I was talking to Mr. Managing Editor[1] about reviving the idea of a management meeting and workflow for posts.
http://fedoramagazine.org/publishing-workflow/
Ryan put this page (unlinked) together to describe the publication workflow and roles. There are some tools in the WordPress instance itself to help us maintain a schedule of posts. I think that would work well with this workflow. There are some other helpful pages available too, but this one relates to some info below.
To use the workflow effectively, I think it's helpful to have a short weekly gathering, at a reasonably suitable time, to get people assigned to edit and schedule posts. If we try for something between hours of 1200 and 1400 UTC (currently, adjust for daylight time later), would that work OK for interested folks?
* * *
I wasn't sure people were aware of the current role memberships on the Magazine, so while I was logged in I decided to take accounting:
* Editor: dustymabe, kushal, roshi
* Author: adamw, amitshah, amsharma, ankursinha, arg, ashutoshbhakare, Award3535, bckurera, blacksmith, churchyard, cwickert, dwalsh, eischmann, emichan, gerd, giuseppep, immanetize, inode0, jkurik, jomoos, jstribny, kinitrupti, kiso49j, krazyabouttechnology, langdon, mailga, markdude, markllama, mattn, mhayden, phantomhell, pingou, pravins, rikkiendsley, scollier, siddhesh, sparks, tatica, tforsman, williamjmorenor
* Administrator: chrisroberts, cydrobolt, duffy, jreznik, jzb, mattdm, Mitzie, nb, pfrields, randomuser, robyduck, rsuehle, ryanlerch, sgallagh
Right now the default user role is Subscriber, but promotion to Author should be widely encouraged for anyone who wants to pitch or draft something.
There's a Contributor role but it doesn't seem to have much utility beyond the Author role AFAICT.
The only difference between Editor and Administrator seems to be the ability to twiddle the WordPress configuration, which should only needed occasionally. I'd recommend we move all but maybe 5-7 Administrators to the Editor role, being careful to maintain global coverage with that group. Any Editor can edit and publish stories so this should have no effect on our ability to move material quickly.
[1] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2015-March/017230.html
Hi Paul,
Having a weekly gathering sounds like a good idea, especially to get caught up on the latest events. However, 1200 UTC (8 AM EST?) is a bit of an inconvenient time for me. What day will this be happening at, and is the date flexible?
Thanks! Chaoyi
On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 at 17:01 Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:
I was talking to Mr. Managing Editor[1] about reviving the idea of a management meeting and workflow for posts.
http://fedoramagazine.org/publishing-workflow/
Ryan put this page (unlinked) together to describe the publication workflow and roles. There are some tools in the WordPress instance itself to help us maintain a schedule of posts. I think that would work well with this workflow. There are some other helpful pages available too, but this one relates to some info below.
To use the workflow effectively, I think it's helpful to have a short weekly gathering, at a reasonably suitable time, to get people assigned to edit and schedule posts. If we try for something between hours of 1200 and 1400 UTC (currently, adjust for daylight time later), would that work OK for interested folks?
I wasn't sure people were aware of the current role memberships on the Magazine, so while I was logged in I decided to take accounting:
Editor: dustymabe, kushal, roshi
Author: adamw, amitshah, amsharma, ankursinha, arg, ashutoshbhakare, Award3535, bckurera, blacksmith, churchyard, cwickert, dwalsh, eischmann, emichan, gerd, giuseppep, immanetize, inode0, jkurik, jomoos, jstribny, kinitrupti, kiso49j, krazyabouttechnology, langdon, mailga, markdude, markllama, mattn, mhayden, phantomhell, pingou, pravins, rikkiendsley, scollier, siddhesh, sparks, tatica, tforsman, williamjmorenor
Administrator: chrisroberts, cydrobolt, duffy, jreznik, jzb, mattdm, Mitzie, nb, pfrields, randomuser, robyduck, rsuehle, ryanlerch, sgallagh
Right now the default user role is Subscriber, but promotion to Author should be widely encouraged for anyone who wants to pitch or draft something.
