Distropedian IRC meeting

Wed, 06/27/2007 - 22:26 — ravtux

I would like to call an official IRC meeting at Freenode, ##cafelinux

2nd meeting at 8pm EST Thursday night (June 28, 2007)

Subject matter:

Free form discussion on Distropedia.

I would like overall for Distropedia to be scholarly and professional.

Jozef

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Thu, 06/28/2007 - 14:17 — init1

Can't make it...

I probably can't make it tonight. Or any other night for a few days. I would have liked to discuss how content is added, and how the navigation is structured. Just an idea.

Thu, 06/28/2007 - 13:44 — Foxmike

I couldn't be there...

I couldn't make it yesterday, and with 2 young kids to manage, I am not sure I will be able to be there tonight either. However, I'll try do drop by a bit later, tho.

As of the Drupas VS MediaWiki debate, I don't know a thing about it so I guess I'll read on to learn about it.

However, concerning the pages editing, I'd vote to keep it for registred users:
- Registering is not hard and takes no time
- Simple an primary way to reduce SPAMs

See ya tonight if I can make it!:)

-Foxmike

"It's nice to learn to fly. It's event nicer to learn to land."

Thu, 06/28/2007 - 03:35 — Aubrey

Wednesday Meeting

Sorry I missed this - clashed with work (Thursday morning here in Oz) and therefore I have no access to freenode. I do have just a couple of comments on the issues raised:

I like the Drupal site but have a very limited understanding of such things so would bow to the more experienced amongst the group.

I have no problems with a more open licence - but I also think leaving the editing to registered users is a good thing as it provides (an albeit low) barrier to spammers and mischief makers.

There does need to be some attention given to the home page in terms of separating out the blog and chat entries from the core distro stuff. Eventually, I'd also like to see alternative indexes to allow browsing of distros by "bloodlines" (eg. Debian, RedHat, etc derivatives), by country of origin (and/or language), primary target(eg. server, corporate, desktop, specialist)and, maybe, popularity/ease of use. All for the future, I guess.

Is there any interest in having non-distro specific pages for explanatory material (eg. on the kernel, the different WMs, FOSS licencing, common apps and other things that are "cross-distro")?

Another thing - logos and graphics - do we need a policy?

One more - A general policy on the "tone" of introductory (summary) text would be good - some of the material so far (including mine, I think) is a little too much like advertising rather than factually-based information.

The site is really starting to be functional now and I hope the momentum continues. Maybe a "working bee" is needed soon to ensure the obvious gaps (ommissions of major distros) and various inconsistencies are fixed quickly.

Best wishes.

Aubrey - Ubuntu User

Wed, 06/27/2007 - 22:37 — TJL