Colby, Let's jumpstart that movement by forking https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary
On Sunday, June 7, 2015, Karen Coyle <kco...@kcoyle.net> wrote: > +1 > > On 6/7/15 8:25 AM, Colby Russell wrote: > >> On 06/06/2015 09:32 AM, jessamyn c. west wrote: >> >>> It's a thing that isn't built into the back end so they've been >>> reluctant to do it' but it's never a bad idea to ask again. >>> >> >> The Internet Archive/Open Library isn't pushing OL as an open source >> project hard enough. >> >> The Open Library should be at least as useful as IMDB is for films, but >> it's not. Not having enough content is one thing. I can help fix that, >> and would, but every time I have a go at editing, I run into not just >> hurdles but full-on roadblocks of the sort we're already discussing >> here. And that's been the case for years (both the existence of the >> roadblocks and the ineffectual discussions around them). >> >> It comes down to inadequacy of the code and the lack of direction in OL >> as a project, every time. >> >> The Internet Archive could put out a call that says, "Hey, we're really >> looking for some help here", and it would reach the front page of HN >> /tomorrow/ and the codebase would be teeming with attention. That >> interest might wane. It almost definitely will. But OL should be able >> to come out of it with at least half a dozen or so serious contributors >> in the end, which in turn would allow an actual community of content >> editors to form. It requires, though, that IA/OL position itself as >> appearing interested in help, and that's not the case right now. >> >> -- >> Colby Russell >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org >> >> > -- > Karen Coyle > kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600 > _______________________________________________ > Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org -- Tod Robbins Digital Asset Manager, MLIS todrobbins.com | @todrobbins <http://www.twitter.com/#!/todrobbins>
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