[mwkn-contributors] MWKN needs more contribution

[Andrew Flegg]

On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 16:42, Sebastian 'CrashandDie' Lauwers
<crashanddie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.

Perhaps. Currently I do look for *anyone* posting @mwkn content on
Twitter. Apart from jonquark (who's now a "registered" contributor),
there's never been any - despite _trying_ to make that clear.

Should that be pushed more?

>> 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?

Having just removed Jeremiah, there are 7 contributors; 1 sub-editor
and 2 editors:

    http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemo_Weekly_News#Contributors

In terms of contributors, here are some rough estimates on
contributions back to ~mid-March:

  jaffa2           Lots      (editor)
  ju_key           xxxxxxxxx (contributor)
  anidel           xxxxx     (contributor)
  timsamoff        xxxxxxxx  (contributor)
  GeneralAntilles  xxxxxx    (sub-editor)
  lma_maemo        xxxx      (contributor)

Apologies if I've missed anyone. The issues have been put together by:

          Jaffa  Reggie  GeneralAntilles  Sebastian
  #1        x       x
  #2        x                   x
  #3        x                   x             x
  #4        x                   x
  #5                x           x
  #6        x                   x
  #7        x                   x
  #8        x                   x
  #9        x                   x
 #10        x
 #11        x                   x
 #12        x

Cheers,

Andrew

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