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.
>>
>
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