This is a welcome idea for development. Thank you,
Toni --- Dr Toni Sant - Education Organiser, Wikimedia UK [email protected] +44 (0)7885 980 536 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 23 October 2013 11:05, Stevie Benton <[email protected]>wrote: > I think this is also an interesting idea. Where would the content be > aggregated? Would it be somehow linked to the UK wiki? > > We'd also need to be clear in understanding that in bringing all of the > content we're talking about together that we aren't just talking about > positive comments. There will be some negatives in there, too. This in > itself isn't a bad thing but worth being aware of. > > Happy to discuss this further. > > Stevie > > > On 23 October 2013 10:56, Martin Poulter <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> >> > > > -- > > Stevie Benton > Communications Organiser > Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 > @StevieBenton > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. 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