At Wed, 26 May 2010 09:19:05 -0400, Stewart, Robert wrote:
Participation
* Let's encourage participation in the form of comments to blog posts, feedback on documentation pages, and discussions on specific topics/threads.
It is already painful to keep up with all of the different places where people choose to post information. Do we really need more? I'm wary of the fragmentation that this could engender, but perhaps the user side of Boost would benefit most from this change.
One point in favor: Google “likes” blogs.
* Let's foster a more community-driven way of solving problems without having to require everyone to be part of a central list.
The lists can be off-putting, to be sure. Greater segregation is useful but it leads to information silos.
Not if you do it right. With a hierarchical forum you can be subscribed to everything or get very specific.
* Let's allow communities around Boost libraries to grow and get things done on the boost.org website.
Building library-specific communities is a good idea.
Step 1: Move static and not-so-static content over to Wordpress MU [0]
Like Beman, I really don't know what that means in terms of appearance, layout, navigation, or management.
It could mean anything in terms of appearance, layout, and navigation. But it starts with a site structure that many people are already comfortable with.
2. Incorporating a DisQus [2] discussion system to manage comments on pages. There is already a Wordpress plugin for this and comment moderation would mostly be handled initially by me and other administrators interested in helping out in this effort.
Comments for blog posts, doc pages, etc., could be useful. Does DisQus handle the spam issue?
WP-SpamFree does that. (Google it). -- Dave Abrahams Meet me at BoostCon: http://www.boostcon.com BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com