Received: from postgresql.org.org (webmail.postgresql.org [216.126.85.28]) by postgresql.org (8.11.3/8.11.4) with SMTP id f7KHgWP11655 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 13:42:32 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from pgsql-docs-owner@postgresql.org) Received: from news.tht.net (news.hub.org [216.126.91.242]) by postgresql.org (8.11.3/8.11.4) with ESMTP id f7F9WrP68939 for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 05:32:53 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from news@news.tht.net) Received: (from news@localhost) by news.tht.net (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f7F9GYZ43626 for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 05:16:34 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from news) From: "John Gray" X-Newsgroups: comp.databases.postgresql.docs Subject: Re: Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL articles Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 10:15:06 +0000 Organization: Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Lines: 33 Message-ID: <9ldelh$1aic$1@news.tht.net> References: X-Complaints-To: scrappy@hub.org X-Newsreader: Pan 0.8.0 To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200108/17 X-Sequence-Number: 904 In article , peter_e@gmx.net (Peter Eisentraut) wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > >> I am CC'ing the docs list on this. Sounds like a nice idea. >> >> > If you want you could use a targabot so people could submit news >> > itmes, then an administrator could come along and approve the good >> > ones and delete the bad ones. Then either frame a page on our server >> > in the postgres site or just a link would do. > > Sounds like a slashdot all about PostgreSQL. Cool. (Compare > dot.kde.org.) > > The only thing we'd need is a few "journalists" that would pretend to > maintain this. > > ...and someone to sell advertisements. > > While we're at it, we need a freshmeat all about PostgreSQL as well. > I was wondering about PostgreSQL weekly news -an amalgam of Linux Weekly News and Kernel Traffic i.e. something with pointers to docs such as new tutorials or case studies, press coverage etc. and maybe summaries of "hot topics on -hackers" stuff to help people understand the "issues of the day". I might be able to contribute a little time to such a thing. Any interest? Regards John