Re: My page of Japanese-related links

Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> dixit:
>jwb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> - is such a set of links needed? useful?

>I think it's demonstrably needed, if people are submitting requests
>for changes to the existing set. I think it would also be useful.

>> - if it continues, what is a good medium/platform for maintaining
>> the links?

>If you want it to grow like topsy and become a glorious chaos of
>content, a wiki is a good idea. If you want it as an easy-to-navigate
>set of links, I'd recommend against a wiki.

>Better would be a system designed around maintaining links to other
>sites, like del.icio.us. The del.icio.us site runs on non-free code,
>but there are alternatives. One that looks good is Rubric, the code
>developed for the de.lirio.us site:

I'll look into that code. Looks interesting.

As an interim step, I have knocked out a script or two that
adds suggested links automatically each day to the front of the indicated
section. I'll see how it goes - if people are putting in crap I'll
turn it off, or edit it before the update runs.

At least my backlog is now clear.

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Jim Breen http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/
Clayton School of Information Technology,
Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
ジム・ブリーン@モナシュ大学
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