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Posting Format Guidelines
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Here's a first version:
Subject:
News Tag: Condensed Yet Informative Summary of Content
Your Post:
A first paragraph providing a "layman" extended summary of the news item, excluding any technicalities.
A second paragraph providing more detail, including technicalities if relevant. It can embed an image, making sure to use the full HTML needed for this (no square brackets format, which doesn't get formatted for the RSS feed). Images should be as small as possible, and credited.
A summary, indicating where discussion of this item takes place.
Credit to the source of the item.
Some concepts:
• Most people will read only the Subject line, which should therefore be informative without being verbose.
• Those who start reading the full text should get a full understanding of the content just from the first paragraph, which should therefore be accessible to anyone.
• Further paragraphs can provide additional, optional detail. Visuals can support and entice further reading, but without dominating the content.
• The footer credits the person who suggested the news item, and/or the main source (e.g. a blog).
Links:
First paragraph: Link to source blog/page if available, direct link to the main subject of the topic if relevant.
Second paragraph: Profuse linking to whatever is relevant.
Summary: Links to one or more locations where the topic is being discussed.
Footer: Links to source and to the person who suggested the news item, as relevant.
Suggestive List of "News Tags" for Subject Line
News Tag portion shown in bold. Description of applicable content follows. Often a news item might fit in more than one place, simply pick the most relevant.
FlickrHQ: News relevant to the office and people
Press: Flickr in the News
Meet: Larger than "local" meetup opportunities
Speak: Staff engagements/talks at conferences
Watchdog: API TOU voiolators, severe copyright violations
Blog: echos of important blog & devblog posts
The following are also News Tags, but might have lasting relevance and be included in a reference index topic at a later date.
Flickr Site: New Features (web interface)
Flickr Tools: New Features (non-web interface)
Commons: Content Collections
Community: Groups We've Noticed
Community: Sponsored Groups
API: Feature Announcements
API: Commercial/Partner Applications
API: Non-Commercial Applications
Hacking: Handy GreaseMonkey Scripts
Hacking: Handy Yahoo Pipes
Hacking: Handy Urls & Easter Eggs
Resources: Handy/informative links for flickr members
Originally posted at 9:17PM, 14 December 2008 PDT
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clickykbd (a group admin) edited this topic 54 months ago.
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I added "Flickr Tools" as a tentative tag for news items concerning non-web interface official features like the Uploadr. (Does this cover the mobile interface as well? What else?)
Perhaps "Hacking" isn't the best descriptor for third-party extensions though. I understand the term, you do, most people take it to mean a nefarious activity. For the FlickrHacks group it's ok, but as a tag it loses context...
"Extending Flickr" would be my preference - albeit a tad longer, but unambiguous. Wouldn't cover the handy URLs and easter eggs though... but these could be in the "Site" section?
Posted 54 months ago.
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I'm fine with those suggestions. Though I think using "Flickr" repeatedly in the tag-phrase is a bit unnecessarily redundant. It is implied.
Extending:
Tools:
Would be my preference.
The one place where "Flickr" might make sense is in place of the "Site:" tag I had suggested previously.
Originally posted 54 months ago.
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clickykbd (a group admin) edited this topic 54 months ago.
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Hmm, just "Extending" sounds rather weird. Loses context - extending what?
As for "Tools", the "Extending" are also (usually) tools. The difference is that the "Flickr Tools" are official... those coming from Flickr itself.
Posted 54 months ago.
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I'm fine with leaving flickr in a few of them if it seems weird without it.
Extending applies to a broad category that includes the API and many other services. That whole "Do More" thing.
Extending Flickr is similar to: "API: Commercial/Partner Applications"
Maybe we should re-title that one to "Extending Flickr", or just "Do More"?
As for what to call hacking that has less negative connotation. I'm not sure. Tinkering?
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