Re: [OGDev] OpenGuides-Dev Digest, Vol 75, Issue 3 - OpenGuides-Dev

5 Jul 2010

Hi Kake
I think that is a bit unfair Kake. Cityultima is also an open guide to 
London, and there are literally thousands of external relevant links on it
Of course I would like a few links to some of my london relevant sites 
on the open guide to London, just like everyone else who has added 
london based links. I do think it is unfair for you to call it spam.
But as i have suggested to Dominic before i joined the mailing list, I 
would be very sad to see such a pioneering site go into lock down. When 
we first started Cityultima which was around the same time as open 
guides , the small team we had shared the same ideals. A semantically 
based open guide that was all about the real london, and not the 
theaters and tourist attractions that are on the big commercial sites.

I have also come to believe that the small grass roots community led 
sites have a much better chance of doing well against the big names such 
as londontown or visitlondon, if they work together. And in that regard 
as I already spend a little time each day approving edits on cityultima, 
was more than happy to approve edits on the london guide to keep it up 
and running. And there is most definately a need for it, as you have 
suggested. It isn't a fork for RLG but completely seperate format.

Regards Paul

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 Hi
 Just some thoughts
 You have two breeds of guides
 1) well funded with dozens of paid editors and relationships with
 education and government
 2) innovative grass roots initiatives

 These grass roots initiatives struggle and often fall by the wayside.
 However collaboration and connection with other grass roots initiatives
 help to keep them afloat
 I would be more than happy to help in keeping the london guide alive,
 but as the mailing list shows there does not seem to be anybody withing
 open guides who is
 free to keep it going.

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 Hi Paul,

 I am free to keep it going.
 Let me know what can I do.

 Dimitri Pasquazzo
 Think big, start small, move fast !

 paul wrote:

  Hi
 Just some thoughts
 You have two breeds of guides
 1) well funded with dozens of paid editors and relationships with
 education and government
 2) innovative grass roots initiatives

 These grass roots initiatives struggle and often fall by the wayside.
 However collaboration and connection with other grass roots initiatives
 help to keep them afloat
 I would be more than happy to help in keeping the london guide alive,
 but as the mailing list shows there does not seem to be anybody withing
 open guides who is
 free to keep it going.

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