Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Idea: blog "planet" for UK Wikimedians

2013-10-23 Thread Toni Sant 
This is a welcome idea for development.

Thank you,

Toni

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On 23 October 2013 11:05, Stevie Benton wrote:

> I think this is also an interesting idea. Where would the content be
> aggregated? Would it be somehow linked to the UK wiki?
>
> We'd also need to be clear in understanding that in bringing all of the
> content we're talking about together that we aren't just talking about
> positive comments. There will be some negatives in there, too. This in
> itself isn't a bad thing but worth being aware of.
>
> Happy to discuss this further.
>
> Stevie
>
>
> On 23 October 2013 10:56, Martin Poulter  wrote:
>
>> Interesting proposal- some of these "planets" have been very influential
>> tools. We can take the same approach to evaluating it that publishers use
>> for a proposed academic journal. If this planet had already existed for a
>> few months, what posts would now be visible on it?
>> If there are a lot, it's a viable idea, and if there are hardly any, then
>> it's not worth doing yet. Anyone want to suggest a list?
>>
>>
>> On 22 October 2013 22:14, Richard Symonds <
>> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Crikey, so would I. It'd be brilliant. I'll leave Stevie to weigh in on
>>> it, though, as he may spot pitfalls that I haven't!
>>>
>>> Richard Symonds
>>> Wikimedia UK
>>> 0207 065 0992
>>>
>>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
>>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
>>> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
>>> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
>>> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
>>> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>>>
>>> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal
>>> control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>>>
>>>
>>> On 22 October 2013 21:15, Michael Maggs  wrote:
>>>
 Don't know about others but I would definitely be interested in this.

 Michael

 > On 22 Oct 2013, at 20:29, Harry Burt  wrote:
 >
 > Hi all,
 >
 > One thing that Wikimedia UK's technology committee (which I am on) has
 > discussed a couple of times is the idea of a blog "planet" [1]
 > (aggregator) for use by UK Wikimedians.
 >
 > Regular Wikimedians will know that there's already an English-language
 > planet at http://en.planet.wikimedia.org , automatically collating
 > blog posts from around the web that are both about Wikimedia (or
 > similar projects, eg. FOSS in general).
 >
 > The idea with a "UK" planet would be the collation of blog posts from
 > (British?) Wikimedians' blogs, with a strong focus on activities
 > in/around/involving the UK. The hypothesised criteria for inclusion
 > would limit posts to those in English, Scots, both forms of Gaelic,
 > Welsh, and the many other languages of the UK. I envisage that, at its
 > best, it could be a great place to follow as diverse set of events as
 > wikimeetups, chapter activity, GLAM initiatives--not to mention
 > everything else that is (and has been) going on.
 >
 > These are things that are already being blogged about, but many of
 > these blog posts (I venture) are on individuals' own (under-read)
 > blogs. By collating blog posts, they are easier to find and hence each
 > blog post reaches a much wider audience.
 >
 > Blog planets are not difficult to setup, and would not particularly
 > resource intensive; it's just a question of whether people would
 > appreciate such a thing.
 >
 > Any thoughts?
 > Harry
 >
 > --
 > Harry Burt
 > User:Jarry1250
 >
 > [1] See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_%28software%29 . In
 > practice one would use a newer fork, as the WMF-hosted planet does.
 >
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Idea: blog "planet" for UK Wikimedians

2013-10-23 Thread Stevie Benton 
I think this is also an interesting idea. Where would the content be
aggregated? Would it be somehow linked to the UK wiki?

We'd also need to be clear in understanding that in bringing all of the
content we're talking about together that we aren't just talking about
positive comments. There will be some negatives in there, too. This in
itself isn't a bad thing but worth being aware of.

Happy to discuss this further.

Stevie


On 23 October 2013 10:56, Martin Poulter  wrote:

