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I'm in favour of clearly identifying the "editor" of the planet (which seems to be in the works), and trusting that editor to be reasonable regarding content and "appropriate" feeds. Beyond that, I think we're overanalyzing something that seemed to be working pretty well. - David On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The Code4Lib community has from the start never ever been concerned > about who has credentials as a librarian, and as far as most of us are > concerned never will be. We are a community of people who write code > and deal with technology for the library sector, we don't care about > what degrees you have. As far as I'm concerned anyway. > > Jonathan > > John Fereira wrote: >> >> Alexander Johannesen wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 5:06 PM, K.G. Schneider >>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>>> I feel self-conscious about seeing posts reflected in the "planet" that >>>> are not related to library technology, only because I'm not willing to >>>> break up my blog into sub-blogs and don't know if oysters and pace >>>> layering really go together for the "planet." >>>> >>> >>> Ouch, I suspect a conversation next about what fits the code4lib >>> planet moniker. Does my technology rants that don't bash MARC fit? >>> Does Topic Maps fit, even if libraries don't use them but they are a >>> perfect fit? Posts about philosophical aspects of the code we make? Or >>> the epistemological musings of workflows? Lest not forget that the >>> human aspect of the library profession is what makes librarians so >>> great ... >>> >> How about posts from someone that works in and writes code for a library >> (for the past 11 years) but is not a librarian. >> > > -- > Jonathan Rochkind > Digital Services Software Engineer > The Sheridan Libraries > Johns Hopkins University > 410.516.8886 > rochkind (at) jhu.edu >