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==Attendees==
 
==Attendees==
  
Jim LeFerve, Bruce MacKenzie, Frank Crossman
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==Agenda==
 
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We discussed how to organize the articles associated with Mars Arts and Literature. For example Frank noted how the Goodreads website provides a blog and rating for each book that is reviewed. We then established some questions that deserved the attention of the full subcommittee in future meetings.  
 
We discussed how to organize the articles associated with Mars Arts and Literature. For example Frank noted how the Goodreads website provides a blog and rating for each book that is reviewed. We then established some questions that deserved the attention of the full subcommittee in future meetings.  
  
# How might we recommend a set of Mars focused science fiction books?  
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#How might we recommend a set of Mars focused science fiction books?
# Would we simply ask for recommended titles and a short paragraph synopsis on how the book focuses on aspects of Mars exploration and/or settlement?  
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#Would we simply ask for recommended titles and a short paragraph synopsis on how the book focuses on aspects of Mars exploration and/or settlement?
# Would we link to other sites that have reviews of art and literature that have a focus on Mars?  
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#Would we link to other sites that have reviews of art and literature that have a focus on Mars?
# How will we recruit volunteers to write Marspedia articles?  
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#How will we recruit volunteers to write Marspedia articles?
# Bruce suggested - Could we examine other sites, identify potential authors, and recruit them to write a Marspedia article or stub that links to their site?  
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#Bruce suggested - Could we examine other sites, identify potential authors, and recruit them to write a Marspedia article or stub that links to their site?
# Should we copy content from an already existing article elsewhere or provide a link to it?
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#Should we copy content from an already existing article elsewhere or provide a link to it?
  
 
==Action Items for Next Week==
 
==Action Items for Next Week==
  
 
All- Develop a strategy for recruitment of article writers
 
All- Develop a strategy for recruitment of article writers

Latest revision as of 14:46, 24 July 2018

Marspedia Editorial Subcommittee Weekly Meeting

We convened this meeting as a teleconference using the Zoom.US service on July 23, 2018

Attendees

Jim LeFevre, Bruce MacKenzie, Frank Crossman

Agenda

Review and discuss Frank’s spreadsheet Articles Per New Categories-FWC.xlsx posted on Slack 17 July 2018.

Minutes

Frank noted 28 of the new categories have zero articles linked to them. Of these 21 are categories that we added to Mars Outreach and Mars Arts and Literature. Frank noted the subcommittee meetings in Feb-March had established the new Marspedia category tree as being much more focused on the future and specifically expanded on aspects of the future human exploration and permanent settlement of the Red Planet. It also focuses on outreach (advocacy) to encourage individuals and the public at large to support human exploration and settlement there.

Jim noted that we might want to introduce the new Category tree as a more efficient way to navigate Mars topics in addition to the above mentioned future focus.

We discussed how to organize the articles associated with Mars Arts and Literature. For example Frank noted how the Goodreads website provides a blog and rating for each book that is reviewed. We then established some questions that deserved the attention of the full subcommittee in future meetings.

  1. How might we recommend a set of Mars focused science fiction books?
  2. Would we simply ask for recommended titles and a short paragraph synopsis on how the book focuses on aspects of Mars exploration and/or settlement?
  3. Would we link to other sites that have reviews of art and literature that have a focus on Mars?
  4. How will we recruit volunteers to write Marspedia articles?
  5. Bruce suggested - Could we examine other sites, identify potential authors, and recruit them to write a Marspedia article or stub that links to their site?
  6. Should we copy content from an already existing article elsewhere or provide a link to it?

Action Items for Next Week

All- Develop a strategy for recruitment of article writers