Re: marketing Digest, Vol 122, Issue 2

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Hello Zacharias,

I do appreciate your effort of providing me with the information but
could someone please clarify how one could be  an active contributor,
if he's not let into a group?

Madhurjya Roy



On 02/08/2014, Zacharias Mitzelos <zacharias.mitzelos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey madhurjyaroy,
>
> About applications in the groups, let me quote a message from evilbob:
>
> "Personally I only approve membership to the FAS group(marketing) after
> someone has been around and active for a while. The number of people
> that request membership in this group and others only to never do
> anything is staggering."
>
> If you are still interested in contributing to the Magazine, PM me & I
> could make you a contributor's account (since account registrations are
> not available any more)
>
>
> Cheers,
> Zacharas
>
> On 02/08/2014 10:20 πμ, Madhurjya Roy wrote:
>> Thank you for your guidance.
>>
>> I've applied to join the marketing project group and the magazine
>> sub-project group from the FAS join groups menu. I'm now waiting for
>> approval.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Madhurjya Roy
>> FAS: madhurjyaroy
>>
>>
>>
>> On 01/08/2014, marketing-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <marketing-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Send marketing mailing list submissions to
>>> 	marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
>>> 	https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
>>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
>>> 	marketing-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> You can reach the person managing the list at
>>> 	marketing-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
>>> than "Re: Contents of marketing digest..."
>>>
>>>
>>> NOTE: When replying to digest messages, please set the subject to match
>>> the
>>> original message.
>>>
>>> Today's Topics:
>>>
>>>     1. Re: user's presentation: belcocco (Chris Roberts)
>>>     2. Fedora.Next draft for trifold. (Gabriele Trombini (mailga))
>>>     3. Willing to join Fedora Magazine team (Madhurjya Roy)
>>>     4. Re: Willing to join Fedora Magazine team
>>>        (Gabriele Trombini (mailga))
>>>     5. Do we have a style guide for Fedora Magazine? Should we?
>>>        (Ryan Lerch)
>>>     6. Re: Do we have a style guide for Fedora Magazine? Should we?
>>>        (Ryan Lerch)
>>>     7. Re: Do we have a style guide for Fedora Magazine? Should we?
>>>        (Rikki Endsley)
>>>     8. Re: Do we have a style guide for Fedora Magazine? Should we?
>>>        (Chris Roberts)
>>>     9. Re: Covering some games on the magazine? (Ankur Sinha)
>>>    10. Fedora Magazine Quick Downtime Sunday (Chris Roberts)
>>>    11. Marketing-trac: #169: User mismatch in wordpress shows 69
>>>        users but	only 22 active users rest are missing (marketing-team)
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 10:37:29 -0400 (EDT)
>>> From: Chris Roberts <chris.roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: Fedora Marketing team <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: Re: user's presentation: belcocco
>>> Message-ID:
>>> 	<592007114.836990.1406903849367.JavaMail.zimbra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>>
>>> Hi Sergio,
>>>
>>> My name is Chris Roberts I want to welcome you to the marketing team :)
>>> Have
>>> you had a chance to look over the Marketing wiki page?
>>>
>>> We just had a meeting about doing group responsibility and projects, here
>>> is
>>> a page showing the different type of activities and groups, its still a
>>> draft but for the most part done.
>>>
>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Tasks_and_roles
>>>
>>> Are you looking to contribute to the magazine or a different part of
>>> marketing?
>>>
>>> - Chris Roberts
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Sergio Agnes" <belcocco@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 4:31:07 AM
>>> Subject: user's presentation: belcocco
>>>
>>> Hello to all.
>>> I'm new to this mailing list and introduce myself.
>>> In short:
>>> My real name is: Sergio Agnes.
>>> I was born in Milan (Italy) a long time ago in the january of year 1951
>>> I'm an italian Geek.
>>> I'm a FedoraLinux Distro Lover.
>>> I really like all that things that GNU/linux Like.
>>> I really like all the Open Source project.
>>> I love the "fedoraproject mission". ;-)
>>> I use linux for 15 years (various distros) and fedora from 5 years.
>>> I have helped in the past to translate in italian for distro "Sabayon
>>> linux"
>>> (like Gentoo).
>>> I think I know FedoraLinux pretty well.
>>> I have a lot of free time that I would like to devote to the Fedora
>>> project.
