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Scheme.org news vs blog Lassi Kortela (29 Dec 2020 14:37 UTC)
Re: Scheme.org news vs blog Arthur A. Gleckler (29 Dec 2020 16:14 UTC)

Scheme.org news vs blog Lassi Kortela 29 Dec 2020 14:37 UTC

A little survey of "blog" vs "news" on programming language sites:

https://blog.python.org -- is a blog
https://news.python.org -- does not exist

https://blog.ruby-lang.org -- does not exist
https://news.ruby-lang.org -- does not exist

Main https://ruby-lang.org domain has a News tab with short
announcements of new Ruby releases.

https://blog.rust-lang.org -- is a blog
https://news.rust-lang.org -- does not exist

https://blog.haskell.org -- exists but gives cache error
https://news.haskell.org -- does not exist

https://blog.ocaml.org -- does not exist
https://news.ocaml.org -- does not exist

Main https://ocaml.org domain has a News tab that looks like a blog.

https://blog.common-lisp.net -- does not exist (wildcard subdomain)
https://news.common-lisp.net -- does not exist (wildcard subdomain)

Main https://common-lisp.net site has a News sidebar on front page.

http://blog.clojure.org -- does not exist
http://news.clojure.org -- does not exist

Main https://clojure.org/ site has a News tab that looks like a blog.

https://blog.swift.org -- does not exist
https://news.swift.org -- does not exist

Main https://swift.org site has a Blog tab that does what it says.

In conclusion:

- Nobody has a news.example.org subdomain.

- Two languages have a blog.example.org subdomain.

- "News" is the popular thing to say on the front page, but some say
   "Blog".

I therefore suggest we make blog.scheme.org. We should probably call it
"Blog" in the link text on the front page as well. We could have a
separate news feed on the front page as Arthur has been working on.
Perhaps it could be the titles from the blog as clickable links?