Droid Incredible General] KlugN:
I completely agree. That's why I started this thread. It is the fault of the "governing powers" at XDA that this thread even had to be made. There is no reason why Nils or any other deserving dev who has done so much for the community should not be recognized as such.

It's a shame that he was denied what many believe is owed to him. Hopefully XDA will take notice of the two threads that I have created and rectify their mistake and give Nils what he has earned with his years of hard work here.

It would truly be a shame to lose someone as important as he is to the community all because a couple of people hastily made an obviously poor decision.

*If I have helped you, please don't forget to hit the 'thanks' button*

-Sent from my Inc-
[Droid Incredible General] sped_13:
1+++++++++++++ signed
[Droid Incredible General] natehale88:
*Signed... This is absurd he isn't listed as a Dev. He is one of THE best Rom makers on xda. What kind of dingle berry wouldn't have him as one?? -Proud user of Business Gingersense
[Droid Incredible General] Brokeddid It:
+1 SIGNED!!!
[Droid Incredible General] 00McD00:
*signs* that is ridiculous.

Sent from my Incredible Droid
[Droid Incredible General] slygeist:
truly sad when a dev like this doesnt get recognized as one!

SIGNED!
[Droid Incredible General] rocketj:
+1

Signed.
[Droid Incredible General] TheWhiteBandito:
Wait whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat why would they reject it?

I read that he used even make WinMo 6 roms on XDA? He's an OG! How could they deny him?

+1 SIGNED
[Droid Incredible General] PGleo86:
Signed

Holy crap. Why the hell would they reject him? Even based only on his Droid Incredible ROMs he deserves to be a recognized developer, one of the first ROMs I flashed was his Business Sense (Z I think it was) and DAMN was it smooth. Easily one of the best on XDA.
[Droid Incredible General] jayochs:
are you kidding me xda? nils has the single most stable, bug free, and feature filled gingersense rom right now, and you're going to turn him down? shame on all of you. nils is by far one of the most down to earth devs on here. he answers every single post of feedback in his threads and he listens to ALL of us. this is absolutely ridiculous. nils deserves to be recognized, and if he doesn't, that's when id actually support a dev going to his OWN FORUM for once, and we know he'd bring plenty of people with him.

wtf is wrong with xda?
[Droid Incredible General] punman:
There are members with thousands of posts to their credit that have already signed this, but I'm adding my voice anyway. Whatever the criteria for "Recognized Developer" are, I'm sure his work on multiple stable ROMs for multiple devices over many years should qualify him for this status.
[Droid Incredible General] terribL_T:
Signed. This is absurd that this is even necessary.
[Droid Incredible General] g00gl3:
There is an article on XDA explaining the new Recognized Developer group.

Now that I have searched and found it, I am even more upset!

The article explains...

"Again, our aim in this wasn’t to make an exclusive club of developers, but to give something back to those that spend their free time generously making ROMs, apps, and other bits of hackery to make our smartphones better."

Are you freaking kidding me?!?!

How does that not describe NilsP exactly????

Come on people! Show your support!!!
[Droid Incredible General] RamAir02:
+1 *signed*

I've used NilsP's ROMs with great success. He is definitely an amazing developer and deserves recognition from XDA.
[Droid Incredible General] tlegower:
Agreed! Signed.
[Droid Incredible General] Jo5ton1018:
This is crazy! Nils roms were the first ones ive used ever since i got my Incredible and still continue using them. They are amazing roms and will always keep a backup of it.

+1 signed
[Droid Incredible General] ZealotOnAStick:
Signed. NilsP's status shouldn't even be in question.
[Droid Incredible General] jlokos:
+1 signed. This is crazy!!
[Droid Incredible General] intersysx:
Nils should definitely be recognized

+1 Signed
[Droid Incredible General] flashsloth:
Signed. Can't believe this was even a question
[Droid Incredible General] bikedogrun:
Best ROMS on the Droid Incredible "AND" most generous and positive support of his users as well!!!

+1

Consider me signed to this petition ///

/BD :cool:
[Droid Incredible General] z3rods:
When I read about this, I thought it was just plain stupidly ridiculous. What do you have to do to become a recognized developer? All the work he's done apparently isn't enough. Nils, you deserve it bud. Consider this post my signing of this petition.

