12:59:46 #startmeeting Magazine editorial board 12:59:46 #meetingname magazine 12:59:46 #topic Roll call 12:59:46 #chair stickster ryanlerch cverna asamalik sub_pop gregbartholomew bcotton misc rwaltr 12:59:46 Meeting started Wed Feb 19 12:59:46 2020 UTC. 12:59:46 This meeting is logged and archived in a public location. 12:59:46 The chair is asamalik. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 12:59:46 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 12:59:46 The meeting name has been set to 'magazine_editorial_board' 12:59:46 The meeting name has been set to 'magazine' 12:59:46 Current chairs: asamalik bcotton cverna gregbartholomew misc rwaltr ryanlerch stickster sub_pop 13:03:20 .hello2 13:03:21 rwaltr: rwaltr 'Ryan W Walter' 13:03:24 .hello2 13:03:25 bcotton: bcotton 'Ben Cotton' 13:03:32 .hello glb 13:03:33 gregbartholomew: glb 'Gregory Lee Bartholomew' 13:03:33 O/ 13:04:34 hi everyone! 13:04:49 #topic Agenda 13:04:51 #link https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-magazine/workflow/ 13:04:51 #info -- 1/ Last week's stats -- 13:04:51 #info -- 2/ In progress followup -- 13:04:51 #info -- 3/ Finished articles to review -- 13:04:51 #info -- 4/ Articles to edit -- 13:04:51 #info -- 5/ Publishing schedule -- 13:04:51 #info -- 6/ Article proposals to clarify / approve -- 13:04:52 #info -- 7/ Open floor -- 13:05:14 anything else that should be discussed? :) 13:06:24 Not that I know of! 13:06:35 all right! 13:06:36 #topic 1/ Last week's stats 13:06:56 #info Week of 10 Feb: 59K pageviews -- by a very thin margin it's the lowest in the past few months :( 13:08:10 #topic 2/ In progress followup 13:08:15 #link Board: https://teams.fedoraproject.org/project/asamalik-fedora-magazine/kanban 13:08:35 #info --- #108 Fedora - The Origins --- 13:08:58 anyone had time to look at this? I haven't :( 13:09:06 there is an update from yesterday 13:10:02 I glanced at it. I think it could use a little more work. 13:10:14 * bcotton hasn't touched it 13:10:45 If he is doing a series, then maybe it would be better if we waited until more of the series is written. 13:11:16 He may find that he wants to go back to the first article and add or rearrange things as he writes more. 13:12:08 It just seems a bit shallow as it currently is to me. 13:12:25 yeah... let's leave this to the list โ€”ย there is a thread already โ€”ย it's probably bigger than we can deal with here right now, I feel 13:12:28 I'd like to see some richer content with links to announcements and such. 13:12:41 .hello pfrields 13:12:42 stickster: pfrields 'Paul W. Frields' 13:12:51 * asamalik waves at stickster 13:12:56 Sorry folks, I was having a ZNC proxy problem here that I just fixed. 13:13:05 O/ 13:13:30 stickster: we're just discussing the "Fedora: the origins" 13:14:23 I haven't had time to look at the new draft yet. 13:14:38 but I proposed to leave it to the list 13:14:42 I haven't, too 13:14:53 :๐Ÿ‘ 13:15:03 #topic 3/ Finished articles to review 13:15:09 #link Board: https://teams.fedoraproject.org/project/asamalik-fedora-magazine/kanban 13:15:28 #info --- #137 Manage your to Do list on Fedora with Taskwarrior --- 13:16:01 rwaltr: did you get any response from the author? 13:16:01 Other than my last email to the mailing list I haven't had a chance to reach out to the author directly 13:16:12 But otherwise no, not yet 13:16:42 all right, are you still interested to push this forward? 13:17:48 Honestly I can't seem to view the article, so I do not know what state it is in. If that could be changed I can take it over or start a new one from scratch 13:18:33 rwaltr: are you logged in in wordpress? 