>>> I would love to take care of events and everything that can serve the
>>> community to grow more and more.
>>> I like to work in one of the new projects fedora.next (Cloud, Server,
>>> Workstation) to spread and increase knowledge users.
>>> -----
>>> Fedoraproject.org contact:
>>> FAS user:belcocco
>>> Email-1: belcocco@xxxxxxxxx
>>> GPG ID:1E7D56C6 RSA-4096
>>> Member of the Marketing group
>>> IRC: freenode: #fedorabelcocco
>>> -----
>>> Forum fedoraonline.it contact:
>>> nickname: idraulico
>>> Email-2: idraulico.py@xxxxxxxxx
>>> GPG ID:35DE3E6E RSA-4096
>>> IRC freenode:  #fedora-it
>>> -----
>>> Ciao
>>> Sergio
>>> --
>>> marketing mailing list
>>> marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 18:43:34 +0200
>>> From: "Gabriele Trombini (mailga)" <mailga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Fedora.Next draft for trifold.
>>> Message-ID: <1650356.hKRglzVcWx@gabri>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I've created a draft explaining fedora.next to be includde in a trifold
>>> for
>>> mktg use.
>>>
>>> Can someone, take a look to the attached text and rectify what
>>> seems wrong/incomplete?
>>>
>>> I'll study a layout afterwards, when the text will be decided.
>>>
>>> Gabriele
>>> -------------- next part --------------
>>> FEDORA PROJECT BASES
>>>
>>> -Mission: lead the advancement of free and open source software and
>>> content
>>> as a collaborative community:
>>>    - always striving to lead, not follow;
>>>    - consistently seeking to create, improve, and spread free/libre code
>>> and
>>> content;
>>>    - succeeding through shared action on the part of many people
>>> throughout
>>> our community.
>>>
>>> FOUR FUNDATIONS
>>>
>>> “Freedom, Friends, Features, First”
>>>
>>> The four foundations are the core values of the Fedora community.
>>>
>>> HOW MISSION AND FOUR FOUNDATIONS JOIN FEDORA.NEXT
>>>
>>>    - give a positive voice for people with diverse requirements;
>>>    - invite contributions even when they're not perfect, allowing
>>> software
>>> into Fedora even with rough edges, and improving from there;
>>>    - focusing more on packages where it really matters that they’re
>>> packaged
>>> well, making them as useful as possible to people;
>>>    - moving fast while still keeping a handle on the direction we’re
>>> going,
>>> balancing innovation with change management;
>>>    - making easier to have projects that work on Fedora without
>>> necessarily
>>> being in the distribution proper.
>>>
>>> WHAT IS FEDORA.NEXT
>>>
>>> "Fedora.Next" is the word which sets the next plannings of the Fedora
>>> project. This consists in shipping "bricks" for general purposes, without
>>> gluing together. People can build other things and/or re-assemble the
>>> ones
>>> shipped into something else, although it should be clear, if done, that
>>> it's
>>> no longer the official set.
>>> People can share creations and maybe even make new sets.
>>> This is performed by the working groups that also manage many of the
>>> technical decisions, making them set up for growth.
>>>
>>> FEDORA.NEXT WORKING GROUPS
>>>
>>> - Base:
>>>
>>> This is the common base on which the Fedora OS products will be built.
>>> Language stacks and environments will be able to assume that this is
>>> available and consistent across all of Fedora, and that change will be
>>> carefully managed.
>>>
>>> The Fedora.next proposal suggests that this should exist, but leaves open
>>> exactly what it will look like. This group will create a reference
>>> document
>>> that answers that question, and work on the practical infrastructure for
>>> building this as a subset of Fedora.
>>>
>>> - Environment & Software Stacks
>>>
>>> These are also policies development for software. New guidelines for how
>>> software may be included under the Fedora umbrella without necessarily
>>> conforming.
>>> Fedora.Next allows disruptive innovation without disrupting what works in
>>> Fedora now. At first, work will be concerned with more conservative
>>> approaches like the first generation Software Collections (which may fit
>>> in
>>> with only minor exceptions to the current packaging guidelines), this is
>>> also the place to explore and solve issues like container composition and
>>> updates.
