[hackerspaces] Cleaning up the wiki "list of hackerspaces"

[Sylva1n]

Mmmm ... Ok, so now, hackerspaces in the "building" phase, when
recruiting members is both the most difficult, and the most crucial,
are not visible on the main map. Nor are they visible from the first
link at the top of the page (planned spaces only).

Hackerspaces that report their "building" status honestly are
disadvantaged, and I've already found several example of HS without
physical space being reported as active. Maybe I misunderstand the
definition of 'active'? Is there a more or less formal definition of
the planned/building/active stages?

If clutter/loading time is a problem may I suggest the following fixes:
 * the "List of hackerspaces" page could simply show a static world
map, pointing to X pages with regional dynamic maps. For now,
splitting the list as Americas/EMEA/Asia-Pacific should result in 3
relatively equal lists. Add a link to the "whole World" list, off
course.
 * color-code the HS geographical markers by status (eg. red planned,
orange building, green active, grey closed). It seems to be possible
to use other types/colors of markers
(http://www.benjaminkeen.com/?p=105).

Can I help with the Google/color stuff?

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:26 AM, astera <astera at hackerspaces.org> wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> after hanging out on IRC a bit today, I modified the main list of
> hackerspaces wiki page as to only show active hackerspaces (while giving
> a link to the _full_ list of active/building/planned/closed/whatever
> spaces on top), and resetting the limit to 1000 (since without any
> limit, the page would get paged automatically at >100 list entries):
> http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_Hackerspaces
>
> This might also encourage hackers to update their space's profile as
> soon as the status changes to 'active' IRL, I assume ;)
>
> Lemme know what you think...
>
> Hack on,
> /astera
>
> On 11/23/10 4:12 PM, David Powell wrote:
>> I would simply move the closed spaces to a new page to preserve the history.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Koen Martens <gmc at sonologic.nl
>> <mailto:gmc at sonologic.nl>> wrote:
>>
>>     On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:39:25PM -0800, Lokkju Brennr wrote:
>>     > I'm pretty sure it is the fact that the main page will only list 500
>>     > hackerspaces: limit=500
>>
>>     Perhaps if we clean up the list somewhat, we don't need the limit
>>     anymore? i've personally always wondered why closed spaces are on
>>     the main list, and i know of some entries that shouldn't be on there
>>     in nl. I've always been hesitating about removing them though. i do
>>     agree the planned & building are important to be on the 'main' list.
>>
>>     gr,
>>
>>     gmc
>>
>>     >
>>     > lOKi // brainsilo.org <http://brainsilo.org>
>>     >
>>     > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Simon Dorfman
>>     <simon at gumbolabs.org <mailto:simon at gumbolabs.org>> wrote:
>>     > > I was looking for a hackerspace in Dallas (since I was visiting
>>     for board
>>     > > game geek con, so much fun!) and the Dallas Makerspace wasn't on
>>     that page.
>>     > > I was able to find it by clicking on the state of Texas and
>>     finding it
>>     > > listed there. ?I tried to "fix it", but didn't see what was
>>     missing from
>>     > > this page that would stop it from showing up on the big list page:
>>     > > http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Dallas_Makerspace
>>     > >
>>     > > -Simon
>>     > >
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