[mwkn-contributors] MWKN needs more contribution

[Sebastian 'CrashandDie' Lauwers]

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Andrew Flegg <andrew at bleb.org> wrote:
> Hi,

Hello mate, everyone,

> Do you think there's anything I can do to provide greater incentives?

Maybe, but I believe the question is "should you?" I feel it's wrong
think in terms of incentive. Maybe, as I pitched some time ago, we
could allow for free submissions? I think a lot of people are scared
from the "contributor" word, as it would require to take some kind of
responsibility. If we are indeed struggling to find submissions, maybe
it's an indication that the "registered contributors" system doesn't
work.

> The idea of crowdsourcing the news gathering was that this
> wouldn't be a burden, and that many eyes made news deep.

How many are currently registered as being contributors, and how many
are actively providing links? Of those who aren't, how many told you
explicitly they were stopping?

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 1:26 AM, Aniello Del Sorbo <anidel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Also what about a Locale section? Not a stable one, but when and if
> there's a interesting section in a language that's not English we
> could forward that as well along with a short abstract of the content
> It may be not much, but it's still more content.

I like the idea, as long as it remains brief and exceptional (or say,
one other language per edition). Also, if we do this, the intro and
quote needs to be bilingual, translated from <language> to English. We
should then also have two links, one to the Google Translation, and
one to the original.

At least, that's what I would recommend.

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