>>>
>>> - Product Working Groups
>>> The first responsibility of each working group will be to establish a
>>> governance charter.Then, the first required deliverable for each group
>>> will
>>> be a Product Requirements Document. This will include a statement of
>>> target
>>> audience and the role the product is intended to fill in the Fedora
>>> ecosystem. This document will be presented to the Board for
>>> ratification.The
>>> second deliverable should be a list of necessary changes from existing
>>> Fedora procedures needed to release the product. This should be ordered
>>> to
>>> show what things depend on other changes and at which point the changes
>>> will
>>> mean that we can no longer produce the current type of Fedora. This will
>>> allow us to identify the resources needed by what teams in order to
>>> implement the plan and at what point we may need to have a longer than
>>> normal release cycle to do tooling work. The last deliverable is to
>>> actually
>>> start producing the Fedora Products listed below.
>>>
>>> WORKING GROUPS RECAP
>>>
>>> - Base Design Working Group
>>>
>>> - Environments & Software Stacks Working Group
>>>
>>> - Product Working Groups
>>>    - Fedora Workstation (aims: create a reliable, user-friendly and
>>> powerful
>>> operating system for laptops and PC hardware. The system will primarily
>>> be
>>> aimed at providing a platform for development of server side and client
>>> applications that is attractive to a range of developers - from hobbyists
>>> and students to developers working in corporate environments);
>>>    - Fedora Server (aims: common base platform with 'featured application
>>> stacks' built on top of it. It commits to produce, test, and distribute
>>> these application stacks);
>>>    - Fedora Cloud (aims: responsible for initial and ongoing development
>>> of
>>> the Product Requirements Document, and for coordinating production of the
>>> Fedora Cloud operating system);
>>>
>>> FUTURE IN FEDORA.NEXT
>>>
>>> Automation everywhere:
>>>    - automated testing;
>>>    - agile release engineering;
>>>    - improving communications across platforms and areas;
>>>    - making available in a easier way the documentation simplifying its
>>> access;
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 3
>>> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 10:22:30 -0700
>>> From: Madhurjya Roy <roymadhurjya@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Willing to join Fedora Magazine team
>>> Message-ID:
>>> 	<CAK=MPbif2wjhfgWKiTNrHdzFpRD6uj-cf=6kHEkrFyB8-jepXw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm a 17 year old student looking forward to contribute to the Fedora
>>> magazine.
>>>
>>> A brief introduction of myself -
>>>
>>> I'm a high school student from India. Though I've been using Linux for
>>> just two years, I think I've gained considerable knowledge on Linux
>>> and Fedora. I've used Debian and Fedora for a year each and also
>>> tested various other distros like Ubuntu, Kali, DSL, Open Suse and
>>> SuperX OS (which is a distro created by some of my acquaintances). I'm
>>> greatly inspired by Open Source Softwares, the FSF and GNU/linux based
>>> OS. Fedora is my favorite distro, I really like the combination of
>>> simplicity/cutting edge system it provides in a beautiful and
>>> productive environment! After coming to know about the Fedora project
>>> in detail, I am, now deeply interested to contribute and have decided
>>> that the magazine is a good way to start!
>>>
>>> I therefore, request your approval and guidance to be a contributor to
>>> the Fedora magazine.
>>>
>>> Thank You.
>>>
>>> Madhurjya Roy
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 4
>>> Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:39:53 +0200
>>> From: "Gabriele Trombini (mailga)" <mailga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: Fedora Marketing team <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: Re: Willing to join Fedora Magazine team
>>> Message-ID: <1601685.4Cj077DP2X@gabri>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> we are glad to welcome you as new contributor.
>>>
>>> Do you have a FAS [1] account yet?
>>>
>>> If not, when done, you can join the marketing group clicking the apply
>>> button, then you
>>> can apply the magazine group as well.
>>>
>>> A good starting point is the join page [2]
>>>
>>> There'a a draft page where you can figure out what marketing have to do
>>> [3].
>>>
>>> If you have any idea, feel free to post in this ML.
>>>
>>> For any further information, don't hesitate, just ask.
>>>
>>> Greetings.
>>>
>>> Gabri
>>>
>>> [1] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts
>>> [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Joining_the_Fedora_marketing_project
>>> [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Tasks_and_roles
>>>
>>> In data venerdì 1 agosto 2014 10:22:30, Madhurjya Roy ha scritto:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'm a 17 year old student looking forward to contribute to the Fedora
>>>> magazine.