Now I see why RootzWiki was formed... *shakes his damn head*
[Droid Incredible General] tribbey:
adding my name nilsP is a beast and def. deserves that respect of being a "Recognized Developer" +1 for nils
[Droid Incredible General] brownsfan:
+1 Signed. He has done a lot of good work.
[Droid Incredible General] localceleb:
I agree with everything being said. Nils deserves much praise. *Signed*
[Droid Incredible General] Rick_V:
This really sucks. I had never used one of NilsP's roms until yesterday. I have in the past used roms from other devs that also have been run off. I loaded NilsP's Busness Gingersense 3D yesterday and WOW it is the best rom I have every ran. I read through the whole thread before installing and other the mostly praise posts the occasional one with someone having a problem was quickly answered by NilsP. So I login to XDA today and see this crap. Guys is not a dev WTF? It seems to me that politics has crept into XDA like everything. For NilsP not to be considered a developer is a joke.
[Droid Incredible General] HOOKEDONDROID:
+1 Nilsp devs great Roms! Business sense was the first Rom I put on my dinc. It ran smooth from day 1.
[Droid Incredible General] kentsimon:
Signed

NilsP ROMs are the only ROM's good enough for me to use!!!! I've been using them for over a year! I would do anything to help him keep working in this community.
[Droid Incredible General] Div033:
Nils is one of the best developers I've interacted with. His work is always high quality and I hold a lot of respect for him as a developer of roms for our devices.

I would be highly interested to learn why his application to become a recognized developer (something he already is, IMO) was turned down. This sounds like a major error on XDA's part.

Sent from my Droid Incredible using the XDA app.
[Droid Incredible General] SteveG12543:
Signed.

He offers help to anyone who asks, puts out amazing software, and is just plain awesome. How they could say no is beyond me.

Sent from my Droid Incredible running a random CM7 nightly.
[Droid Incredible General] dscribe:
Signed.

Support NilsP, he deserves it.
[Droid Incredible General] thisguy23:
I'm with everyone here. Its not that big of a deal. Just Knight him and be done with it. He deserves it.

+1 Signed
[Droid Incredible General] svil3:
+1 signed

he deserves it
[Droid Incredible General] meazz1:
I support NilsP.

+1 signed
[Droid Incredible General] cappiez:
+1 Signed.

I don't know the conditions to be a recognised developer, but they obviously need to be changed if Nils isn't to be considered one. Since I got my DInc, every thread you see, someone is recommending his ROMs. With damn good reason for it.
[Droid Incredible General] mrfrankolv:
+1. My favorite ROM is Nils' Business GingerSense - (7/21/11 V2.3) Android 2.3.3 - Sense 2.1/3.0.
[Droid Incredible General] raashnal:
I think it is disgraceful that NisP has been denied developer recognition. Common on XDA get with the program. If this a community driven forum and the will of the members is that NilsP be made a developer then you should make him a developer.
[Droid Incredible General] wildstang83:
How can xda do this to us considering our recent news that we won't be getting the GB update? We need all the developers we can get. Of course I vote for Nils. Get it together xda. Guys we need a petition for JoelZ9614 as well. Their doing him the same way.

EDIT: Ok I went ahead and started a petition for JoelZ9614. Please go vote for him as well if you would like guys.
[Droid Incredible General] Stoney 666:
This is BULLSH!T.... I Still remember the day the first business sense came out. I flashed it right away and was blown away. Those that know me know that I am very loyal to warm series but business sense came along and there was trouble... When I wasn't testing for warm, I was rocking nills work. For him not to be recognized is idiotic... I've seen half assed "devs" that have a recognised title that would be nowhere without 7zip... Drag and drop devs. Nills has always been a contributer with his work, never been stingy with his work and always happy to help others with their work. If that's not a recognised dev then I need to brushin up on my Webster dictionary.....

Zeus... God of Awesome!
[Droid Incredible General] NilsP:
Did his application get rejected also. That sucks but at least I am in good company since I respect him and his work.
[Droid Incredible General] br125:
(posted this in the development thread made about this) totally agree with stoney, a lot of "devs" on here just use 7zip and swap files necessary, which is not hard btw anybody could learn it in a half hour, just gotta know which files to keep and which to toss, no compiling necessary.

not sure what the issue is, did he ask to have the recognized developer status or just doesn't have it yet?

I've seen quite a few copy and pasters throw roms together from other people's work (direct porting with our boot image and build prop tweaks, swapping apns, libs and eri's etc., even I can do that and will never claim to be a developer), or just compile straight from cm source and they have the recognized developer status... I was under the impression that it wasn't that hard to get....?

That said, I haven't used his roms, but I hear good things and I'm not sure why he wouldn't be worthy of the developer status
[Droid Incredible General] cuban11182:
+1

10char
[Droid Incredible General] renzo.olivares:
i didnt even get a response g2_pulser said he recieved it but i never got a response this was like 1-2 months ago
[Droid Incredible General] watt9493:
Its like the incredibles a joke. And we have some of the best devs. Wtf XDA!!!!

