[MURG] MURG website

[Eugen Leitl]

On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 05:58:06AM -0500, Randal A. Koene wrote:

> > Randal, why is the list archive not world-visible/subscribers-only?
> 
> Hm. Beats me. Let's see how everyone else thinks about this: Take a look
> at our list archive and tell me if you feel it should/shouldn't be
> world-visible.

It should; archives full of juicy bits draw search engines, and new members.
 
> (My vote: world visible.)

Notice that I've been running http://leitl.org/murg2/threads.html and
http://leitl.org/murg1/threads.html which both draw a lot of hits.
 
> > I think it would be a good idea to move to a Wiki/blog as a publishing model
> > with multiple submitters.
> 
> Eugene, perhaps you can educate me a little on the options available in
> such a model. I recently came across a rather disturbing evaluation of the
> Wikipedia as highly unreliable due to the potential meddling of editors

Yes, but we're not Britannica.

> with incorrect knowledge. Can a Wiki/blog be set up to accept multiple
> submissions, but still be under some form of editorial control?

Yes. Blog would be nice to be run as a news ticker. It could look like this:
http://scitech.detrans.de/mt/scitech/index.html which is run on Movable Type.
Alternative layouts are available, e.g. http://leitl.org/blog/
 
> > I'm testing a new HA infrastructure right now, and will be more than happy to host
> > MURG, and take care of administration once it's operational (about Jan/Feb 2005).
> 
> That sounds promising. Let me know how it comes along.

Sure...

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