[content-discuss] Status of the Content Project

[Bill Rushmore]

+1 to deleting the Content Project

I think the concept of articles would find a nice home in Advocates.  In 
my opinion blogs seem to do a good job of what we intended the articles 
to be.

Bill
rushmores.net

Jim Grisanzio wrote:
> Hi ...
>
> As you know, the OGB started a discussion to re-organize the 
> OpenSolaris Community, and the Content Project is mentioned in the 
> proposal:
>
> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ogb-discuss/2007-April/000289.html
>
> I suggested to the OGB in the thread that I question the Content 
> Project's viability at this point since it has not been active for 
> about a year. If the Documentation Community or any other community 
> wants to take ownership of it and re-cast it into something else, that 
> would be fine with me. Otherwise, I suggest we end of life the Content 
> Project:
>
> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ogb-discuss/2007-April/000371.html
>
> I'll be migrating the Newsletter out of the Content Project space (it 
> was always a temporary storage area for the newsletter), and I've 
> suggested that the Articles content (which pre-dated the Content 
> Project) become part of the forthcoming Advocates Community. I don't 
> feel strongly about actually migrating the Articles, though, since 
> there was always such little interest in them. But for a general 
> community like Advocates, though, they may fit well. At the very 
> least, I'll link to them from the new community. Also, they can stay 
> where they are and multiple groups could potentially contribute to 
> them. The Newsletter, however, will be migrated for sure.
>
> If there is anyone on this list who feels strongly that the Content 
> Project should live on, that's certainly fine. You are more than 
> welcome to assert your feelings here and propose a new leadership 
> model for it. If there are no takers within a few weeks or so, I'll 
> formally request to the OGB that we delete the Content Project after 
> the Newsletter is migrated out.
>
> Jim