Please lengthen your message to at least 10 characters
[Droid Incredible General] NilsP:
I guess that is where I went wrong. I asked for a status HaHa

Your a better man than me since I went public about my annoyance. I probably would have been fine if it wasn't a form letter saying pick a reason below for rejection.
[Droid Incredible General] jm700wx:
I dont understand this "Recognized Developer" stuff. Some of these developers bust their butts and put out great roms yet are not on the list?? Put Nils on! He is always donating his time to the community!
[Droid Incredible General] hightech316:
This forum is ran by script kiddies, I cannot stand it. I can't believe such the huge base it has of users...... I say enough of XDA, THEY DONT PRODUCE **** ( atleast not the phones ive had ) .
[Droid Incredible General] incubus26jc:
+10.. Nils you deserve "Recognized Respected Developer" status. You too joelz
[Droid Incredible General] masully1984:
I fully support Nils, can't believe it actually got this far. Insane and disappointing.

CM7 nightly
[Droid Incredible General] mirrin:
+ 1 business gingerbread is not nils only work he has done more than enough to get recognized
[Droid Incredible General] OGDINC:
Signed. This is crazy.
[Droid Incredible General] tgd1595:
Signed +1 NilsP
[Droid Incredible General] mthornto88:
signed. Nils Roms are awesome. He should definitely be a recognized developer.
[Droid Incredible General] Jikkan:
Signed for sure! This is ridiculous! Nils, you are an incredibly talented dev and I'd hate to see you quit developing because of this. Such a shame. Your Roms are top notch!
[Droid Incredible General] vince47:
Nils roms are the ones I use on a daily basis. They are extremely stable and smooth. XDA & the community would miss out big time..... Vince

HTC Incredible / BUSINESS_GINGERSENSE 2.3
[Droid Incredible General] POQbum:
I'm glad to see all of the support towards him. I hope he checks out this thread and XDA changes their mind.
[Droid Incredible General] cbaird7:
Nils is my go to rom when I need something stable that just works like it should.

Signed.
[Droid Incredible General] rosser725:
Signed. one of the best devs on this site
[Droid Incredible General] jenkies:
Definitely one of the best. One of my top three favorites due to such stability and uniqueness. Signed. You are a devoper buddy!!
[Droid Incredible General] dmeadows013:
Signed. Great dev and I don't know why he isn't getting what he deserves.
[Droid Incredible General] jayson269:
This is silly

I love his rom's. Singed!!!
[Droid Incredible General] wildstang83:
Guys I see a lot of questions asking what are the requirments of becoming a Recognized Developer of XDA. Its simple.

All you have to do is:

-Be a developer that regularly posts your work/works on XDA

-Post helpful threads in the general section

-Regularly help answer questions in the Q&A Sections

-Not be found guilty of flaming

-And of course, feel out the Recognized Developer of XDA request form(When available which it currently is not at this time).

Here are some of the benefits of the program:

1. Ad-free template

2. Ability to open/close your own threads

3. Ability to delete tags on your threads

4. A higher attachment quota

5. Extra signature permissions

6. Custom title

7. Increase PM quota

8. Access to the Recognized Developer Private Chat. The purpose of this forum is to:

a. Share unfinished works with fellow developers

b. Be able to communicate with other developers

c. Be able to communicate with members of the mod and admin teams

Hopefully this will clear some of these questions up.
[Droid Incredible General] rfarrah:
Thanks, Wildstang. Do we know / can we tell why Nils didn't meet those requirements? Seemed like he did to me.
[Droid Incredible General] wildstang83:
Bud I have no idea. As far as I am concerned he has met all of these.

All I can say is hopefully with the communities support and our swift actions we can get these guys what they deserve.

Its basically up to the Recognized Developer committee during the application process. Maybe they just simply miss read something. I don't know.
[Droid Incredible General] AJGO23:
+1 for Nils, he has been one of a few devs that has taken the time to answer all my questions without malignant me feel like a noob. XDA is getting more and more ridiculous everyday...
[Droid Incredible General] droid master:
+1 Got my vote !! Love His Roms !!
[Droid Incredible General] patsfan1130:
So it's based off of a decision of his own peers? wow! that just makes it all that much more foul.
[Droid Incredible General] Gargamel1:
He has been a beacon when it comes to a smooth, stable, technically sound, and graphically pleasing ROMS when it comes to Sense 3.0. It would be a tragedy to let such an all encompassing dev go. As a developer I would greatly appreciate the support of those who run a forum such as this, and to see them not recognize a contributor such as Nils would prompt me from not using their site. Nils don't give up developing we would miss your hard work, but most importantly you seem like you would miss it as well. There are other forums out there that you could go to and I would gladly follow you.
[Droid Incredible General] donnyp1:
I look at xda as a 2 way street. Without xda, the devs dont have a forum, without the devs, xda doesnt have a forum, they would be just another site in a long list of sites, posting news of the up and coming. Im sure the devs are greatful to have xda, not so sure now about xda feels about the devs though.

