App.Net Wiki:Community portal

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News
July 12 2014
 * On July 10, @adnfuture posted "Answers to your questions" addressing their initiative's history, purpose, structure, and current actions.

July 12 2014
 * @pamdavis and @ryantharp will host three Patter chats on July 16-17 to extend the ongoing conversations on the future of App.net and efforts-in-progress.


 * July 16 8am PDT
 * July 16 4pm PDT
 * July 17 Midnight PDT

May 13 2014
 * A working, enhanced, but still proof-of-concept, version of the App.net alpha client has been setup at alpha.jvimedia.org.
 * Its GitHub page is github.com/jvimedia/alpha.
 * (Other versions, forked from the official web client, may exist.)

May 9 2014
 * Post- May 6 a number of initiatives have already been setup, their aim being to discuss and then shape ADN's future.


 * The AppDotNetAPI Wiki. - "This page is just a collection of links for now, please feel free to suggest additions!"
 * Alpha Next a public Patter room initially "Focusing on improving the Alpha web client."
 * ADN Vision a public Patter room - a longer-term project, "Focusing on replicating the App.net API."
 * ADN Future is (currently) 3 public 'project' boards hosted at Trello.com (a web-based project management application, in this case a central resource for ideas.)
 * Anyone can view the boards but to post, comment, create new 'cards' etc., you'll need both an account and to have one of the administrators 'add' you to a board.
 * The most accessible board for non-programmers is General Discussion - start there first.
 * Please note: anyone can re-order the lists and cards. Please don't - they're arranged by order of importance.

May 6 2014
 * @dalton posted "App.net State of the Union" to the App.net Blog. As a stark indicator of the company's financial state it's initially depressing, though the majority of users seem to see this as an opportunity to advance App.net beyond the scope of the original founders, @dalton and @berg. The company's employees deserve every congratulation for their efforts since 2012, and our best wishes for the future.
 * (Here's the post.)

March & April 2014
 * One notable addition to the ADN ecosphere, the DiscoverADN podcast - "a short podcast dedicated to learning more about the interesting people that populate our timelines."

February 16 2014
 * Wikipedia now has a link to this Wiki on the App.net] page's 'External links' section.

February 2014.
 * The App.net Wiki Main Page has passed 25,000 page views!


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Suggested topics: new or for improvement

 * Now tracking Pages that need work.


 * New page: ADN Initiatives for listing intentional efforts and projects that are related to sustaining, supporting, or improving the service and/or the community.


 * The Apps page was updated during the middle of January 2014. Most of the non-iOS apps/services listed have only a link to a holding page, or at most a link there to the App.net Directory. If your app is listed it would be great if you could flesh the article out!


 * The Patter Rooms page has a small fraction of the total available with links to content within this Wiki. If you've got anything at all out of a room why not create a page, provide a link to the room and add a brief description?


 * An App.net History, Timeline, chronology... fleshed out with notable, colourful & accurate quotations (of course with suitable attributions!)

How to contribute to this Wiki
There are a number of different ways you (yes you!) can contribute to this Wiki.


 * The easiest is to suggest ideas or edits to one of the people on the Wiki Volunteer Staff page, or to someone who previously edited the page you're interested in (see the View history link at the top-right of every page.) Alternatively, add your comments to the Discussion pages attached at the top left of each article window.
 * Or, contact one of the main Wiki volunteers (who can help with anything) by messaging @charl, @kdfrawg or @bazbt3.
 * We're also occasionally in the Patter room.


 * Improving content is a very valuable way to get started. If you're unfamiliar with the MediaWiki markup syntax, minor edits will inspire confidence.


 * Creating a new page for a topic close to your heart (but remaining within the App.net ecosystem) enhances everyone's understanding of the network we like to call home. There's a Style guide of sorts - more of a guideline to ensure some uniformity here than a set of rules.

So, if you want to get your hands dirty, take a look at Help:Contents and dive in. Please make sure if you're editing a sizeable body of text to first ask if it's ok - in the Public Wiki Patter room.

One final thing, occasionally the desire to maintain even an irregular update schedule deserts regular, even prolific contributors. A well-placed word at the right time can inspire forward progress. Or something. Keep in touch! :)


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