On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Thomas Kluyver <tak...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looking at the list archives, I know this has come up a couple of times > recently, so allow me to present a slightly different take. > > A few people have proposed replacing the site with a new one. Others > mentioned that migrating the existing content might be quite a lot of work, > and the idea seems to have fizzled out each time. Also, the currently > website is interestingly unique, and it would be nice to keep that. > > So I suggest incremental improvements: > - Re-enable new user registrations > - Pick some of the people who have volunteered to help with spam, and give > them moderator status (or whatever is equivalent). > - Have a push to make sure pages are up to date and useful. For instance, > the 'What's New' page is >3 years out of date. > - Put the site theme/engine in a public repository where people can > contribute to it. (Or if it already is, make it easier to find) > - Improve the theme - I've done a brief mockup of some minor changes to the > front page [1]. > - If necessary, work on ways to cut spam to manageable levels, like simple > CAPTCHAs. > > [1] http://ubuntuone.com/3zhDP71Z12C3IGmFQo5TWl > N.B. The changes here are quite minimal - I've left the main layout and the > colour scheme the same, but tried to make it a bit less crowded. I didn't > think it should look too serious.
All excellent ideas and I support you in whole. What now? -- Radomir Dopieralski, http://sheep.art.pl
