Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

2014-01-27 Thread John Lewis
I do forget this quite a bit and Lydia unfortunately has to always do it for me so if you could Bene, it'll be appreciated. Though it depends on Lydia's thoughts on the matter. John On Monday, 27 January 2014, Bene* benestar.wikime...@gmail.com wrote: We could create a bot that automatically

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

2014-01-27 Thread Bene*
We could create a bot that automatically adds a new post for each new weekly summary if that is what you want. Just let me know when you are interested. ;-) Best regards, Bene Am 25.01.2014 16:58, schrieb Amir E. Aharoni: Posting it to a blog would save you the trouble of manually announcing

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

2014-01-27 Thread Lydia Pintscher
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 6:35 PM, John Lewis johnflewi...@gmail.com wrote: I do forget this quite a bit and Lydia unfortunately has to always do it for me so if you could Bene, it'll be appreciated. Though it depends on Lydia's thoughts on the matter. Automatically posting it here? It'd seem a

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

2014-01-27 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
I want an RSS feed, and the current RSS feed is pretty awful, because it shows a diff of wiki syntax. These updates look a lot like blog posts, so they should be blog posts. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

2014-01-27 Thread Tom Morris
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: These updates look a lot like blog posts, so they should be blog posts. You've said that multiple times without getting anyone to agree with you. Personally, I liked when we got the full update via email

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

2014-01-27 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, I do agree with Amir. It would be convenient to receive the updates in my feed reader. Thanks, Gerard On 28 January 2014 07:39, Tom Morris tfmor...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: These updates look a lot like

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

2014-01-27 Thread Andy Mabbett
It could be automatically posted to a blog, after being published on Meta. This would aid syndication, not least through RSS, and thus Planet Wikipedia. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On Jan 25, 2014 4:01 PM, Sven Manguard svenmangu...@gmail.com wrote: The content

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

2014-01-25 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
Hi Lydia, These updates are a lot like a blog. Can it be a real blog? WordPress should be fairly easy to set up :) -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ 2014/1/25 Lydia Pintscher

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

2014-01-25 Thread Sven Manguard
Why? I don't see a benefit to that. Sven On Jan 25, 2014 10:38 AM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Hi Lydia, These updates are a lot like a blog. Can it be a real blog? WordPress should be fairly easy to set up :) -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

2014-01-25 Thread John Lewis
While I do want to expand the updates and have spoken to Lydia about how we can, a full blown thing similar to the Signpost is not really on the board. The occasional longer piece of writing regarding the community we discussed but have not really tasked not further. John On Saturday, 25 January

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

2014-01-25 Thread John Lewis
The point of posting here is purely to inform people who don't check MetaWiki or aren't subscribed to the talk page notifications. John On Saturday, 25 January 2014, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Because that's precisely what blogs were invented for. Mailing lists are

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

2014-01-25 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, For your amusement, I was working on a blogpost of my own as a result of what I read.. You may get it in a feed reader or alternatively you can read it here [1] Thanks, Gerard [1] http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2014/01/wikidata-weekly-summary-94.html On 25 January 2014 16:53,

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

2014-01-25 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
Posting it to a blog would save you the trouble of manually announcing the mailing list, and would be easier to check in general. Reguarly checking a blog is also easier than checking a wiki page. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

2014-01-25 Thread John Lewis
We could move it to Wikidata Sven. The only real change needed is moving the archives over and me saving it to Wikidata in future. John On Saturday, 25 January 2014, Sven Manguard svenmangu...@gmail.com wrote: The content is now and likely always will be *first* publushed on Meta. I