[OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

[Jeffrey Johnson]

I'm not sure at all, but it was a suggestion.

Can someone open a ticket on the github so we can have a discussion there.

There are 2 issues.

1) We need to be able to identify which are OSGeo incubated projects
vs others. This is a technical issue that will get solved quickly (see
my previous mail with links)
2) We need a way to sort/order/rank projects when many are displayed.
This is a philosophical decision we will have to make as a group and
then implement technically.

I have no pre-conceptions as to what we should do for 2), but I would
like us to do it with as big of a pool of projects as possible. It
makes sense to me to carefully go through ALL the workshops and
presentations from FOSS4G and make sure *every* project represented in
this set has a corresponding presence on the site. This is what I mean
by Big Tent thinking.

Happy to be having this discussion ... it means no-one is so bothered
by the stretched logos etc ... and assume that will get fixed :)

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:52 AM, María Arias de Reyna
<delawen+osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Are you sure ordering by rank is a good idea (whatever the rank is)?
> That leaves small projects behind...
>
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I should also point out that it has been suggested that we have a way
>> to 'rank' projects in these pages somehow that indicates their
>> popularity ... for instance when we have a page of all OSGeo projects
>> like the one linked below. Perhaps we can use the number of GitHub
>> stars or some objective metric to accomplish this?
>>
>> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/choose-a-project/mapping-and-cartography/desktop-mapping/
>>
>> Also, we have alot of work to do to make the "Choose a Project" wizard
>> work properly, but its one part of the site that is *very* important
>> to us. Please keep an eye on this section and we encourage feedback
>> ... but understand its not working to our satisfaction yet either.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:47 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:43 AM, Moritz Lennert
>>> <mlennert at club.worldonline.be> wrote:
>>>> On 16/08/17 15:29, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Note that several of these issues are on the list to be discussed with
>>>>> the vendor today.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is also the issue of actual OSGeo projects that simply havent
>>>>> responded to various requests for input. I've had to just add them in
>>>>> myself so they are there and can be hooked up to the choose a project
>>>>> wizard. What do we do about projects that have simply atrophied, but
>>>>> are still considered OSGeo projects?
>>>>>
>>>>> I *really* want us to adopt the mantra of "Bigger tent, more
>>>>> people/groups/projects under it" ... Small tent thinking wont get us
>>>>> very far.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure that I've read a lot of small tent thinking. Most comments were
>>>> about priorities in the way projects are displayed on the OSGeo website, not
>>>> about excluding non-OSGeo (understood here as projects that have not
>>>> undergone a formal process to be labeled) projects from the website.
>>>>
>>>> I agree that the current website does not correspond to what I would expect.
>>>> I also am guilty of not having reacted earlier (although you have to admit
>>>> that the actual form of the website with actual project descriptions has
>>>> only been available to us in the last days). I personally would also plead
>>>> for highlighting OSGeo projects more than what the current form does.
>>>
>>> Again, this is the very first item on the list for our meeting in 15
>>> minutes with the vendor.
>>>
>>> One technical thing to note. For some reason the 'cards' on the
>>> homepage do NOT yet show the badge for the type of project, but the
>>> final pages of the Choose a project Wizard do. Check these 2 pages to
>>> see what I mean.
>>>
>>> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/
>>> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/choose-a-project/publish/content-management/
>>>
>>> Note the latter has the badge in the upper right corner.
>>>
>>> We will get these badges on the main projects pages ASAP today and
>>> that should help further the conversation.
>>>
>>>
>>>> This does not diminish in any way my profound respect and awe in front of
>>>> what the team has been able to pull off. I think the reactions on the list
>>>> just show how important this work is for everyone !
>>>>
>>>> Moritz
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