PLEASE SIGN THE NILS PETITION IN THE GENERAL THREAD!
[Droid Incredible General] jaswad23:
+1 Gets my vote for sure!!!
[Droid Incredible General] dragon36:
+1 For nils... Ive used his sense roms and they are one of the smoothest ones ive used.
[Droid Incredible General] SlimSnoopOS:
Signed!

Wow, I'm thoroughly surprised. NilsP you have my support and respect as a developer. I'm completely shocked that you weren't approved for the Recognized Developer title. Quite frankly, your Business Sense (Desire Z) rom is the reason I became so engulfed with the root scene. I've been a regular of your roms for a good while and I hope the people that be reconsider your application as you are one of the most responsive, reliable, and consistent developers to grace the Incredible forums.
[Droid Incredible General] kichard:
+ 1

I would resign if my resume resembled his and i was denied that status. Give it to him xda.
[Droid Incredible General] 1107963:
1+ Nils deserve to have that title... this is a reason why some devs leave cuz XDA doesnt see the picture.. like Donnyp1 said without Devs XDA would be just another website..
[Droid Incredible General] teentech:
If NilsP leaves, it is a huge loss for XDA, us ROM flashing enthusiasts, and the world of Android as a whole. Nils's Business Gingersense ROM has been my daily for a while now, and I love it. Nils is easily one of the best Droid Incredible developers on XDA, and he deserves recognition for it.
[Droid Incredible General] AznInertia:
+1 SIGNED. I love Nil's roms, please recognize him as a developer!
[Droid Incredible General] tiny4579:
signed!
[Droid Incredible General] donnyp1:
Dont choke on some pills, vote for nils!

PLEASE SIGN THE NILS PETITION IN THE GENERAL THREAD!
[Droid Incredible General] NilsP:
I must again say I am really surprised and pleased with the support you all have shown in this thread. Highly unexpected since what I thought I would get was "well there goes another one :)".

Hopefully to clarify a few things. I hadn't noticed the post about applying for Recognized Developer when it first came out. When I noticed it on others I asked what it would take to achieve it and found out from Jermaine that I just needed to fill out an application so I did. My guess is I did not do a very good job with the application so I got rejected. Truth be told I was not actually after the title, I was looking for the extra benefits that were posted earlier in the thread like more PM's and more uploads.

Now the rejection itself did not bother me as much as how I was rejected. It was via a form letter that basically said here are the reasons we reject applicants and listed maybe 10. It was like pick the one you like but I couldn't.

Thanks again.

Nils
[Droid Incredible General] azgoofball:
I've been running Nil's Gingersense for about a week now and love it. He definitely has my vote.
[Droid Incredible General] merlin66676:
*signed* Good luck nils and the community that supports you.
[Droid Incredible General] badogg:
Word. Count me in.
[Droid Incredible General] titans808:
Nils is a great dev, whoever made the decision not to give him the status either hasn't even tried to make a small effort to see what he's done, or got their head up their ass.
[Droid Incredible General] jpradley:
Nils is both a gentleman and a gentle man and a competent, generous, active, cooperative, original, clever, forthcoming, responsive, admired, and valued developer of Android ROMs.
[Droid Incredible General] ohredwood:
+1 Signed

Interesting though, his Roms have to rank up there in hit's/downloads as some of the highest on the developers section and he's isn't considered a recognized developer? Guess it's like Congress, what I want is not what they doing.

Love the work Nils has done, keep it up friend, with or without this website.
[Droid Incredible General] Hitch_Itch:
Signed!

I cant believe you were rejected Nil's.

Hands down you are the best dev

I have flashed Every rom for the Dinc and No other dev even comes close to you when it comes to replying to users questions/problems/wish lists. No other rom has had so many updates in such a short time. you have made the best 3.0 sense rom for the dinc and somehow you continue to find ways of making it better.

If there decision is not overturned I (and I bet many others) will have lost all respect for this community and will move on.

Hitch
[Droid Incredible General] Clamster:
Signed. His roms are the only ones I use
[Droid Incredible General] cbrown245:
I don't have a dinc, but i have seen his work, anyone who can put out more then one stable rom and call it his own work and have it recognized as his own work should be RECOGNIZED AS A DEV. But that's my opinion.
[Droid Incredible General] Bradx8148:
+1 Agreed!
[Droid Incredible General] Sirielia:
Signed. I have been watching Nils for a while and was even planning on switching to his rom. From what I observed, he is a great developer and responds to problems immediately.

I really hope Nils that you continue whether it be on this site or elsewhere. There are plenty that will follow you. :)
[Droid Incredible General] jayochs:
xda has gone to ****, plain and simple. especially that "iron fist" protocol they've initiated now; i got a good laugh out of reading that one. either way, here's 15 pages worth of people signing a petition.