Hi Lydia, These updates are a lot like a blog. Can it be a real blog? WordPress should be fairly easy to set up :) -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ 2014/1/25 Lydia Pintscher <lydia.pintscher(a)wikimedia.de> _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l

While I do want to expand the updates and have spoken to Lydia about how we can, a full blown thing similar to the Signpost is not really on the board. The occasional longer piece of writing regarding the community we discussed but have not really tasked not further. John On Saturday, 25 January 2014, Sven Manguard <svenmanguard(a)gmail.com> wrote: -- _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l

Because that's precisely what blogs were invented for. Mailing lists are for discussions and announcements. Updates like this one are more comfortable to read in an RSS reader. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ 2014/1/25 Sven Manguard &lt;svenmanguard(a)gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', &#39;svenmanguard(a)gmail.com&#39;);&gt;&gt;

Posting it to a blog would save you the trouble of manually announcing the mailing list, and would be easier to check in general. Reguarly checking a blog is also easier than checking a wiki page. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ 2014/1/25 John Lewis &lt;johnflewis93(a)gmail.com <mailto:johnflewis93@gmail.com>> The point of posting here is purely to inform people who don't check MetaWiki or aren't subscribed to the talk page notifications. John On Saturday, 25 January 2014, Amir E. Aharoni &lt;amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il <mailto:amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il>> wrote: Because that's precisely what blogs were invented for. Mailing lists are for discussions and announcements. Updates like this one are more comfortable to read in an RSS reader. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ 2014/1/25 Sven Manguard &lt;svenmanguard(a)gmail.com&gt; Why? I don't see a benefit to that. Sven On Jan 25, 2014 10:38 AM, "Amir E. Aharoni" &lt;amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il&gt; wrote: Hi Lydia, These updates are a lot like a blog. Can it be a real blog? WordPress should be fairly easy to set up :) -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ 2014/1/25 Lydia Pintscher &lt;lydia.pintscher(a)wikimedia.de&gt; Hey folks :) Here's what's been going on around Wikidata this week: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2014_01_24 Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product Manager for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de <http://www.wikimedia.de> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985 <tel:27%2F681%2F51985>. _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l -- _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l

I do forget this quite a bit and Lydia unfortunately has to always do it for me so if you could Bene, it'll be appreciated. Though it depends on Lydia's thoughts on the matter.

These updates look a lot like blog posts, so they should be blog posts.

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Amir E. Aharoni &lt;amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il <mailto:amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il>> wrote: These updates look a lot like blog posts, so they should be blog posts. You've said that multiple times without getting anyone to agree with you. Personally, I liked when we got the full update via email without having to click through to read a web page. Bring back email updates, please. Tom _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l

The content is now and likely always will be *first* publushed on Meta. I personally think it would have been better to have published it on Wikidata, but it is a year too late for a change in venue now. Moving from a wiki page, which everyone can build/edit, to a blog, which few people could build/edit, seems like a downgrade in this case. Sven On Jan 25, 2014 10:55 AM, "John Lewis" <johnflewis93@gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', &#39;johnflewis93(a)gmail.com&#39;);&gt;&gt; wrote: > The point of posting here is purely to inform people who don't check > MetaWiki or aren't subscribed to the talk page notifications. > > John > > On Saturday, 25 January 2014, Amir E. Aharoni < > amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > &#39;amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il&#39;);&gt;&gt; wrote: > >> Because that's precisely what blogs were invented for. Mailing lists are >> for discussions and announcements. Updates like this one are more >> comfortable to read in an RSS reader. >> >> >> -- >> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי >> http://aharoni.wordpress.com >> ‪“We're living in pieces, >> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ >> >> >> 2014/1/25 Sven Manguard &lt;svenmanguard(a)gmail.com&gt; >> >>> Why? I don't see a benefit to that. >>> >>> Sven >>> On Jan 25, 2014 10:38 AM, "Amir E. Aharoni" < >>> amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il&gt; wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Lydia, >>>> >>>> These updates are a lot like a blog. Can it be a real blog? WordPress >>>> should be fairly easy to set up :) >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי >>>> http://aharoni.wordpress.com >>>> ‪“We're living in pieces, >>>> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ >>>> >>>> >>>> 2014/1/25 Lydia Pintscher &lt;lydia.pintscher(a)wikimedia.de&gt; >>>> >>>>> Hey folks :) >>>>> >>>>> Here's what's been going on around Wikidata this week: >>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2014_01_24 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Lydia >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >>>>> Product Manager for Wikidata >>>>> >>>>> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. >>>>> Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 >>>>> 10963 Berlin >>>>> www.wikimedia.de >>>>> >>>>> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. >>>>> V. >>>>> >>>>> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg >>>>> unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das >>>>> Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikidata-l mailing list >>>>> Wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikidata-l mailing list >>>> Wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata-l mailing list >>> Wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >>> >>> >> > > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > Wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > &#39;Wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&#39;);&gt; > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > >

Because that's precisely what blogs were invented for. Mailing lists are for discussions and announcements. Updates like this one are more comfortable to read in an RSS reader. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ 2014/1/25 Sven Manguard &lt;svenmanguard(a)gmail.com&gt; _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l