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What is Scoop
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Scoop is a "collaborative media application". It falls somewhere between a
content management system, a web bulletin board system, and a weblog.
Scoop is designed to enable your website to become a community. It empowers
your visitors to be the producers of the site, contributing news and discussion,
and making sure that the signal remains high.
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Check out what other people have done with Scoop.
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New Scoop Sites
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rudepeople.com in need of a makeover
950 comments, 0 new
by rudedude, Announcements
New Music Site ... in Scoop
991 comments, 0 new
by MightyD, Announcements
Trees and Things is Coming Out
743 comments, 0 new
by 3fingerspointback, Announcements
TalkLeft Moves to Scoop
636 comments, 0 new
by TalkLeft, Announcements
SciScoop Science Forum
518 comments, 0 new
by sciencebase, Announcements
New Site: "Field Gulls" Unofficial Seattle Seahawks Blog
514 comments, 0 new
by Paul Shrug, Announcements
More New Scoop Sites...
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Where can I get Scoop
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You can download the latest release tarball: scoop_1.1.8.tar.gz
You can grab the nightly build. Note: This is generated automatically from the current CVS, and may not be reliable! Get that here: scoop-1.1-nightly.tar.gz
The developers strongly recommend CVS as the primary way to obtain Scoop, since releases tend to have pretty long delays between them. If you have CVS installed, do the following:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@ scoop.versionhost.com:/cvs/scoop login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@ scoop.versionhost.com:/cvs/scoop co scoop
The above is two commands; each one must be on a single line. When prompted for a password for anonymous, enter 'anonymous' (without the quotes). For more CVS info, "Open Source Development with CVS" is an excellent online reference.
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Where can I get help
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There are several sources of information and support for Scoop. The first place to look is the scoop-help mailing list. You can browse the archives, or join the list. If you want to post a question, joining the list is strongly recommended. You can also join the #scoop IRC channel on SlashNET.
For documentation, there is the (largely complete) Scoop administrator's guide. You can also read the current
README and
INSTALL files, from Scoop WebCVS (username and password are both "anonymous"). The admin guide is also included with Scoop, in the doc/ directory.
If you have new feature ideas or requests, or descriptions of something you're working on for Scoop, this site is the place to submit them. You can also search this site for information. If you want to get your hands dirty, or have any questions about developing for Scoop, there is also the Scoop-dev list. You can browse the archives, or join the list.
Bug reports and patches should be filed on the Scoop Bug Muncher.
If you have any problems with this site or your user account, e-mail the Admin
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How well does Scoop scale?
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By Drog , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Sat Jun 05, 2004 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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I was recently reading a story submitted two years ago, regarding how well Scoop scales (or doesn't scale). Can anyone tell me if any progress has been made in this area since then? Are there still plans for making it better? Or is it already quite capable of scaling up to support a community as large (or larger) than Slashdot?
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RSS feed for the moderation queue
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By eric , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Wed Apr 21, 2004 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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A user over on ShouldExist made an astute suggestion: Make the moderation queue available via an RSS feed. Sounds like a great idea to me. Would make it easier to keep in touch with the site, and hopefully encourage participation in the moderation process.
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Implementing Accountability in Scoop
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By FlipFlop , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Sun Mar 28, 2004 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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It seems free, open weblogs all have one common problem. They are all infested with trolls who seek to irritate other users just for the fun of it. As most Scoop enthusiasts probably know, Kuro5hin.org recently fell victim to some particularly egregious trolling. In response, the site operator shut down user registration, and now requires all new applicants to find a sponsor amongst the current K5 user base. Like many K5 users, I found user sponsorship extremely problematic, so I began looking for an alternative.
The trouble with holding a troll accountable is that they can just come right back with another account and resume trolling. Most proposals to prevent trolls from coming back also raise the barrier to entry for new members, making it more difficult for new users to contribute to the site. How can we addresses both issues at the same time? After reading mstefan's proposal for new users to gain sponsorship, a solution popped into my head.
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Polls : Types : Single-Choice / Multi-Choice : IRV / AV / Condorcet etc.
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By wegerje , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Sun Nov 23, 2003 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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The current single-choice polling model is proving inadequate. e.g.
- A poll format that allows multiple boxes to be checked at once is required.
- Polls allowing ranked choices will also become required.
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Sub-sections
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By meshuga , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Sat Oct 04, 2003 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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First off, is topic only for the icon representation?
Thanks for reading this, and excuse me with the ignorance if this feature is already present.. in the manual it says 'FIXME' for subsections, so I thought i'd post here for clarification.
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Let's comment code better
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By fsterman , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Sat Sep 13, 2003 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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A suggestion to make coding scoop easier. Basically label the final code with which block it belongs to. Implement as an option for all accounts since some things are not seen by non-admins.
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A Naked Poll
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By Russell Dovey , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Sun Aug 31, 2003 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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There is a hole in Scoop. It gapes between the story and the diary, between the poll and the comment, and in the minds of all those who have ever been flamed for submitting an MLP just so they could have a poll.
Therefore, a new interface element is needed, an element that can break free from its shackles and stand alone, unencumbered by smothering exposition.
We need a Naked Poll.
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Will Scoops documentation ever get updated?
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By Vladinator , Section Wishlist []
Posted on Wed Jun 18, 2003 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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I'd like to share something with you. Yesterday, I tasked one of my best people with seeing if Xaraya and Scoop would coexist on the same server together. Xaraya setup took about an hour. Scoop never got installed. This is, in large part, due to the fact that no one will sit down and update the documentation. Is that acceptible? Since I'm posting this log without checking with people first, I'm changing the names to protect privacy. Here's the IRC log of her frustration.
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