On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Adam "Cezar" Jenkins <emperorce...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:01 AM, Erik Stein <c...@classlibrary.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> Am 21.05.2012 um 04:06 schrieb Adam Cezar Jenkins: >> >> > I'm sad to hear that about the pony. The pony itself isn't the issue, >> > the issue to me is that there is a lack of branding of a real logo/mascot. >> > >> > I agree with 90% of the comparisons made in the blog post >> > http://grokcode.com/746/dear-python-why-are-you-so-ugly/ >> >> Please let me add in all politeness that I don't agree. djangoproject.com >> is not for the masses and therefore doesn't need to be over-simplified. On >> the contrary, it's for professionals who know what they are looking for. >> > > I agree it doesn't need to be for the masses, but even professionals will > make quick judgements based on look. Look is important, no matter the site. > >> >> What is missing in django marketing is IMHO a cleverly selected showcase >> of large and also small mature django sites, including in-house. A list of >> mature plugin-projects/apps would make sense, too. >> > > I can't agree more with this statement.
You won't get any disagreement from me here, either. However, what I will disagree with is whether this showcase needs to be part of the core Django project site (by which I mean created, monitored, maintained by the core team), rather than an external project. This is *exactly* why I keep harping on the point about providing a space for links to external projects. Django People is the best example of this, but a Django showcase would fit just as well. Both can easily operate as a resource that is managed externally to the core Django project. Managing them as external projects means they aren't subject to the bottlenecks of "core team approval", and they allow us, as a community, to expand the base of experts who are in a position to represent the project as a whole. If any of these external projects need help with hosting, the Django Software Foundation is in a position to help out -- nobody should be out of pocket for maintaining a resource that the whole Django community benefits from. The DSF is also in a position to direct traffic to these projects -- but this isn't possible if the main project website doesn't provide a way to spotlight these "external" projects as a prominent part of the site design. So - if you think there's a need for a showcase site -- go ahead and build it! Yours, Russ Magee %-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