>>>>
>>>> A brief introduction of myself -
>>>>
>>>> I'm a high school student from India. Though I've been using Linux for
>>>> just two years, I think I've gained considerable knowledge on Linux
>>>> and Fedora. I've used Debian and Fedora for a year each and also
>>>> tested various other distros like Ubuntu, Kali, DSL, Open Suse and
>>>> SuperX OS (which is a distro created by some of my acquaintances). I'm
>>>> greatly inspired by Open Source Softwares, the FSF and GNU/linux based
>>>> OS. Fedora is my favorite distro, I really like the combination of
>>>> simplicity/cutting edge system it provides in a beautiful and
>>>> productive environment! After coming to know about the Fedora project
>>>> in detail, I am, now deeply interested to contribute and have decided
>>>> that the magazine is a good way to start!
>>>>
>>>> I therefore, request your approval and guidance to be a contributor to
>>>> the Fedora magazine.
>>>>
>>>> Thank You.
>>>>
>>>> Madhurjya Roy
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>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 5
>>> Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:13:58 -0400
>>> From: Ryan Lerch <rlerch@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: Fedora Marketing team <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: Do we have a style guide for Fedora Magazine? Should we?
>>> Message-ID: <53DBE6F6.20405@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Just wondering if we should consider a brief style guide for Fedora
>>> magazine?
>>>
>>> One item to cover on this would definitely be how to capitalize the
>>> titles of our posts. Having this consistent is always a good thing.
>>>
>>> For the capitialization of posts, my vote is for sentence case. This
>>> tends to be the most popular currently in online publications [1], [2].
>>> and in my honest opinion, it is not as harsh and shouty as the
>>> alternative title case. Title case is also a lot harder to get
>>> consistent, as many people have different ideas of what to capitalise.
>>>
>>> For example, the sentence case is simple, capitalize the first word, and
>>> any proper nouns:
>>> Fedora 21 will feature "Solarized" color schemes in both the Terminal
>>> and Gedit
>>>
>>> and the title case (depending on who is writing it) could be:
>>> Fedora 21 will Feature "Solarized" Color Schemes in Both The Terminal
>>> and Gedit
>>> or
>>> Fedora 21 Will Feature "Solarized" Color Schemes in Both The Terminal
>>> and Gedit
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> ryanlerch
>>>
>>> [1] - http://www.theverge.com/
>>> [2] - http://lwn.net/
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 6
>>> Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:26:12 -0400
>>> From: Ryan Lerch <rlerch@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: Fedora Marketing team <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: Re: Do we have a style guide for Fedora Magazine? Should we?
>>> Message-ID: <53DBE9D4.4080601@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>>>
>>> On 08/01/2014 03:13 PM, Ryan Lerch wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Just wondering if we should consider a brief style guide for Fedora
>>>> magazine?
>>>>
>>>> One item to cover on this would definitely be how to capitalize the
>>>> titles of our posts. Having this consistent is always a good thing.
>>>>
>>>> For the capitialization of posts, my vote is for sentence case. This
>>>> tends to be the most popular currently in online publications [1],
>>>> [2]. and in my honest opinion, it is not as harsh and shouty as the
>>>> alternative title case. Title case is also a lot harder to get
>>>> consistent, as many people have different ideas of what to capitalise.
>>>>
>>>> For example, the sentence case is simple, capitalize the first word,
>>>> and any proper nouns:
>>>> Fedora 21 will feature "Solarized" color schemes in both the Terminal
>>>> and Gedit
>>>>
>>>> and the title case (depending on who is writing it) could be:
>>>> Fedora 21 will Feature "Solarized" Color Schemes in Both The Terminal
>>>> and Gedit
>>>> or
>>>> Fedora 21 Will Feature "Solarized" Color Schemes in Both The Terminal
>>>> and Gedit
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>> ryanlerch
>>>>
>>>> [1] - http://www.theverge.com/
>>>> [2] - http://lwn.net/
>>> Fogot to add that i have also been not following my own personal
>>> sentence case rules lately in my rush to get posts out, but just went
>>> through and fixed them up.
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> ryanlerch
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 7
>>> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 15:26:24 -0400 (EDT)
>>> From: Rikki Endsley <rendsley@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: Fedora Marketing team <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: Re: Do we have a style guide for Fedora Magazine? Should we?
