On Tuesday 31 March 2009 18:49:58 Michael Grube wrote: > Name: > Michael Grube > > Email: > [email protected] > > Project Title: Automatic generation of Freesite indexes using the WoT > concept > > Benefits to the Community: > Manually generated freesite indexes have some obvious limits to how many > freesites they can organize > and allow for the possibility of censorship. > The end result of this project would be a plugin that allowed the freenet > community to automatically > generate and maintain a freesite index. This would save time on the creation > of freesite indexes and > allow users to discover material relevant to their interests much more > easily. It is also important to note > that this would allow creators of new freesites to have their site become > known much more easily, > which imho is a road block against the creation of new content on freenet.
Why is it better to produce an index in the form of a freesite? > > Expected Results: > - The creation of a plugin that allows users to recommend a key for > submission to a certain group or category(analogous to a Freetalk board) This would use the Web of Trust?? Should it actually be a Freetalk board? > - The creation of a simple, easy to use user interface > - The ability of a user to create a new group/category as well as > subcategories > - The ability of an individual to apply WoT to filter poor or unfitting > suggestions, categories Not sure what you mean here - you mean the ability to incorporate stuff from other indexes, or from specific identities? > - The ability of a user to save an automatically generated index as an html > file suitable for distribution as a freesite. It should insert it too, or are you expecting the user to manually vet it? > It should be noted that this system can extend to beyond simply suggesting a > freesite for an index dedicated to a user-defined category, but that > adding features such as a You lost something here... > > Project Schedule: > The time required to complete the above listed goals should be about 3 > months. This will not be a problem, as I will have no other obligations. > I will be able to start on this project as early as the first week of May > and, if successful, plan on continuing work on this project well after GSoC > has ended. > > Bio: > I am a second year Computer Science and Engineering undergraduate student > and the University of Toledo, Ohio and have completed the majority of my > programming courses using Java. I am passionately interested in the idea of > creating a decentralized, self organizing communication network and have > ideas I believe to be original for organizing information in a system that > is democratic in nature. Since discovering the Freenet project several > months ago I have become extremely interested in contributing to the > improvement of performance and "user-friendliness" of freenet. The > development of these features I believe are essential to seducing a larger > population of Freenet users. My simple wish is to make Freenet an > attractive, viable solution for the general public! > > Thank you for your consideration.
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