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Moderation launched on Praja

6 August 2009 - 2:58pm — tech

We had recently solicited ideas for introducing moderation on Praja for Posts and Comments. We thought it was essential to have a moderation system to retain the no-nonsense flavour of Praja as we grow. We are thankful to all those who responded and are happy to announce the launch of moderation system on Praja.

There are four facets to moderation on Praja.

To remove content that is deemed to be unfit for publishing on Praja by its members. This include posts that contain spam, hate speech, rumours etc.
To 'review' posts for their links, tagging, formatting and other cosmetic/functional aspects.
To make top quality content more easily accessible to users
To provide a way for all users to bring objectionably content to admins' notice

Principles of moderation on Praja
Keeping with the democratic principle of Praja, the moderation is also democratic
and as transparent and objective as it could be. In summary, to meet the above objectives we have worked with following principles

Most active Praja members become 'moderators' who can 'flag' content for unpublishing. If enough moderators flag a post or comment for unpublishing, it will be automatically unpublished.
All posts published will be reviewed by one of the administrators 'only' for their technical consistency (formatting, tagging, links etc). Admins will NOT unpublish the posts during this review.
All users can vote posts up or down and the posts with highest votes will be predominantly displayed on the front page.
All users should have a facility to bring objectionable content to admins' notice

Commercial topics policy

6 August 2009 - 1:38pm — sanjayv

sewage and drains

5 August 2009 - 9:28pm — naveenreddy_24

I have nice idea where you can make our roads wider and also at the same time have future planning in managing water .

Next at Praja - the facilitator/EM concept

3 August 2009 - 2:17am — admin

In addition to the ongoing technology upgrade work (an online "project" concept should go live anytime now, and a better moderation system is being designed), we will like to put some str

Praja also in Kannada!

31 July 2009 - 10:59pm — shas3n

We are glad to announce availaibility of Praja also in Kannada. Although users could create posts and comments in Kananda since the beginning, starting today users will be able to see a lot of the interface elements in Kannada as well.

Moreover, members could now also translate useful posts from English to Kannada or vice-versa allowing more members to access useful content in a language of their choice. Members interested in translating the content can mail tech at praja.in and they will be given suitable rights to acces translation interface.

You can see praja in Kannada here. If you have difficulty reading Kannada text or writing in Kannada, look at these pages for some help.

ಪ್ರಜಾ ಇನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೂಡ!

31 July 2009 - 10:31pm — shas3n

ಕನ್ನಡ ಬಲ್ಲ ಪ್ರಜಾ ಸದಸ್ಯರಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ಸಂತಸದ ಸುದ್ದಿ. ಇಂದಿನಿಂದ ಪ್ರಜಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ಇಂಟರ್ ಫೇಸ್ ಅನ್ನು ಪ್ರಾಯೋಗಿಕವಾಗಿ ಒದಗಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆಯುವ ಸೌಲಭ್ಯ ಪ್ರಜಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊದಲಿನಿಂದಲೇ ಇದ್ದರೂ, ಇಂದಿನಿಂದ ಸದಸ್ಯರು ಹಲವಾರು ಲಿಂಕ್ ಗಳನ್ನೂ, ಆಯ್ಕೆಗಳನ್ನೂ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ನೋಡಬಹುದು.

ಇದಲ್ಲದೇ, ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ಲೇಖನಗಳನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೆ (ಅಥವಾ ಕನ್ನಡದಿಂದ ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷಿಗೆ) ಭಾಶಾಂತರ ಕೂಡ ಮಾಡಬಹುದು. ಭಾಶಾಂತರ ಮಾಡಲು ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಇರುವ ಸದಸ್ಯರು tech 'at' praja.in ಗೆ ಮೈಲ್ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಸೂಕ್ತ ಅನುಮತಿಯನ್ನು ಕೊಡಲಾಗುವುದು.

ಪ್ರಜಾವನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋಗಬಹುದು.

New look Praja!

28 July 2009 - 5:19pm — tech

Yes, we have changed cloths! Based on feedback from users, we are happy to introduce a new look-and-feel to Praja website.

Our aim has been to make the site a little less-cluttered, provide more whitespace and make the text more readable.

We hope you like the new look. Of course, like always, we will keep working on further improvements so do let us know if you particularly don't like something.

Your suggestions for moderation system

27 July 2009 - 11:20pm — tech

Recently, there has been a flood of opinionated, offtopic, philosophical and ideological preaching type posts on Praja. And there are two schools of thought on how to deal with this

Now everyone can Blog! and other site changes

21 July 2009 - 9:11pm — tech

Effective today, we are introducing some changes to the way users write posts on Praja. Starting today, all users will be able to post blogs on Praja.

Moreover, we will also stop new forum topics from being added. The old forum posts will remain accessible.We have introduced these changes to reduce the confusion between Forums and Blogs.

We have also introduced 'Categories' for the posts. The current categories are tentative and we can change them based on your feedback. We will appreciate your help in drawing up a exhaustive 'category tree'. Please leave a comment below. We have also made it easier to choose 'Where' and Categories while writing the post.

Calling all - website upgrade coming, need your help

8 September 2008 - 9:51am — tech

This website is our primary tool for interaction, coordination, and attracting new members. We have been lucky enough to get attention and grow, however the site may not have kept pace. Based on your feedback, we are on to a revamp. The things we have heard fall in these main categories

Lots of content, hard to find and track them
Site is getting slower
Unfriendly for new visitors - they don't know how to signup, find posts, problems logging in etc
Need more tools for member-member interaction. Private Messages are not enough.

So we are starting on a project to address these issues over next few weeks. Towards that, we will appreciate some help from members. No, no, we aren't asking folks to come and code, not yet :) As of now, we need help in following forms:

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