We seem to be at an impasse here as we can't even agree on what is "news".
IMHO, the more "news" (where "news" is anything new including new
promotional material) on the front page the better. It doesn't really
matter what is in the news, it's the fact that there is activity that is
important. I realize it is work for someone to post the links on the web
page, so maybe the restriction is only that there will be but one post
per person per week. Who might a "person" be? How about anyone with a
Wiki login account? So, anyone who cares enough to get a Wiki login can
have the privilege of posting (or rather submitting an item to be
posted) as often as they like, but only one post will be considered per
week, per login.
That way, no one needs to determine what is "news" and what is not
"news". Let the reader decide if an item is really "news". Readers are
smarter than you seem to give them credit for. They see the same things
posted over and over again and they know what to do with that kind of
"news".
Just a suggestion.
Regards,
Ruth
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David E Jones wrote:
BTW, maybe it wasn't clear in my other messages but I am against these
guidelines. For a reason why take a look at which news items would have been
left in and which would have been removed.
IMO if it's going to be a news section, it should only be news, and all
promotional material should go somewhere else.
That's the direction we've started heading in, and I hope it will continue. The
reason I think that is not because I'm against having these things on the home
page, but it seems like if we don't draw a draconian line then every exception
to that draconian line will likely favor one group or another and we can't seem
to handle that as a community right now.
-David
On Mar 17, 2010, at 5:47 PM, David E Jones wrote:
A couple of quick points:
1. a solution to this has already started, see Tim's recent commit and issue
about the main page
2. proposals like this would generally not be adopted by lack of dissent, but
rather by consent or positive vote
-David
On Mar 17, 2010, at 5:34 PM, Sharan-F wrote:
Hi Everyone
I've created a page on the Wiki with the proposal suggested by Scott. I
think this topic has been discussed in depth quite a lot lately – so I'd
like to suggest that we try and finalise it so that it's clear for everyone
going forward.
Here's the link the the page with the proposal for news items.
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/iwfi
If anyone is opposed to adopting these guidelines then please speak up.
On the other hand if everyone is happy to adopt this then I'd like to
suggest the following:
1. the page (or content) is moved to somewhere secure as you wont want
anyone to overwrite or delete, what's been agreed
2. a link from the news section be made to the page content.
Let's see if we can get this issue solved and get back to what we all do
best - OFBiz!
I'm happy to get any feedback on this.
Thanks
Sharan
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