There is another listing of general purpose comms here: http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/notes/Community_List
Not ideal and certainly not scalable, but it's good for now. I have trying to keep it updated as much as possible from communities I see floating by, and so have others. There is also: http://dw-community-promo.dreamwidth.org/ Neither of these are as nifty as your idea, but, so many things to do, so little time, and sometimes we just make do with what we can scrabble up at hand. Hopefully they can help in the meantime. --foxfirefey On Apr 12, 2009, at 12:44 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Hehe, yes, I do - but I also mean for communities not connected to > the topic 'DW' itself. I mean, even the unofficial ones listed there > seem to be ' about DW'. > > Maybe it would be a nice idea to do that in the wiki, but then as an > own category with sub-categories, not on one page. On the other hand > it feels a little to disconnected from DW itself, as a user new to > DW would never have the idea to go to the wiki and make such an > entries - because they probably wouldn't know thats possible. Also, > there is no possibility of automatically displaying the number of > members/ activity etc. > > @paul sorry for posting this twice for you, missed to reply to the > whole list the first time ^^. > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: "Paul-Gabriel Wiener" <[email protected]> > Gesendet: 12.04.09 09:36:28 > An: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [DW Discuss] Directory for Communities > > You mean something like this...? > > http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/notes/Dreamwidth_Communities > > [email protected] wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> I was wondering something and wanted to ask if I'm the only one >> interested in this and if it's something that's even possible or to >> be considered: >> >> What about a directory for the communities on DW? >> I have a very blurry memory that something like this existed in the >> beginning of LJ, but wasn't very well maintained and was gone after >> a while. >> >> What I imagine: >> Maintainers can add their communities to the directory by hand if >> they wish to. There is an option upon creation of a community to >> add it to the directory (but you can later add or remove it as >> well). They may also add a short description. Adult communities >> would be marked as such or would not display in the first place for >> underage users. It should only be possible to add a community to >> one category. Maybe an activity and size status could be displayed >> as well. It should be possible for anyone to report comms which are >> in the wrong category. >> >> Why would I want that? >> Well, it's simple. I love to browse such directories and look for >> communities to join. I find it was more convenient, than to come up >> with possible search terms for possible interests. Also, browsing >> such directories I might easily find communities which I find >> appealing, but didn't think of in the first place. On LJ, some >> topics have numerous communities, most of which are dead. I would >> have the hope that a directory would help people decide if they >> really need to create another community about topic XY (maybe with >> a link on the community creation page saying something like 'Have >> you checked the directory for communities of that topic already?). >> >> I am sure there are a million reasons to be against something like >> that directory and I have no idea how easily it could be >> implemented and maintained (volunteers!). But I thought I'd throw >> it in at that early stage, as it is always easier to implement >> something in the beginning than later, when there are already a >> million communities. >> >> This could also be very interesting for feeds, as there is no >> really nice way to search for feeds right now (unless I search for >> a specific feed or try to make a new one which already exists). >> >> And yes, I totally understand if this is something nobody but me >> cares about ;) And thats it's not something essential ... anyway, I >> miss(ed) it on LJ. >> >> Have a nice day, >> elfy >> _______________________________________________ >> dw-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss >> >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dw-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss _______________________________________________ dw-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss
