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

[Lokkju Brennr]

Just my opinion here, but...

"Planned" means there are some people interested, even if only one
person, in creating a new space.  they could be coming up with a name,
thinking about goals, etc - but they are not actively pursuing a
physical space at this point.

"Building" means they are actively looking for people to help them
start a space, are looking for a location, have some idea of a name,
and some idea what their objectives will be with their new space.
This phase also commonly collecting money to help open the space.

Active means a physical space (even if it is someone's garage) with
defined times when members can use it (commonly 24/7, but even
weekend-only spaces could be considered active).  The big thing here
is that it *exists*, and is someplace people can actually go.

Loki // brainsilo.org


On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Sylva1n <sylv41n at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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