>>> Message-ID:
>>> 	<917575927.15556961.1406921184786.JavaMail.zimbra@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>>
>>> I think a brief style guide is a good idea. We could include it on an
>>> expanded "write for us" page
>>> (http://fedoramagazine.org/submit-an-idea-or-tip/) that includes a few
>>> editorial guidelines (what kind of articles are best for Fedora Magazine,
>>> who is the audience, who are the people to contact if you have questions,
>>> etc.). Here's an example:
>>> http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/About-Us/Write-for-Us
>>>
>>> Sentence case for titles is probably the easiest way to go. I think it
>>> also
>>> looks better in a tweet if readers click the article tweet button.
>>>
>>>
>>> Rikki Endsley  | Community Evangelist
>>> Open Source and Standards (OSAS), Red Hat
>>>
>>> http://community.redhat.com/
>>> Twitter: @redhatopen | @rikkiends
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Ryan Lerch" <rlerch@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: "Fedora Marketing team" <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 2:13:58 PM
>>>> Subject: Do we have a style guide for Fedora Magazine? Should we?
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Just wondering if we should consider a brief style guide for Fedora
>>>> magazine?
>>>>
>>>> One item to cover on this would definitely be how to capitalize the
>>>> titles of our posts. Having this consistent is always a good thing.
>>>>
>>>> For the capitialization of posts, my vote is for sentence case. This
>>>> tends to be the most popular currently in online publications [1], [2].
>>>> and in my honest opinion, it is not as harsh and shouty as the
>>>> alternative title case. Title case is also a lot harder to get
>>>> consistent, as many people have different ideas of what to capitalise.
>>>>
>>>> For example, the sentence case is simple, capitalize the first word, and
>>>> any proper nouns:
>>>> Fedora 21 will feature "Solarized" color schemes in both the Terminal
>>>> and Gedit
>>>>
>>>> and the title case (depending on who is writing it) could be:
>>>> Fedora 21 will Feature "Solarized" Color Schemes in Both The Terminal
>>>> and Gedit
>>>> or
>>>> Fedora 21 Will Feature "Solarized" Color Schemes in Both The Terminal
>>>> and Gedit
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>> ryanlerch
>>>>
>>>> [1] - http://www.theverge.com/
>>>> [2] - http://lwn.net/
>>>> --
>>>> marketing mailing list
>>>> marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 8
>>> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 16:58:17 -0400 (EDT)
>>> From: Chris Roberts <chris.roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: Fedora Marketing team <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: Re: Do we have a style guide for Fedora Magazine? Should we?
>>> Message-ID:
>>> 	<2021710861.973933.1406926697592.JavaMail.zimbra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>>
>>> +1 to this
>>>
>>> - Chris Roberts
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Rikki Endsley" <rendsley@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Fedora Marketing team" <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 3:26:24 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Do we have a style guide for Fedora Magazine? Should we?
>>>
>>> I think a brief style guide is a good idea. We could include it on an
>>> expanded "write for us" page
>>> (http://fedoramagazine.org/submit-an-idea-or-tip/) that includes a few
>>> editorial guidelines (what kind of articles are best for Fedora Magazine,
>>> who is the audience, who are the people to contact if you have questions,
>>> etc.). Here's an example:
>>> http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/About-Us/Write-for-Us
>>>
>>> Sentence case for titles is probably the easiest way to go. I think it
>>> also
>>> looks better in a tweet if readers click the article tweet button.
>>>
>>>
>>> Rikki Endsley  | Community Evangelist
>>> Open Source and Standards (OSAS), Red Hat
>>>
>>> http://community.redhat.com/
>>> Twitter: @redhatopen | @rikkiends
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Ryan Lerch" <rlerch@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: "Fedora Marketing team" <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 2:13:58 PM
>>>> Subject: Do we have a style guide for Fedora Magazine? Should we?
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Just wondering if we should consider a brief style guide for Fedora
>>>> magazine?
>>>>
>>>> One item to cover on this would definitely be how to capitalize the
>>>> titles of our posts. Having this consistent is always a good thing.
>>>>
>>>> For the capitialization of posts, my vote is for sentence case. This
>>>> tends to be the most popular currently in online publications [1], [2].
>>>> and in my honest opinion, it is not as harsh and shouty as the
>>>> alternative title case. Title case is also a lot harder to get
>>>> consistent, as many people have different ideas of what to capitalise.
