Re: Weekly discussion/randoms thread..

Have you considered The Python Papers?

It is an edited journal with two streams: Industrial and Academic both
of which are peer reviewed - to slightly different degrees of rigour.

I'm sure the editors would be happy to add a Django "column" and indeed
would welcome Django-gurus as specialist reviewers.

The industrial stream would be most appropriate for Django but there is
nothing to stop people submitting significant papers for academic review
as part of their career.

Maybe Jacob could comment?

Mike

On 24/12/2011 1:24pm, Russell Keith-Magee wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]
> <cal.leeming@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote:
>> I'm thinking that if we keep this a strictly on-list event, it will
>> encourage people to get involved at any time, simply by replying to the
>> thread.
>>
>> We'd pick a day which consistently shows most activity, and someone would
>> just start the thread off on that day.
>>
>> Maybe a few 'etiquette' rules for the thread - like keeping replies to under
>> a certain amount, removing any unnecessary 'filler', limit to either bullet
>> points or single sentences - to allow for easy quick reading, rather than a
>> book essay.
>>
>> I think the most important aspect is to keep this integrated into the list,
>> and not require the user to break off to another service. - It also means
>> that there's very little admin involved, and it's easily contributed by
>> anyone on the list.
>>
>> @Russ - do you feel this would be a good approach to take??
>
> Personally, I can't say I'm very excited by this particular idea. One
> of the things that makes a good newsletter, blog, or any other content
> worth reading is a consistent editorial voice. This "voice" governs
> what gets published, how much is written, and in what style.
>
> What you're essentially describing is like a wiki page, done on a
> mailing list, once a week. In my humble opinion, I can think of
> exactly one example where the "wiki" style of editorial management has
> produced a worthwhile body of content -- Wikipedia -- and they spend
> almost as much time (possibly more so) debating and discussing
> editorial policy as they do actually writing content. The utopian
> ideal of wikis being a place where anyone can edit and a wonderful
> result organically emerges is, in my experience, not borne out by the
> evidence.
>
> That said -- I'm happy to be proven wrong if someone else thinks this
> idea will work and wants to take the lead. If you want to try and
> organize a weekly event like this one, go right ahead.
>
> Yours,
> Russ Magee %-)
>

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