Talk:Metroblogging

I just want to add that Bode Media, Inc. is no longer the parent company. According to the website is now says that it's run by Joz Enterprises (jozjozjoz.com) and Bode Media, Inc's website is down. None of it's founders seem to be involved anymore. For all purposes this site/company is in the deadpool.--80.5.114.32 (talk) 01:47, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

I don't want to edit this page more than correcting factual errors anymore for fear of being accused of spamming but I do think it needs some expansion. Two things I think are quite notable are the recent events in London and in New Orleans where the local metblogs became rallying points for locals and were used by major media as valid sources of info. Related links can be found here - Sean Bonner 16:30, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

• Thinking something is notable falls short of being able to verify notability. As these pieces of information become verifiable from other sources, feel free to add them with a mind toward a neutral article about a web service (rather than promotional copy seeking to establish importance). Dystopos 16:20, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

I just added a great deal to the page. I've started to make some sort of structure for it, including a history and some relevant facts about Metroblogging and the London Bombings and Hurricane Katrina. I've also removed the references from the bottom of the article and either worked them into the body or deleted them. The article still needs a lot of work, both with sections I haven't yet started and the ones I just added. But it's a start.--Grant 07:34, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

• Good work, Grant. Dystopos 13:18, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

References

I've reformatted the list of references. The list needs to be weeded down and connected to the facts in the article itself. Wikipedia is not a link farm and references in the article do not serve the purpose that they might on VfD. The point of a reference is to verify statements made in the article. The proper course is to incorporate encyclopedic information gleaned from these articles into the WP article and remove any "references" that don't provide such information.

I removed one link to a metroblog discussion of a website mention. I didn't see anything there qualifying as a "reference" Dystopos 16:20, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

I have removed all of the references from the bottom of the page. I have either worked them into the body of the article or deleted them entirely. There were quite a few that were either broken or pointed to articles that didn't mention Metroblogging.--Grant 07:34, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

News To Add

I think it's best if I refrain from editing actual content of this page but I'll post things here that might be good for others to include such as the reactions in our Lahore and Karachi blogs to the 2005_Kashmir_earthquake - our coverage and efforts were recently mentioned on CNN. Sean Bonner 06:24, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Largest location-based network claim

I moved this claim from the article to here for discussion: "40 city-specific blogs around the world, making it the largest location based network" (italicized content moved here). I do not know what "largest location based network" means, nor how to judge whether one is larger than another. I think this claim would need a citation, and probably a definition as well, in order to keep in in the main article.

Here are some things I think might count as (or be confused with) location based networks above: mailing lists, regional web sites, Craigslist (which has regional sites), and Friendster-like sites. --Zippy 16:53, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

The original sentence is confusing and so broadly interpretable as to be meaningless. I would imagine the sentence is attempting to describe Metroblogging as the "largest network of location based blogs". I would have no idea if this is correct or not, however, as it would likely depend on how you defined the word "largest". Is that meant in terms of the number of locations that have blogs, the size of the network of bloggers writing for those locations, the size of the community that makes use of the blogs? Glowimperial 17:01, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Info missing

Are the bloggers paid? Does anyone earn money? How do the finances work? Right now this entry sounds like an advertisement. Mrwriter 05:40, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Does feel like an ad

Yeah- I agree, totally reads like an ad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.226.40.3 (talk) 19:09, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Alif Laila

Alif Laila is a children’s library situated in a beautiful small park near Punjab Tikka House, in Main Market.

They are a project of Save the Children, UK. They go to different schools to issue books and there is minimal membership fee.

Trend of joining a library and reading books is becoming extinct especially in the presence of Cartoon Netwok.

Take kids in your family to the library and hopefully you will find out our version of Harry Potter, Daastan-E-Ameer Hamza (?). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.115.83.153 (talk) 12:10, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

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