SJ Klein schreef:
I think that a focused few weeks with an explicit call for people to get involved even if they don't know how they could help out, would attract a different and wider interest than a more unspecified request for help and individual contact. "Show up in this channel on this date" may be easier for some collabs than "write me an email about how you can help"... more like a barn-raising, less like signing up to do solo work.
We can try that. There is an IRC-channel for Wikizine, #wikizine on freenode.
I suggest an IRC-meeting today there at 20:30 UTC http://chat.wikizine.org
There is scheduling; planning to fill certain regular sections; planning for special editions and preparation for outages. There is style for various kinds of links and reports; style for citations and neutrality or explicit spirited POV; methods for outreach to / review of various projects and languages; style and coordination with other news sources; how to distribute in various final formats; attribution.
That does not realy exist now or not very clearly. There is also no need for because I am basicly the only one working on it.
Is there somewhere I can go to watch wikizine construction in progress?
Wikizine used to be on Meta. I moved to a private wiki. I will move back to Meta as an expermiment.
It's not training at all, but these rules of thumb; and a sense of community and collaboration while working on it. This makes it fun and not a chore; and lets people get quick answers to unformed questions by watching others talk and work.
SJ
We will see ...
Greetings, Walter