Sally, is it ok to include the name of the company that contributes
the post, in the title of the post? I want companies competing to
write the best docs, so recognizing them seems smart, as in PoweredBy
pages.

For example: Acme Co on Using Pig to Analyze Twister with Bloom Filters

Russell Jurney http://datasyndrome.com

On Aug 23, 2012, at 8:51 PM, Santhosh M S <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks a lot Sally. I appreciate your quick response and the precise advice.
>
> Regards,
> Santhosh
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>
> To: Santhosh M S <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" 
> <[email protected]>
> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 7:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Apache Blogging guidelines
>
>
> Thanks, Santhosh.
>
> OK, I get the meta issue of my failure to grok the context the first time 
> around...
>
> Using the referenced article as an example, I would request that this be done 
> in instances where the author is a contributor to the project. So this would 
> look something along the lines of --
>
>> [Subject] Pig as Hadoop Connector, Part One: Pig, MongoDB and Node.js
>>
>> [Body] Apache Pig Committer Russell Jurney has published a series on Pig as 
>> a connector for Apache Hadoop.
>>
>> Apache Pig is a dataflow oriented, scripting interface to Hadoop. Pig 
>> enables you to manipulate data as tuples in
> simple pipelines without thinking about the complexities of MapReduce.
>>
>> But Pig is more than that. Pig has emerged as the 'duct tape' of Big Data, 
>> enabling you to send data
> between distributed systems in a few lines of code. In this series, we're 
> going to show you how to use Hadoop and Pig to connect different distributed 
> systems, to enable you to process data from wherever and to wherever you like.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> The full post is available at [ URL here ]
>
> For those articles not authored by Apache Committers, then perhaps have the 
> post drafted with an intro from someone within the PMC, along with the first 
> paragraph (or two) as appropriate with the link. So using the Russell Jurney 
> article above, it would read as:
>
>> [Subject] Suggested Read -- Pig as Hadoop Connector, Part One: Pig, MongoDB 
>> and Node.js
>>
>> [Body] The Apache Pig Project Management Committee suggests the following 
>> blog series on Pig as a connector for Apache Hadoop:
>>
>> Apache Pig is a dataflow oriented, scripting interface to Hadoop. Pig 
>> enables you to manipulate data as tuples in simple pipelines without 
>> thinking about the complexities of MapReduce.
>>
>> But Pig is more than that. Pig has emerged as the 'duct tape' of Big Data, 
>> enabling you to send data between distributed systems in a few lines of 
>> code. In this series, we're going to show you how to use Hadoop and Pig to 
>> connect different distributed systems, to enable you to process data from 
>> wherever and to wherever you like.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> The full post is available at [ URL here
> ]
>
>
> I hope this helps! Feel free to ping me if you need anything else.
>
> Cheers,
> Sally
>
>
>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Santhosh M S <[email protected]>
>> To: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 23:53
>> Subject: Re: Apache Blogging guidelines
>>
>>
>> Hi Sally,
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the quick response.
>>
>>
>> That was just an example. I will use the one that was discussed in the 
>> mailing list. The 'here' will be a hyperlink to the actual blog
>>
>>
>> The following blog is a repost from 
>> [http://hortonworks.com/blog/pig-as-connector-part-one-pig-mongodb-and-node-js
>>  here]
>>
>>
>> <The entire contents of the corporate blog will follow>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Santhosh
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>
>> To: Santhosh M S <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" 
>> <[email protected]>
>> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 7:32 PM
>> Subject: Re: Apache Blogging guidelines
>>
>>
>> Hello, Santhosh --thanks so much for your message. We're happy to help.
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately, the referenced URL didn't make it through. Is there any 
>> chance you can re-transmit in plaintext vs. embedded link?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Sally
>>
>>
>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Santhosh M S <[email protected]>
>>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>>> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 22:12
>>> Subject: Apache Blogging guidelines
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi There,
>>>
>>>
>>> What is the policy on using the Apache Blogs for projects. In the Apache 
>>> Pig user mailing list we had a discussion on reposting corporate blogs on 
>>> the Apache Blog for Pig and then link it back to the original post.
>>>
>>>
>>> We arrived at a consensus that it should be fine to repost the blog and 
>>> link it back without mentioning the name of the corporation. An example is 
>>> shown below. We wanted to check with you if this is fine.
>>>
>>>
>>> E.g:
>>>
>>> The following blog is a repost from [ URL here ]
>>>
>>> Reposted contents
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Santhosh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>

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