I'd guess I'd be fine removing Bjorn as he's changing the focus of his blog and he's suggested we actually remove him.  I don't necessarily agree with removing either Meredith or Mark's blogs.  Sure, those two might have more personal content, but there are certainly others on there that have done that as well.  Better solution seems to be just truncating the posts.  (Or offering a "full" and truncated feed).  If there's a particular person who you don't like, then filter it out with Yahoo pipes or something similar.

A change log might be useful as well if it's not too much of a hassle to maintain.

What software does the planet run on?  Some sort of drupal module?

Jon Gorman


---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 17:31:03 -0400
>From: Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] planet.code4lib.org -- 3 suggestions
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>No one other than me is managing it at present. Pretty much the only
>'management' I do is adding blogs whenever someone asks me too. (I also
>did just a bit of fine-tuning of the CSS for the html version).  I think
>it may be the planet software that decides what order to display
>lastname and firstname, but feel free to email me ones that are
>displaying oddly, and I'll see if I can fix them. I'm not going to get
>into serious hacking of the planet software though, or replacing it with
>other software (I _maybe_ could be convinced to upgrade it if there's an
>upgrade available).  (if anyone else wants to do any of that stuff,
>raise your hand on the list, and we can probably get you access).
>
>An unanswered question is when or if the community ever expects me to
>_remove_ blogs from the planet.  It's not clear. I don't want to remove
>them if people are going to see it as an abuse of power or something, as
>some have indicated they would. (Most could probably care less either way).
>
>Other blogs people have suggested I remove from the code4lib aggregator,
>as consisting of mainly nontopical content for code4lib, are Mark
>Lindner and Meredith Farkas.  I guess say so if you'd like to LEAVE
>those on the aggregator, and if nobody says so, I'll leave them. If
>someone does say so... then I have no idea. :)
>
>Jonathan
>
>Jodi Schneider wrote:
>> I'm a big fan of the planet aggregator. Normally I make suggestions on
>> #code4lib. However, Jonathan Rochkind asked me to bring them up onlist
>> this time. (Who besides Jonathan is managing the planet at present?)
>>
>> (1) Bjorn Tipling suggested removing him, since he's going to focus on
>> politics:
>> "Some of the places where my blog is being tracked, such as code4lib and
>> netlamers, might want to look at whether or not they want to continue to
>> follow me."
>> http://bjorn.tipling.com/2008/05/17/blog-pundits/
>> Can we remove his blog please?
>>
>> (2) I'd really like a changelog--which might further justify
>> adding/dropping blogs without discussion.
>>
>> (3) Could we please label blogs consistently? For individuals, we have
>> mostly lastname, firstname with a few firstname lastname. Either way
>> works. But the mixture rankles (sad, I know!).
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -Jodi
>>
>> Jodi Schneider
>> Science Library Specialist
>> Amherst College
>> 413-542-2076
>>
>>
>
>--
>Jonathan Rochkind
>Digital Services Software Engineer
>The Sheridan Libraries
>Johns Hopkins University
>410.516.8886
>rochkind (at) jhu.edu