Are you sure ordering by rank is a good idea (whatever the rank is)? That leaves small projects behind...
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote: > I should also point out that it has been suggested that we have a way > to 'rank' projects in these pages somehow that indicates their > popularity ... for instance when we have a page of all OSGeo projects > like the one linked below. Perhaps we can use the number of GitHub > stars or some objective metric to accomplish this? > > http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/choose-a-project/mapping-and-cartography/desktop-mapping/ > > Also, we have alot of work to do to make the "Choose a Project" wizard > work properly, but its one part of the site that is *very* important > to us. Please keep an eye on this section and we encourage feedback > ... but understand its not working to our satisfaction yet either. > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:47 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:43 AM, Moritz Lennert >> <mlenn...@club.worldonline.be> wrote: >>> On 16/08/17 15:29, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: >>>> >>>> Note that several of these issues are on the list to be discussed with >>>> the vendor today. >>>> >>>> There is also the issue of actual OSGeo projects that simply havent >>>> responded to various requests for input. I've had to just add them in >>>> myself so they are there and can be hooked up to the choose a project >>>> wizard. What do we do about projects that have simply atrophied, but >>>> are still considered OSGeo projects? >>>> >>>> I *really* want us to adopt the mantra of "Bigger tent, more >>>> people/groups/projects under it" ... Small tent thinking wont get us >>>> very far. >>> >>> >>> I'm not sure that I've read a lot of small tent thinking. Most comments were >>> about priorities in the way projects are displayed on the OSGeo website, not >>> about excluding non-OSGeo (understood here as projects that have not >>> undergone a formal process to be labeled) projects from the website. >>> >>> I agree that the current website does not correspond to what I would expect. >>> I also am guilty of not having reacted earlier (although you have to admit >>> that the actual form of the website with actual project descriptions has >>> only been available to us in the last days). I personally would also plead >>> for highlighting OSGeo projects more than what the current form does. >> >> Again, this is the very first item on the list for our meeting in 15 >> minutes with the vendor. >> >> One technical thing to note. For some reason the 'cards' on the >> homepage do NOT yet show the badge for the type of project, but the >> final pages of the Choose a project Wizard do. Check these 2 pages to >> see what I mean. >> >> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/ >> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/choose-a-project/publish/content-management/ >> >> Note the latter has the badge in the upper right corner. >> >> We will get these badges on the main projects pages ASAP today and >> that should help further the conversation. >> >> >>> This does not diminish in any way my profound respect and awe in front of >>> what the team has been able to pull off. I think the reactions on the list >>> just show how important this work is for everyone ! >>> >>> Moritz > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
