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On Wednesday 01 April 2009 01:04:36 you wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Matthew Toseland <toad at > amphibian.dyndns.org > > wrote: > > > On Tuesday 31 March 2009 18:49:58 Michael Grube wrote: > > > Name: > > > Michael Grube > > > > > > Email: > > > michael.grube at gmail.com > > > > > > 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? > > It is not necessarily more desirable to have an index in the form of a > freesite, but for convenience's sake it should > be an option. Using WoT to create indexes by an agreed-upon category will > create slightly different indexes for every user. A user who wants to share > their index may want to save it as an html file simply to refer to that > specific list. If a specific index is found to be valuable by more than 1 > person it would be helpful to publish that index as 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? > > I made the comparison to a Freetalk board because Freetalk uses the WoT to > filter messages. The functionality would > be more or less the same here, except that there would be a hierarchical > structure of catergories instead of boards/threads and users could only post > USKs and short descriptions or start a new category. > > > > > > > > - 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 user should be able to assign negative WoT values at will to material > they do not find helpful or positive values to material they find to be > especially helpful. The indexes would be generated by compiling a list of > suggestions from specific identities who may have an index created from a > different set of 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? > > Yes, it should be made to insert for the user as well. > > > > > > > > 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 other features would not be realistic for the timeline of > > this project. > > > > > You lost something here... > > Oops. > "but that adding other features would not be realistic for the timeline of > this project." > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 835 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20090402/403baed2/attachment.pgp>
