[Tfug] tfug.org question

[Christopher Robbins]

Would a Wiki do the trick? I'd be willing to help get things setup, if we
start laying out how we want to get things done...

-Chris

On 9/1/06, Benjamin Krein <superbenk at superk.org> wrote:
>
> Why not something like Drupal or another CMS for user-contributed
> articles, photos, etc.? I think that would be a great idea. While I
> don't miss Tucson, I miss TFUG (coffee hours & friends) and would be
> happy to contribute from time to time.
>
> Benjamin Krein
>
> PS Don't forget #tfug on irc.freenode.net for a thoroughly useless waste
> of time :)
>
> keith smith wrote:
> > I see it as an addition.
> >
> > Articles can be placed in directories with the index being dynamically
> created with a list of common articles.
> >
> >
> >
> > Adrian <choprboy at dakotacom.net> wrote: On Friday 01 September 2006
> 09:53, keith smith wrote:
> >
> >> Google show 14 inbound links.  A PR of 5 w/14 inbound links is good.
> >>
> > [snip]
> >
> >> Interesting ..... I've been on this list since 99 or so.  One common
> theme
> >>
> > has been no structure...... would be funny if the Tfug website became a
> > profit center.  Kinda ironic.
> >
> >> The good thing would be those who submit articles could become the
> expert
> >>
> > and would get a link back to their site.  This is what the Internet is
> all
> > about COMMUNITY.
> >
> >> I would be interested in building some infrastructure to make it
> happen.
> >>
> >> Thoughts?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Actually... I am not at all supprised by the fairly good pagerank for
> the TFUG
> > site, though I believe that it is entirely based on the list archive
> > (i.e. ... there really isn't any "good" content elsewere on the site).
> As has
> > been said before (search back for the using Google thread), TFUG has
> always
> > had a wide range of interests and people with knowledge of diverse
> things.
> > This diversity has meant that many times a Google search for something
> > obscure will end up leading right back to a discussion already hashed in
> the
> > archive list.
> >
> > Redesigning the TFUG website has been discussed before (many times
> infact),
> > but to date has not gone much of anywhere as of yet as no one has
> stepped up
> > to develop an outline and then actually write code. Adding member
> submitted
> > articles, I believe, has been pretty much universally thought to be a
> "good
> > idea" along with a site redesign of some sort, which has yet to be
> defined.
> > What seems to be lacking is a structure, that is, a dungeon master to
> whip
> > the rest of us back to work... Us meager assorted roustabouts,
> vagabonds,
> > serfs, slaves, peons, and lackeys like the disorder that exists in our
> > dungeon.
> >
> >
> > Adrian
> >
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Chris Robbins
Dept. of English Technical Support
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