Crikey, so would I. It'd be brilliant. I'll leave Stevie to weigh in on it, though, as he may spot pitfalls that I haven't!
Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 22 October 2013 21:15, Michael Maggs <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't know about others but I would definitely be interested in this. > > Michael > > > On 22 Oct 2013, at 20:29, Harry Burt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > One thing that Wikimedia UK's technology committee (which I am on) has > > discussed a couple of times is the idea of a blog "planet" [1] > > (aggregator) for use by UK Wikimedians. > > > > Regular Wikimedians will know that there's already an English-language > > planet at http://en.planet.wikimedia.org , automatically collating > > blog posts from around the web that are both about Wikimedia (or > > similar projects, eg. FOSS in general). > > > > The idea with a "UK" planet would be the collation of blog posts from > > (British?) Wikimedians' blogs, with a strong focus on activities > > in/around/involving the UK. The hypothesised criteria for inclusion > > would limit posts to those in English, Scots, both forms of Gaelic, > > Welsh, and the many other languages of the UK. I envisage that, at its > > best, it could be a great place to follow as diverse set of events as > > wikimeetups, chapter activity, GLAM initiatives--not to mention > > everything else that is (and has been) going on. > > > > These are things that are already being blogged about, but many of > > these blog posts (I venture) are on individuals' own (under-read) > > blogs. By collating blog posts, they are easier to find and hence each > > blog post reaches a much wider audience. > > > > Blog planets are not difficult to setup, and would not particularly > > resource intensive; it's just a question of whether people would > > appreciate such a thing. > > > > Any thoughts? > > Harry > > > > -- > > Harry Burt > > User:Jarry1250 > > > > [1] See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_%28software%29 . In > > practice one would use a newer fork, as the WMF-hosted planet does. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >
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