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'''This is the Wiki for [http://soylentnews.org SoylentNews.org]'''
This is a home for information about how '''[http://soylentnews.org SoylentNews.org]''' was started, and the vision for it.


This is a home for information about how this project was started, the vision for it, and discussion about it's future.  
==About SoylentNews.org==


Welcome to the '''[http://soylentnews.org SoylentNews.org]''' Wiki.


==Project Goal==
We deliver community-sourced news and discussion. This is an, grassroots effort powered by article submissions from our readers, volunteers, and our forked version of [https://github.com/SoylentNews/slashcode slashcode] called [https://github.com/SoylentNews/rehash 'Rehash'].  We highlight stories on the web which are important to everyone - especially nerds. We also provide a soapbox for discussion moderated by the site's patrons, and allow anonymous discourse as there's no mandatory registration needed to comment.


We are mindful of community sentiment, and will not bend to overreaching corporate agenda. The goal is to be an excellent source for discussion and news about technology, art, science and politics.


'''To everyone involved... THANK YOU!'''
We've incorporated as a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation (similar to a non-profit) as we feel our mission to provide a platform for news dissemination and relevant discussion is not only essential for mankind, but also a legal right (i.e. freedom of press, freedom of speech) in some places, and these are liberties which we aim to protect.
 
We are building a community-driven news site alternative to Slashdot. We have a functioning main site, and we are working on tweaking and improving as we grow.
 
The vision is to maintain a news aggregation site that delivers what's important - better articles, less fluff, and all the functionality you expect from the moderation system.  
 
* The proposed business model is [[Finances|here]] <br>
* Some business planning is [[Business|here]] <br>
* A statement of functionality (turn into a requirements document?)--- [[FeatureList]]


Though the site is young and there are [https://github.com/SoylentNews/rehash/issues bugs], we are improving and adapting to satisfy the community's needs. We look forward to pushing the boundaries of web experience and are committed to involving the community on all major decisions.


==Get Involved==
==Get Involved==


This project is run entirely by the community and there are many ways to contribute. Here are some of the many ways to participate:


'''Hop in to IRC!''' - [[SoylentNews:IRC|IRC]]: #soylent on irc.soylentnews.org/6697 ([http://irc.sylnt.us/?channels=#soylent Webchat]).
*'''[http://soylentnews.org/submit.pl Submit a Story]'''
 
** Try joining the #rss-bot channel in [[SoylentNews:IRC|IRC]] for story ideas
 
*'''Volunteer'''
'''Volunteer''' - Reach out to us: volunteer (at) soylentnews (dot) org
** Get in touch with the '''[[Development|Development Team]]''', especially if you know perl
 
** Reach out to one of the other '''[[TeamPages|Teams]]''' (we have openings for many skill sets)
 
** Contact the relevant person: '''[[WhosWho| Who's Who?]]'''
'''Work on an open project'''
*Hop on to '''IRC:'''
* Pick a project from the [[Open Projects]] list
** #Soylent on irc.soylentnews.org/6697
* Contact the relevant Overlord for more information ([[WhosWho| Who's Who?]])
** [https://chat.soylentnews.org/ Webchat]
 
** [[SoylentNews:IRC|IRC Wiki Page]]
 
*'''Bugs''' and Features:
'''Register on the forums''' - http://forums.SoylentNews.org
** [https://github.com/SoylentNews/rehash/issues/new Submit a bug or Feature Request]
* Go to forums.SoylentNews.org and register a user
** [[Suggestions|Add a Suggestion]] - larger projects to tackle for the future
* Read [http://forums.soylentnews.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=38&sid=e55255cb6dfe68b28c8cf5f2b9697a64| this] post if you are having problems. (Thanks MrGuy)
*'''Tell Somebody''' A friend, a colleague, any major news source....
* Add yourself to whichever groups you are interested in
** Do what you can to [[Spreading the word|get the word out]]
* For tech issues with the forum software, please Email Joel: soylent (at) finite (dot) ms
** You could participate in [[The_Slashcott|The Slashcott]]
 
 
'''Tell Somebody''' A friend, a colleague, any major news source....
*Do what you can to get the word out
*Also you could participate in '''[[#The_Slashcott|The Slashcott]]'''
 
 
Mailing list update Messages are [[MailingListUpdates|here]]
 


==Contacts==
==Contacts==


 
A list of people working on this project:
All Contact and Overlord info can be found here:
===[[WhosWho| Who's Who?]]===
===[[WhosWho| Who's Who?]]===


== List of Discussion Pages ==
== Useful Links ==
 
*[[NewName]]
*[[MailingListUpdates]]
*[[Finances]] -- which model would allow to minimise and/or distribute hosting costs
*[[Business]]
*[[Moderation]] -- how/if to enhance; was it so bad it was the primary reason for the diaspora?
*[[FeatureList]] -- discussion of required/desired characteristics
*[[Submission guidelines]]
*[[Content]]
*[[Style]]
*[[Migration of users from Slashdot]] -- how to handle Nicks and UIDs
*[[Licensing]]
*[[WhosWho]] -- points of contact in different project areas
*[[Spreading the word]]
*[[Comments]]
*[[To do]]
*[[Bugs]]
*[[Stories from former Slashdot users]]
*[[IRCVision|What should the IRC network be like?]]
*[[URLShortener|How do we want a URL shortener to be used?]]
*[[CssWork]]
*[[The Slashcott]]
 
== Site Name ==
 
We have a '''temporary''' name!
 