>>>>
>>>> For example, the sentence case is simple, capitalize the first word, and
>>>> any proper nouns:
>>>> Fedora 21 will feature "Solarized" color schemes in both the Terminal
>>>> and Gedit
>>>>
>>>> and the title case (depending on who is writing it) could be:
>>>> Fedora 21 will Feature "Solarized" Color Schemes in Both The Terminal
>>>> and Gedit
>>>> or
>>>> Fedora 21 Will Feature "Solarized" Color Schemes in Both The Terminal
>>>> and Gedit
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>> ryanlerch
>>>>
>>>> [1] - http://www.theverge.com/
>>>> [2] - http://lwn.net/
>>>> --
>>>> marketing mailing list
>>>> marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
>>> --
>>> marketing mailing list
>>> marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 9
>>> Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 11:50:36 +1000
>>> From: Ankur Sinha <sanjay.ankur@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Re: Covering some games on the magazine?
>>> Message-ID: <1406944236.19518.1.camel@localhost.localdomain>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>
>>> On Thu, 2014-07-31 at 10:49 -0400, Ryan Lerch wrote:
>>>> On Jul 31, 2014 10:37 AM, Ankur Sinha <sanjay.ankur@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I was thinking of covering a few games available in the
>>>> repositories. I
>>>>> think I'll start with openttd - it's a great transport simulator.
>>>> If
>>>>> there are any games you'd like me to try out and write about, please
>>>> let
>>>>> me know :
>>>> This list from the games spin has screenshots if you want to browse
>>>> through them:
>>>>
>>>> https://spins.fedoraproject.org/games/#games
>>>>
>>>> Some interesting ones I just discovered was "those funny fungaloids"
>>>> and "jweled"
>>>>
>>>> I did try to start a series about a month ago called "Friday fun" on
>>>> the magazine, but ended up only posting one post in the series.
>>> Ah! I'll try to post once a week under "Friday fun" then. It gives me a
>>> few days to try each game out.
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>> Warm regards,
>>> Ankur (FranciscoD)
>>>
>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha
>>>
>>> Join Fedora! Come talk to us!
>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Join_SIG
>>>
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>>> Message: 10
>>> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 23:46:25 -0400 (EDT)
>>> From: Chris Roberts <chris.roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: Fedora Marketing team <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: Fedora Magazine Quick Downtime Sunday
>>> Message-ID:
>>> 	<2047985364.1068035.1406951185608.JavaMail.zimbra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>>
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>
>>> I am sending out an update since were getting 503 errors here and there
>>> and
>>> also since we are still getting the you are typing to fast error due to
>>> the
>>> load balancer. I am going to reapply that patch that got lost when the
>>> theme
>>> changed, clean up the database, and fix the rss feed button issue. After
>>> this change is applied, the instance has to be restarted for the changes
>>> to
>>> take affect. I also want to get this applied before Flock since we
>>> anticipate more traffic to the site. The site will be down no more than
>>> 10
>>> minutes and will brought down in the early am (2-3 am)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Chris Roberts
>>>
>>> Why: Clean up db, fix 503 errors and typing to fast, correct rss feed
>>> button, and update jetpack (requires a restart)
>>> When: 2-3 AM EST Sunday 8-3-14
>>> Who is affected: Everyone
>>> ETA on Downtime : 10-15 Minutes (Full backup of site incase something
>>> goes
>>> wrong)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 11
>>> Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 05:06:03 -0000
>>> From: "marketing-team" <marketing-team-trac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Marketing-trac: #169: User mismatch in wordpress shows 69
>>> 	users but	only 22 active users rest are missing
>>> Message-ID: <064.e3374b5d551d7fdb778a3d1d2ee1d480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>
>>> #169: User mismatch in wordpress shows 69 users but only 22 active users
>>> rest are
>>> missing
>>> -----------------------------+------------------------------
>>>   Reporter:  chrisroberts     |       Owner:  chrisroberts
>>>       Type:  task             |      Status:  new
>>>   Priority:  minor            |   Milestone:  Future releases
>>> Component:  Fedora Magazine  |    Severity:  not-urgent
>>>   Keywords:                   |  Blocked By:
>>>   Blocking:                   |
>>> -----------------------------+------------------------------
>>>   creating this for work to be done on site this weekend
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/169>
>>> marketing-team <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing>
>>> Marketing team for the Fedora project.
>>>
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>>>
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>>> End of marketing Digest, Vol 122, Issue 2
>>> *****************************************
>>>
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