There's a Contributor role but it doesn't seem to have much utility beyond the Author role AFAICT.
The only difference between Editor and Administrator seems to be the ability to twiddle the WordPress configuration, which should only needed occasionally. I'd recommend we move all but maybe 5-7 Administrators to the Editor role, being careful to maintain global coverage with that group. Any Editor can edit and publish stories so this should have no effect on our ability to move material quickly.
[1] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2015-March/017230.html
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Sorry to be late coming back to this, Chaoyi, and thanks for the question. I put a WhenIsGood here:
http://whenisgood.net/fmag-editorial
This editorial meeting is intended primarily for folks who are:
* Editors * Administrators but really intending to be editors * Administrators who want to stay that way * Contributors with near-native command of English who want to be editors
Other folks are welcome to join. This meeting would be intended primarily to sort out scheduling strategy and assignments, as opposed to sorting through ideas. (That can be done through pitches to this list, or if someone wants, they could set up a pitch meeting!)
On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 09:03:22PM +0000, Chaoyi Zha wrote:
Hi Paul,
Having a weekly gathering sounds like a good idea, especially to get caught up on the latest events. However, 1200 UTC (8 AM EST?) is a bit of an inconvenient time for me. What day will this be happening at, and is the date flexible?
Thanks! Chaoyi
On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 at 17:01 Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:
I was talking to Mr. Managing Editor[1] about reviving the idea of a management meeting and workflow for posts.
http://fedoramagazine.org/publishing-workflow/
Ryan put this page (unlinked) together to describe the publication workflow and roles. There are some tools in the WordPress instance itself to help us maintain a schedule of posts. I think that would work well with this workflow. There are some other helpful pages available too, but this one relates to some info below.
To use the workflow effectively, I think it's helpful to have a short weekly gathering, at a reasonably suitable time, to get people assigned to edit and schedule posts. If we try for something between hours of 1200 and 1400 UTC (currently, adjust for daylight time later), would that work OK for interested folks?
I wasn't sure people were aware of the current role memberships on the Magazine, so while I was logged in I decided to take accounting:
Editor: dustymabe, kushal, roshi
Author: adamw, amitshah, amsharma, ankursinha, arg, ashutoshbhakare, Award3535, bckurera, blacksmith, churchyard, cwickert, dwalsh, eischmann, emichan, gerd, giuseppep, immanetize, inode0, jkurik, jomoos, jstribny, kinitrupti, kiso49j, krazyabouttechnology, langdon, mailga, markdude, markllama, mattn, mhayden, phantomhell, pingou, pravins, rikkiendsley, scollier, siddhesh, sparks, tatica, tforsman, williamjmorenor
Administrator: chrisroberts, cydrobolt, duffy, jreznik, jzb, mattdm, Mitzie, nb, pfrields, randomuser, robyduck, rsuehle, ryanlerch, sgallagh
Right now the default user role is Subscriber, but promotion to Author should be widely encouraged for anyone who wants to pitch or draft something.
There's a Contributor role but it doesn't seem to have much utility beyond the Author role AFAICT.
The only difference between Editor and Administrator seems to be the ability to twiddle the WordPress configuration, which should only needed occasionally. I'd recommend we move all but maybe 5-7 Administrators to the Editor role, being careful to maintain global coverage with that group. Any Editor can edit and publish stories so this should have no effect on our ability to move material quickly.
[1] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2015-March/017230.html
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 04:35:56PM -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:
Sorry to be late coming back to this, Chaoyi, and thanks for the question. I put a WhenIsGood here:
http://whenisgood.net/fmag-editorial
This editorial meeting is intended primarily for folks who are:
- Editors
- Administrators but really intending to be editors
- Administrators who want to stay that way
- Contributors with near-native command of English who want to be editors
Other folks are welcome to join. This meeting would be intended primarily to sort out scheduling strategy and assignments, as opposed to sorting through ideas. (That can be done through pitches to this list, or if someone wants, they could set up a pitch meeting!)
Only two responses? Given the Magazine is reaching thousands of people daily, I'm kind of surprised... :-)
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