Interesting proposal- some of these "planets" have been very influential tools. We can take the same approach to evaluating it that publishers use for a proposed academic journal. If this planet had already existed for a few months, what posts would now be visible on it? If there are a lot, it's a viable idea, and if there are hardly any, then it's not worth doing yet. Anyone want to suggest a list?
On 22 October 2013 22:14, Richard Symonds <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > -- Dr Martin L Poulter Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador, July 2013 - March 2014 Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter Volunteer, Wikimedia UK http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter<http://uk.wikimedia.org/> Musician http://soundcloud.com/martin-poulter http://myspace.com/comapilot Person http://infobomb.org/
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