Gyan part of Praja

n - 30-AUG-2009

Been meaning to write this for a looong time - not intended to be personal.  Posting it here as there are (I assume) multiple admins who can all see this post.

Project feature is almost here

tech - 30-AUG-2009

We are doing some live testing for an often requested feature - "project". See this KSRTC project to get a feel for what we are upto. Idea is to create a basic structure to group people and posts together.

Meeting with Prof. Ramachandra (IISc) regarding Bangalore lakes

sanjayv - 29-AUG-2009

 Prof. T.V. Ramachandra and colleagues of the Energy and Wetlands research group has published several studies on the wetlands (lakes) of Bangalore.

Consolidated list of suggestions for BMTC meeting tomorrow!

manjari - 27-AUG-2009

Please leave a comment if you think somthing is missed out so that we can include it.

BMTC's response to PRAJA's suggestions on Volvo

manjari - 27-AUG-2009

It is important that BMTC and Praja work together so that we can get people's voice to the right people and make a difference.

Moderation launched on Praja

tech - 6-AUG-2009

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.

1. 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.
2. To 'review' posts for their links, tagging, formatting and other cosmetic/functional aspects.
3. To make top quality content more easily accessible to users
4. 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

1. 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 If enough moderators flag a post or comment for unpublishing, it will be automatically unpublished.
2. 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.
3. All users can vote posts up or down and the posts with highest votes will be predominantly displayed on the front page.
4. All users should have a facility to bring objectionable content to admins' notice

Next at Praja - the facilitator/EM concept

admin123 - 2-AUG-2009

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!

shas3n - 31-JUL-2009

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!

shas3n - 31-JUL-2009

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!

tech - 28-JUL-2009

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.