Re: Questions regarding dot and planet

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 8:43 AM, James Cain <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Friday, May 01, 2015 01:39:55 PM Harold Schreckengost wrote:
>
>> We have an audience who is in between "my computer has a cup holder!" and
>
>> "I like having the bleeding edge." That's really who I'm aiming for.
>
> +1. There needs to be a focus on providing News (Relevant Community and
> Official) and Commentary that is aimed at the semi-technical,
> tech-enthusiast crowd. Ideally, this would contain both original content as
> well as highlights from all of our various front-facing media: Planet, .Dot,
> G+, Youtube channel, etc. That's sort of what I was trying to do with
> http://thebluemint.blogspot.com, although that obviously hasn't been updated
> in a while.
>
Sure. What that takes is a small team of people to take charge and
keep it fresh and relevant. So perhaps those who are discussing here
could step up and volunteer to do this.

>> >>> On Thursday 30 April 2015 22:09:46 Harold Schreckengost wrote:
>
>> >>> > Do we have anything that is intended for regular users, rather than
>> >>> > the
>> >>> > technical-minded? If so, where can I find it? If not, is there any
>> >>> > particular reason?

I'd just like to throw in the fact that most people who try Linux, are
usually somewhat technically-minded, or have a support person who is.
Usually those who use KDE on WinMac are techies as well. So I believe
our "regular users" are techies.

> Since no one has mentioned this in this thread yet, I would like to throw
> out there that a possible outlet for this type of communication may already
> exist in Userbase. On Userbase's landing page it says "Userbase.kde.org is
> the home for KDE users and enthusiasts." So it would appear that we have our
> potential outlet medium already defined for us.
>
> Userbase in it's current state is stagnant and boring. And I would say
> evidence of this is the fact that no one has even mentioned it. Couldn't we
> make a case, or at least initiate a discussion, for making it a bit more
> relevant? And while we're in the mood to possibly shake things up a bit, the
> Community and Userbase wiki's could potentially be combined into one dynamic
> (read: non-stagnant) web presence, serving to (among other things) engage
> the community, educate on KDE applications, provide an aggregated
> (non-techie) news source, and elicit potential contributors. By "News" I do
> not mean just provide a Planet widget on the main page, but as mentioned
> earlier provide news from more of a user/fan perspective.

Userbase afaik is for user facing documentation. For instance, when we
wrote the Amarok User Manual, that's where we wrote it, and where we
keep it updated. There is a plugin that allows for translations, and a
script that pulls all of that when it's time to roll the next release.

Not all teams use it like this, but it is for user-facing information.
Not boring when you are trying to figure out how to make best use of
your playlists, for instance! Nor stagnant, at least in the case of
Amarok.

If teams have stagnant pages there, then indeed they should be updated.

I would not like to see Community and Userbase intermixed without a
mighty good plan. The Community wiki is really useful, and I would not
like to see those pages mixed into Userbase. I use it all the time in
Student Programs, such as SoK, GCi, and GSoC. Plus we use it for
organizing sprints, for Akademy, and other meetings.

So for nows, the Community wiki sounds useful when there needs to be
interaction rather than just broadcast of information.

> In essence we have the Dot, which is pretty good in it's current state -
> essentially an official news outlet with relevant content well positioned on
> the landing page. We have Planet, with relevant developer news and
> commentary. What's evidently lacking is a user /fan-only site that informs,
> entertains, educates, and motivates our Users. I have several ideas on how
> we could make this happen should anyone find my opinions worth pondering.

We encourage all active KDE community members to connect their blogs
to the Planet, and properly tag KDE-relevant posts.

Valorie

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http://about.me/valoriez

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