[Python-Dev] Python Interest Group (original) (raw)

Bill Venners bv at artima.com
Tue Apr 6 16:14:18 EDT 2004

Hello All,

I am the editor of Artima.com. Guido and others suggested that I send this query to python-dev.

I am about to release a new feature on Artima called Interest Groups, and I am looking for a few people who would like to moderate a Python Interest Group. I am wondering if any of you might like to serve as a moderator, or could recommend others from the Python community who might want to act as moderators. Here is the low down on Interest Groups:

Artima Interest Groups is a free service that allows communities to keep informed and discuss issues. Each interest group is essentially a news feed that serves a specific community. The news feed is moderated by one or more volunteers from the community. Anyone can submit news items for consideration. The moderators check the accuracy of the submissions, and decide which news items to approve. Approved items appear on web pages at Artima.com, and in two Artima RSS feeds. Each approved item can be discussed by the community in its own Artima Forums topic.

Basically, the moderators would get a short email notification when someone submits an item, then they can edit, approve, or reject the item via the web. It is like having a little theserverside.com or slashdot.org for your community. Another way you might think of it is as a web version of python-announce, except that only the topics are moderated. Any discussion that follows each topic is a free-for-all. One benefit of having an Interest Group at Artima is that people outside the Python community proper will also be exposed to the Python community's news.

If anyone is interested, or has a recommendation of someone I can approach about moderating a Python Interest Group, please email me.

Thanks.

Bill

Bill Venners Artima Software, Inc. http://www.artima.com

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