Angela,
This was exactly our hope when creating the feed or "stream" system with Identi.ca and Twitter.
The feeds require minimal time commitment yet get the information out in an easily digestible format that can be used in ways like you mentioned. In cases where more information is necessary we still plan to use and link to our blog, Job Openings page, email welcome announcements to the various lists, etc. In addition the Staff page is constantly updated when new employees are added.
Thanks for the constructive and encouraging feedback. :)
-Daniel
On Sep 3, 2010, at 5:38 AM, Angela wrote:
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 8:18 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
If there's an RSS-embedding widget that's up to our standards, it might be a good thing to put on the relevant WMF wiki page.
It may be better to have a bot copy the content into the wiki page instead of only displaying the RSS. That way the history remains on the wiki and you're not relying on a third party to provide a copy of the content. I've found that embedding Twitter feeds in a wiki too often results in timeouts.
Angela