This is the way I always hoped it would be, but instead this has resulted in one conflict after another. That's what I mean when I say that we can't seem to handle this as a community right now, and that's why I'm in favour of tight restrictions on the home page news.
-David On Mar 17, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------- > Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz" > [email protected] > > 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 >>>> -- >>>> View this message in context: >>>> http://n4.nabble.com/Proposal-Guidelines-for-News-Items-tp1597365p1597365.html >>>> Sent from the OFBiz - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>> >> >> >>
