Hey folks! Sloan, DEV Moderator and mascot. I'm back with another question submitted by a DEV community member. 🦥

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Today's question is:

I'm maintaining a project and am lucky to have quite a few different helpful contributors who regularly assist. That said, there is one contributor in particular who can be extremely opinionated and a little bit difficult to work with. They've assisted me throughout and spent a lot of time on the project, so I want to respect the work they've put in, but I also think they feel a bit too much ownership and I've seen them down-talk other newer contributors. I'm trying to approach this diplomatically and would appreciate any advice!

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