13:19:21 it's definitely a good start, all it really needs is some additional details about the more advanced features like due dates etc 13:20:00 I am logged in, but I do not have view permission for the taskwarrior post 13:21:54 rwaltr: what about now? 13:22:00 * asamalik is looking into perms in wordpress 13:22:12 asamalik: I just updated rwaltr to editor status. Try again, rwaltr 13:22:27 stickster: thanks! 13:22:35 Maybe that should have been author status, but it should work either way 13:22:35 rwaltr++ 13:22:58 Use your powers for good! ๐Ÿ™‚ 13:23:03 I can see now! 13:23:21 With great power comes great responsibility, 13:24:04 rwaltr++ 13:24:13 But yeah, this article is very barebones, I'll flesh it out. Probably will take me a week.though, work life is very hectic atm 13:24:51 rwaltr: noted, no rush, thanks! 13:24:54 +1 13:25:07 #info --- #138 Demonstrating PERL with Tic-Tac-Toe --- 13:25:22 good work with this one gregbartholomew! 13:25:35 thanks. 13:26:02 I can edit it and image it for Friday 13:26:13 excellent. 13:26:30 thanks asamalik 13:26:55 thank you for writing! 13:27:03 no problem. 13:27:04 ok, that's all we have in here 13:27:25 #topic 4/ Articles to edit 13:27:57 I just moved the #138 we just talked about there, but otherwise this column it empty 13:28:32 #topic 5/ Publishing schedule 13:29:27 Fri 21 Feb 2020: #138 Demonstrating PERL with Tic-Tac-Toe (image: asamalik, edit: asamalik) 13:29:31 that's the only one we have now 13:29:44 so we need to come up with two more, for Monday and next Wednesday 13:30:01 any ideas / suggestions? 13:30:47 asamalik: Have you guys seen some of the things drafted without the new workflow? It looks like a few people have been doing things possibly without knowing the new workflow. 13:31:01 Example -- IBM Cloud article here by Curt Warfield, who's done other good articles for us -- https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=30087&preview=true 13:31:08 stickster: that's how we got two last week! 13:31:42 oh is that one ready? 13:31:49 I remember giving it +1 in Pagure 13:32:05 https://pagure.io/fedora-magazine-proposals/issue/54 13:32:23 that looks ready 13:32:28 shipit 13:32:50 +1 it looks good at a quick glance detailed and with pictures 13:32:57 * asamalik has created it as #139 13:34:01 asamalik: Here's another one that Stephen Snow pitched directly without a Pagure issue, on Quarkus which is new and exciting in the Java space: https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=30428&preview=true 13:34:01 stickster: any chance you know about a plugin that would let us add a banner to the pages view in Wordpress admin? we could use it to point people to it 13:34:10 I can look for one :-) 13:34:20 stickster++ 13:34:24 the ones with tags are probably closer to done. 13:34:38 gregbartholomew: oh good observation! 13:34:38 tagging them is one of the last things that I tend to do. 13:35:02 +1 to the Quarkus article once it's done 13:35:09 +1 too 13:35:11 creating a card 13:36:41 and pinged Stephen in the card 13:36:45 we're about a month out from beta. might be a good time to run an article about the blocker process and how people can contribute to QA 13:37:12 i guess more of a "When do we decide to ship the release" 13:37:29 +1 13:39:23 bcotton: Neat idea. Do you want to volunteer for that, or see if Sumantro or someone else would? 