For some time I've been thinking it would be cool to set up a server running BuddyPress (http://buddypress.org). It could have a Debian theme and Debian developers and users could create profiles, be friends and do all that sort of nonsense. Would that be a good way to handle this flow of "users"? I would volunteer to put some time into that.
On 09/14/2011 09:21 PM, David Prévot wrote: > Hi, > > The users part of the website [0] gathers lots of contacts, for a long > time, and as far as I know, we don't have (yet) a protocol to handle > those entries in the long term. I thus propose to contact persons who > initially proposed a description of their company, organization, school, > university, etc. to update the said description, in order to keep it up > to date, or eventually removed it if not accurate anymore. > > 0 : http://www.debian.org/users/ > > Maybe some of you, e.g. handling data in the vendors, pre-installed, > consultants, etc. part of the website, may have some advice or tip to > handle such pings. Here is a proposed workflow I can think of, do not > hesitate to comment it, or the proposed text at the end of this message. > > ASCII Grafcet-like scheme, hoping it will be understandable& > > +---+ > | 0 | > +-+-+ > | > +-- Page not updated since N years > | > +<----------<-------------<--------------<---------+ > | | > +-+-+ +-------------------+ ^ > | 1 +--+ Send initial mail | | > +-+-+ +-------------------+ | > | | > +-----------------+--------------------------------+ | > | | | ^ > +-- Answer +-- No answer within two weeks +-- Bouncing | > | | | e-mail | > | +-+-+ +------------------+ | | > | | 2 +--+ Send second mail | | | > | +-+-+ +------------------+ | | > | | | ^ > | +--------+----------+ | | > | | | No answer | | > | +-- Answer +-- within two weeks | | > | | | | | > +--+-----+ +------+--------------+ | > | | ^ > +-+-+ +-------------------+ +-+-+ +----------------------+ | > | 3 +--+ Update text | | 4 +--+ Search other contact | | > +-+-+ | (or delete entry) | +-+-+ +----------------------+ | > +-------------------+ | | > | | > +--------------------------------+------+ ^ > | | | > +-- No existing contact found +-- New e-mail addresses | > | | | > +-+-+ +--------------+ +-------->-------->-------+ > | 5 +--+ Delete entry | > +---+ +--------------+ > > > With this scheme, one can have from a quite short process (eg. 1,3 or > 1,4,5) to pretty long one (eg. 1,2,4,1,2,4,5 is eight weeks long). > > I guess the minimum number of years (N) could be two once the process is > in place and working, but let's already begin with N=6, and handle those > oldest descriptions. > > The mails could be sent to the contact and webmaster@d.o, the reply-to > set to the sender and webmaster@d.o, and mail informations (date and > message-id) added to the related page at the end of the process (or in > the commit message, if the page is deleted). If you can think of any > tool that could help tracking this process, your ideas are welcome. > > If some of you are willing to join the fun, your hands are welcome too. > > Proposed mail draft for the initial ping: > > -----------------------------%<------------------------------ > > Subject: Are you still using Debian? > > Hi [Name, if known], > > Some time ago, you provided a description [1] of how your organization > uses Debian. > > 1: [Link to the page and a copy of the current description] > > If you are still using Debian, you may wish to update this data, with a > paragraph or two describing how your organization uses Debian. Try to > include details such as the number of workstations/servers, the software > they run, and why you chose Debian over the competition. > > [One of the two following, depending if there is a link or not] > ---------------- > Is the home page link [2] still correct? > > 2: [Home page link] > ---------------- > You may also wish to provide an home page link if you have one. > ---------------- > > Thanks in advance for you answer. > > Regards, > > [The sender], for the Debian website > > ----------------------------->%------------------------------ > > Regards > > David > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-www-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e71697f.30...@brainfood.com
