Karen, Thank you very much for your insightful message. I was wondering who I should contact for a possible project to make Wikisource's public domain works available through OL. I know there is the option to create a bot to add materials, but it is hard to know if that would be acceptable if there is no one to ask or no decision-making procedures...
Is OL going to be under IA administration or is it supposed to be managed together with the community? As an example of the second, he WMF has a model where the foundation sets the general vision and infrastructure and the community democratically elects representatives and seeks consensus on site policies. David On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Karen Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > Ben, > > At the moment there is no project lead on OL. So although Anand can make > the technical changes, I'm not sure that there is a way to make > *decisions* about OL. > > I just wanted to make it clear that Anand is not shirking his duty but > is actually taking on extra duties at times because he's about the only > one working on OL right now. I think we need to find a way to have a > discussion with Brewster about the future of OL and how it will be able > to respond to user needs. Brewster may be more interested in talking > about that after the transition to the IA platform is completed -- that > seems to be foremost in his mind at the moment. > > kc > > On 2/26/13 5:36 AM, Anand Chitipothu wrote: > > Hi Ben, > > > > Currently only admins can edit those pages. I'm thinking of ways to > > enable allowing editing to super users without making them admins. > > > > Anand > > > > On 26-Feb-2013, at 2:53 PM, Ben Companjen wrote: > > > >> Anand, could you please also address the main question that I started > >> this thread with? > >> Thanks! > >> > >> Ben > >> > >> On Feb 26, 2013 9:18 AM, "Anand Chitipothu" <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for the pointing the issue John. I've fixed it now. > >> > >> Anand > >> > >> On 26-Feb-2013, at 7:14 AM, John Shutt wrote: > >> > >>> Hey all, > >>> > >>> I'm also curious about this. For my own part, I ran into some > >>> outdated info on the Bots <http://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/bots> > >>> page, which linked to the openlibrary/openlibrary Github repo > >>> < > https://github.com/openlibrary/openlibrary/blob/master/openlibrary/api.py > >, > >>> where it should probably link to the internetarchive/openlibrary > >>> Github repo > >>> < > https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/blob/master/openlibrary/api.py > >. > >>> > >>> John > >>> > >>> On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Ben Companjen > >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Anand, other Internet Archivists, > >>> > >>> This has been asked before, I'm sure, but if there was ever > >>> an answer, > >>> it probably wasn't satisfactory to some (including me). > >>> > >>> Why are so many pages with information about Open Library > >>> locked up > >>> for normal users? > >>> I see so many pages that start with "this page is really really > >>> outdated", or the specification of the contents of dump files > >>> (":TODO: > >>> :TODO: :TODO:"), but clicking Edit always returns "Permission > >>> denied". > >>> That is not really user friendly, especially when > >>> openlibrary.org/help <http://openlibrary.org/help> > >>> says: 'You are welcome to edit/correct any errors or > >>> omissions you see > >>> on openlibrary.org <http://openlibrary.org/> - it's an open, > >>> editable wiki. (Just look for the > >>> "EDIT" button.)'. > >>> > >>> And speaking of /help: coincidentally I noticed that it was > just > >>> edited by Jessamyn West, who doesn't seem to have any > >>> relationship > >>> with the Internet Archive [1]. There must be a policy for > >>> selecting > >>> people who are given the rights to edit. > >>> I'd like that policy to be clear, preferably via /help. > >>> May I suggest to add to the policy that people who would like > >>> rights > >>> to edit, introduce themselves on the ol-discussion list (this > >>> list) > >>> and are then given that permission when there is no suspicion > of > >>> planned vandalism? It could also have the effect of creation > of a > >>> community (and a way to address editors). Although there seem > >>> to be > >>> plenty of book editors and new members, I think it would > >>> benefit Open > >>> Library to have more than a couple of people who know how > >>> things work > >>> around OL and who also interact via email. > >>> > >>> Thanks for your reply! > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> Ben > >>> > >>> [1] Bios of (former) IA employees: > >>> <http://archive.org/about/bios.php> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Ol-tech mailing list > >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > >>> [email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Ol-tech mailing list > >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > >>> [email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Ol-tech mailing list > >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Ol-tech mailing list > >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > >> [email protected] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ol-tech mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] > > > > -- > Karen Coyle > [email protected] http://kcoyle.net > ph: 1-510-540-7596 > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] > -- Etiamsi omnes, ego non
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