13:39:31 (+1, just to clarify) 13:39:41 i can do it 13:39:47 +1 13:40:12 i'll try to give myself enough time to let QA do QA on it before it publishes :-D 13:40:12 bcotton: please allow me create a card for you, sir! 13:40:19 asamalik: be my guest, good man 13:41:08 bcotton: #141 13:41:23 merci 13:42:27 any volunteers to edit the #139? (Encrypted backups to free IBM cloud storage) 13:42:34 I could image it for sure! 13:42:39 asamalik: I can edit it. 13:42:52 I missed last week due to (1) article content issues and (2) conference ugh 13:43:27 stickster: well if you'd stop having a job you wouldn't need to have conferences :-p 13:43:47 Dun dun duuuuun 13:43:56 I wonder if the black-out could be improved a bit ... 13:44:03 I'm working on getting fired, just give it some time 13:44:15 and stop wasting time with boring things like buying food! 13:44:40 do editors ever tweak images in the articles? 13:45:11 gregbartholomew: I guess they can if that's needed... did you find anything? 13:45:58 well, i just thought the black-outs looked a little clumbsy in the IBM cloud article. 13:46:38 I would have tried to do a nicer, cleaner straight black bar. 13:47:20 * stickster too, but happy to have content. 13:47:36 "beggars can't be choosers" 13:47:54 yeah, probably isn't worth the trouble of trying to patch up. 13:47:58 asamalik: I found an admin notice plugin. Working on it. 13:48:07 stickster++ 13:48:16 stickster++ 13:48:29 stickster++ for volunteering to edit that one 13:48:32 Awesome ๐Ÿ‘ 13:49:02 #proposed #agreed PUBLISHING SCHEDULE: Fri 21 Feb 2020: #138 Demonstrating PERL with Tic-Tac-Toe (image: asamalik, edit: asamalik) -- Mon 24 Feb 2020: #139 Encrypted backups to free IBM cloud storage (image: asamalik, edit: stickster) -- Wed 26 Feb 2020: TBD 13:49:14 I'd ask for an article for next Wednesday on the list 13:49:54 Hopefully I'll have the taskwarrior one ready to edit. I'll reach out once it's ready to review 13:50:02 asamalik: you can put my "when do we release: an article in search of a better title" in for wednesday 13:50:05 rwaltr: oh that would be great! 13:50:22 fight 13:50:30 On Wednesdays, we wear pink^W^W publish bcotton articles 13:50:31 I intend to work on an additional PERL article that would cover modules, but getting it done by Wednesday might be asking a bit much. 13:50:51 bcotton: do you want me to info that and make it official? 13:51:02 :-D 13:51:08 would be a great challenge and handy for us here :D 13:51:14 Do et! 13:51:29 just remember that you have to be careful what you ask for because you might get it :p 13:51:37 So I have more time to edit taskwarrior of course ;) 13:51:48 I'm more curious than afraid actually :) 13:52:04 rwaltr: sure! 13:52:56 #proposed #agreed PUBLISHING SCHEDULE: Fri 21 Feb 2020: #138 Demonstrating PERL with Tic-Tac-Toe (image: asamalik, edit: asamalik) -- Mon 24 Feb 2020: #139 Encrypted backups to free IBM cloud storage (image: asamalik, edit: stickster) -- Wed 26 Feb 2020: #141 Fedora blocker process and how people can contribute to QA (image: TBD, edit: TBD) 13:52:58 * stickster is going to retool the docs pages a bit when he has time... 13:53:03 +1 on schedule 13:53:32 +1 13:54:10 I can also edit + image bcotton's article 13:54:32 #agreed PUBLISHING SCHEDULE: Fri 21 Feb 2020: #138 Demonstrating PERL with Tic-Tac-Toe (image: asamalik, edit: asamalik) -- Mon 24 Feb 2020: #139 Encrypted backups to free IBM cloud storage (image: asamalik, edit: stickster) -- Wed 26 Feb 2020: #141 Fedora blocker process and how people can contribute to QA (image: asamalik, edit: asamalik) 13:54:42 #topic 6/ Article proposals to clarify / approve 13:54:47 #link Article proposals: https://pagure.io/fedora-magazine-proposals/issues 13:55:30 creating a card for #55 13:58:22 * stickster going through a bunch of commenting 13:59:13 all right, I'll keep everyone commenting/creating cards/going to another meeting/having a cake and close this 13:59:18 thanks everyone for coming! 13:59:38 #endmeeting