> Interesting proposal- some of these "planets" have been very influential
> tools. We can take the same approach to evaluating it that publishers use
> for a proposed academic journal. If this planet had already existed for a
> few months, what posts would now be visible on it?
> If there are a lot, it's a viable idea, and if there are hardly any, then
> it's not worth doing yet. Anyone want to suggest a list?
>
>
> On 22 October 2013 22:14, Richard Symonds <
> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Crikey, so would I. It'd be brilliant. I'll leave Stevie to weigh in on
>> it, though, as he may spot pitfalls that I haven't!
>>
>> Richard Symonds
>> Wikimedia UK
>> 0207 065 0992
>>
>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
>> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
>> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
>> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
>> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>>
>> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
>> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>>
>>
>> On 22 October 2013 21:15, Michael Maggs  wrote:
>>
>>> Don't know about others but I would definitely be interested in this.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> > On 22 Oct 2013, at 20:29, Harry Burt  wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hi all,
>>> >
>>> > One thing that Wikimedia UK's technology committee (which I am on) has
>>> > discussed a couple of times is the idea of a blog "planet" [1]
>>> > (aggregator) for use by UK Wikimedians.
>>> >
>>> > Regular Wikimedians will know that there's already an English-language
>>> > planet at http://en.planet.wikimedia.org , automatically collating
>>> > blog posts from around the web that are both about Wikimedia (or
>>> > similar projects, eg. FOSS in general).
>>> >
>>> > The idea with a "UK" planet would be the collation of blog posts from
>>> > (British?) Wikimedians' blogs, with a strong focus on activities
>>> > in/around/involving the UK. The hypothesised criteria for inclusion
>>> > would limit posts to those in English, Scots, both forms of Gaelic,
>>> > Welsh, and the many other languages of the UK. I envisage that, at its
>>> > best, it could be a great place to follow as diverse set of events as
>>> > wikimeetups, chapter activity, GLAM initiatives--not to mention
>>> > everything else that is (and has been) going on.
>>> >
>>> > These are things that are already being blogged about, but many of
>>> > these blog posts (I venture) are on individuals' own (under-read)
>>> > blogs. By collating blog posts, they are easier to find and hence each
>>> > blog post reaches a much wider audience.
>>> >
>>> > Blog planets are not difficult to setup, and would not particularly
>>> > resource intensive; it's just a question of whether people would
>>> > appreciate such a thing.
>>> >
>>> > Any thoughts?
>>> > Harry
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Harry Burt
>>> > User:Jarry1250
>>> >
>>> > [1] See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_%28software%29 . In
>>> > practice one would use a newer fork, as the WMF-hosted planet does.
>>> >
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Idea: blog "planet" for UK Wikimedians

2013-10-23 Thread Martin Poulter 
Interesting proposal- some of these "planets" have been very influential
tools. We can take the same approach to evaluating it that publishers use
for a proposed academic journal. If this planet had already existed for a
few months, what posts would now be visible on it?
If there are a lot, it's a viable idea, and if there are hardly any, then
it's not worth doing yet. Anyone want to suggest a list?


On 22 October 2013 22:14, Richard Symonds
wrote:

> Crikey, so would I. It'd be brilliant. I'll leave Stevie to weigh in on
> it, though, as he may spot pitfalls that I haven't!
>
> Richard Symonds
> Wikimedia UK
> 0207 065 0992
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>
>
> On 22 October 2013 21:15, Michael Maggs  wrote:
>
>> Don't know about others but I would definitely be interested in this.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> > On 22 Oct 2013, at 20:29, Harry Burt  wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > One thing that Wikimedia UK's technology committee (which I am on) has
>> > discussed a couple of times is the idea of a blog "planet" [1]
>> > (aggregator) for use by UK Wikimedians.
>> >
>> > Regular Wikimedians will know that there's already an English-language
>> > planet at http://en.planet.wikimedia.org , automatically collating
>> > blog posts from around the web that are both about Wikimedia (or
>> > similar projects, eg. FOSS in general).
>> >
>> > The idea with a "UK" planet would be the collation of blog posts from
>> > (British?) Wikimedians' blogs, with a strong focus on activities
>> > in/around/involving the UK. The hypothesised criteria for inclusion
>> > would limit posts to those in English, Scots, both forms of Gaelic,
>> > Welsh, and the many other languages of the UK. I envisage that, at its
>> > best, it could be a great place to follow as diverse set of events as
>> > wikimeetups, chapter activity, GLAM initiatives--not to mention
>> > everything else that is (and has been) going on.
>> >
>> > These are things that are already being blogged about, but many of
>> > these blog posts (I venture) are on individuals' own (under-read)
>> > blogs. By collating blog posts, they are easier to find and hence each
>> > blog post reaches a much wider audience.
>> >
>> > Blog planets are not difficult to setup, and would not particularly
>> > resource intensive; it's just a question of whether people would
>> > appreciate such a thing.
>> >
>> > Any thoughts?
>> > Harry
>> >
>> > --
>> > Harry Burt
>> > User:Jarry1250
>> >
>> > [1] See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_%28software%29 . In
>> > practice one would use a newer fork, as the WMF-hosted planet does.
>> >
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>> > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Idea: blog "planet" for UK Wikimedians

2013-10-22 Thread Richard Symonds 
Crikey, so would I. It'd be brilliant. I'll leave Stevie to weigh in on it,
though, as he may spot pitfalls that I haven't!

Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992

Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
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United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

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On 22 October 2013 21:15, Michael Maggs  wrote:

> Don't know about others but I would definitely be interested in this.
>
> Michael
>
> > On 22 Oct 2013, at 20:29, Harry Burt  wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > One thing that Wikimedia UK's technology committee (which I am on) has
> > discussed a couple of times is the idea of a blog "planet" [1]
> > (aggregator) for use by UK Wikimedians.
> >
> > Regular Wikimedians will know that there's already an English-language
> > planet at http://en.planet.wikimedia.org , automatically collating
> > blog posts from around the web that are both about Wikimedia (or
> > similar projects, eg. FOSS in general).
> >
> > The idea with a "UK" planet would be the collation of blog posts from
> > (British?) Wikimedians' blogs, with a strong focus on activities
> > in/around/involving the UK. The hypothesised criteria for inclusion
> > would limit posts to those in English, Scots, both forms of Gaelic,
> > Welsh, and the many other languages of the UK. I envisage that, at its
> > best, it could be a great place to follow as diverse set of events as
> > wikimeetups, chapter activity, GLAM initiatives--not to mention
> > everything else that is (and has been) going on.
> >
> > These are things that are already being blogged about, but many of
> > these blog posts (I venture) are on individuals' own (under-read)
> > blogs. By collating blog posts, they are easier to find and hence each
> > blog post reaches a much wider audience.
> >
> > Blog planets are not difficult to setup, and would not particularly
> > resource intensive; it's just a question of whether people would
> > appreciate such a thing.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> > Harry
> >
> > --
> > Harry Burt
> > User:Jarry1250
> >
> > [1] See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_%28software%29 . In
> > practice one would use a newer fork, as the WMF-hosted planet does.
> >
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Idea: blog "planet" for UK Wikimedians

2013-10-22 Thread Michael Maggs 
Don't know about others but I would definitely be interested in this. 

Michael 

> On 22 Oct 2013, at 20:29, Harry Burt  wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> One thing that Wikimedia UK's technology committee (which I am on) has
> discussed a couple of times is the idea of a blog "planet" [1]
> (aggregator) for use by UK Wikimedians.
> 
> Regular Wikimedians will know that there's already an English-language
> planet at http://en.planet.wikimedia.org , automatically collating
> blog posts from around the web that are both about Wikimedia (or
> similar projects, eg. FOSS in general).
> 
> The idea with a "UK" planet would be the collation of blog posts from
> (British?) Wikimedians' blogs, with a strong focus on activities
> in/around/involving the UK. The hypothesised criteria for inclusion
> would limit posts to those in English, Scots, both forms of Gaelic,
> Welsh, and the many other languages of the UK. I envisage that, at its
> best, it could be a great place to follow as diverse set of events as
> wikimeetups, chapter activity, GLAM initiatives--not to mention
> everything else that is (and has been) going on.
> 
> These are things that are already being blogged about, but many of
> these blog posts (I venture) are on individuals' own (under-read)
> blogs. By collating blog posts, they are easier to find and hence each
> blog post reaches a much wider audience.
> 
> Blog planets are not difficult to setup, and would not particularly
> resource intensive; it's just a question of whether people would
> appreciate such a thing.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> Harry
> 
> --
> Harry Burt
> User:Jarry1250
> 
> [1] See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_%28software%29 . In
> practice one would use a newer fork, as the WMF-hosted planet does.
> 
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[Wikimediauk-l] Idea: blog "planet" for UK Wikimedians

2013-10-22 Thread Harry Burt 
Hi all,

One thing that Wikimedia UK's technology committee (which I am on) has
discussed a couple of times is the idea of a blog "planet" [1]
(aggregator) for use by UK Wikimedians.

Regular Wikimedians will know that there's already an English-language
planet at http://en.planet.wikimedia.org , automatically collating
blog posts from around the web that are both about Wikimedia (or
similar projects, eg. FOSS in general).

The idea with a "UK" planet would be the collation of blog posts from
(British?) Wikimedians' blogs, with a strong focus on activities
in/around/involving the UK. The hypothesised criteria for inclusion
would limit posts to those in English, Scots, both forms of Gaelic,
Welsh, and the many other languages of the UK. I envisage that, at its
best, it could be a great place to follow as diverse set of events as
wikimeetups, chapter activity, GLAM initiatives--not to mention
everything else that is (and has been) going on.

These are things that are already being blogged about, but many of
these blog posts (I venture) are on individuals' own (under-read)
blogs. By collating blog posts, they are easier to find and hence each
blog post reaches a much wider audience.

Blog planets are not difficult to setup, and would not particularly
resource intensive; it's just a question of whether people would
appreciate such a thing.

Any thoughts?
Harry

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User:Jarry1250

[1] See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_%28software%29 . In
practice one would use a newer fork, as the WMF-hosted planet does.

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