Thanks go out to everyone who made suggestions - some of them were
absolutely brilliant! For example, it hadn't occurred to me to choose a name based on a
non-English word, or a palindrome, or a puzzle. Many of the entries were quite clever.
(Adies, it took me more than a day to figure yours out. Bravo!)
 
I won't post the runners up because squatters might take the names before we hold the real
contest. We'll figure out a way to prevent this somehow - at worst case we can choose judges
and do it privately.
 
Jerry had the winning entry.
 
The temp name is: '''SoylentNews''' with the tagline: '''SoylentNews is people!'''
 
Does this rock? It hits the trifecta of website goodness:
 
* Descriptive in a way that mundanes will understand (compare "Photoshop" with "GIMP", "Internet Explorer" with "Firefox", and "MediaPlayer" with "VLC")
 
* It's part of Nerd culture, a pun, and slightly twisted
 
* It's suggestive of being community driven
 
* Possible Trademark issues
 
* It is attached to some movie about eating corpses and implies "News fresh as processed corpses" (??)
 
 
This will be a hard act to beat. Start thinking up names for the contest, or throw your weight
behind this one. The contest will be held soon after we open the doors.
 
(And it was poutine (from IRC) who suggested we use a temporary name. Others may also have suggested it, but it was his post that I noticed. Be sure to thank him if you see him on IRC.)


*[[Submission guidelines]] - best practices for story submissions
*[[Story Style]] - a guide for editors on article formatting
*[[Development]] team page
**[https://github.com/SoylentNews/rehash Code Repo] - The Slashcode fork repository for this project on GitHub
** <strike>[[DevelopmentVMHowto]] - How to get our code setup in a VM</strike>
** [[SlashDocumentationIndex]]
*[[UserExperience]] team page
**[[Style]] - some of this info needs to be merged/moved/organized into/with [[UserExperience]]
**[[CssWork]]
* [[SystemAdministration|System Administration]]
*[[Finances]] - Breakdown of our proposed spending
*[[Licensing]] - ideas about which license to use for our slashcode fork
*[[Staff_Meetings|Staff Meeting Logs]]
*[[SoylentNews_PBC|SoylentNews PBC]]
*[[SoylentNews_Site_Policy|SoylentNews Policy]]
-------------------------------------------------
Administration - New Documents
*[[SoylentNews_Policy_New|Soylent Phoenix - Policy]]
*[[Definitions and Common Terms|Definitions and Common Terms]]
*[[Transfer Of Assets Agreement|Transfer Of Assets Agreement]]
*[[SoylentNews Phoenix - Bylaws (as submitted for Company Registration)|Soylent Phoenix - Bylaws (as submitted for Company Registration)]]
*[[SoylentNews Phoenix - Tax Exemption Status|Soylent Phoenix - Tax Exemption Status]]
*[[Soylent Phoenix - Bank Details|Soylent Phoenix - Wire Transfers (US and International)]]<br><br>
*[[DRAFT - Discussion Policy|DRAFT - Discussion Policy]]
**


== Similar Projects ==
== Similar Projects ==
* [http://technocrat.net/ Technocrat] - News site presented by Bruce Perens, going on the air Tuesday February 17.
* [http://pipedot.org/ Pipedot] - A complete re-write that uses a modern codebase and sports a clean look
* [http://pipedot.org/ Pipedot] - Rewrite project - Aiming to create a cleaner news site with modern technology.
* Usenet newsgroup comp.misc - [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.misc on Google Groups], [http://squte.com/ on Squte], [news:comp.misc via newsreader application]
* Usenet newsgroup comp.misc - [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.misc on Google Groups], [http://squte.com/ on Squte], [news:comp.misc via newsreader application]
* [http://technocrat.net/ Technocrat] - (now defunct) News site presented by Bruce Perens


== Archive ==


== Updates Archive ==
[[Archive]] -- An archive of obsolete pages/discussions that occurred before launch
 
An archive of updates surrounding initial work and launch can be found at [[Updates]]

Latest revision as of 17:26, 12 December 2024

This is a home for information about how SoylentNews.org was started, and the vision for it.

About SoylentNews.org

Welcome to the SoylentNews.org Wiki.

We deliver community-sourced news and discussion. This is an, grassroots effort powered by article submissions from our readers, volunteers, and our forked version of slashcode called 'Rehash'. We highlight stories on the web which are important to everyone - especially nerds. We also provide a soapbox for discussion moderated by the site's patrons, and allow anonymous discourse as there's no mandatory registration needed to comment.

We are mindful of community sentiment, and will not bend to overreaching corporate agenda. The goal is to be an excellent source for discussion and news about technology, art, science and politics.

We've incorporated as a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation (similar to a non-profit) as we feel our mission to provide a platform for news dissemination and relevant discussion is not only essential for mankind, but also a legal right (i.e. freedom of press, freedom of speech) in some places, and these are liberties which we aim to protect.

Though the site is young and there are bugs, we are improving and adapting to satisfy the community's needs. We look forward to pushing the boundaries of web experience and are committed to involving the community on all major decisions.

Get Involved

This project is run entirely by the community and there are many ways to contribute. Here are some of the many ways to participate:

Contacts

A list of people working on this project:

Who's Who?

Useful Links

Administration - New Documents

Similar Projects

Archive

Archive -- An archive of obsolete pages/discussions that occurred before launch

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