Talk:New Zealand blogosphere

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[edit] Before adding new links read this

This article is not a dumping ground for blog links within New Zealand. Any link which does not build to this article, or that is not an appropiate link, will be removed. Please, place your reasons on this page before adding links in. --Midnighttonight 09:13, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

The only blog I can think of right now is the Young Nats one, is that notable? Brian | (Talk) 10:07, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
No, the Young Nats blog is not notable. It isn't even a blog per se, it is just a temporary means of posting material whilst out new website is being constructed. 124.197.4.101 00:01, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
Okay, that makes sense Brian | (Talk) 00:07, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Minimum Ranking?

Perhaps a minimum ranking on one of the bigger blog indexes might act as a baseline for inclusion? eg. a ranking of Flippery Fish or higher over at Truth Laid Bear? --noizyboy 23:18, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that would be an idea. A blog needs to prove its worth. Also Tumeke has a worked out blogocracy. --Midnighttonight 22:38, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Noteworthy or another soapbox?

I'm not fully convinced of the merit of this; Rodney Hide already has his own article, and as a leader of a somewhat notable party he should. Other bloggers seem... less noteworthy to say the least. I'm open to being convinced though. -- Greaser 20:09, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

While the bloggers themselves are not particularly notable, the blog scene is, and they are a part of that. I would object to there being a David Farrar or Jordan Carter article. But, as a whole, there is enough notability in the blogosphere itself. --Midnighttonight 22:40, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
The David Farrar article is a different David Farrar BTW--Midnighttonight 22:41, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
The influence of blogs is growing, although I suspect the general public doesn't realise it. Take the case where No Right Turn raised the absence of Rodney Hide: over the next couple of days, journalists were running stories about his absence from Parliament; this was after a couple of weeks of Dancing with the Stars... --Lholden 01:09, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

So the only noteworthy blogs are political? (being Devil's advocate...) 202.180.71.156 08:35, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

No, just no one has written on the other blogs yet. Feel free to do so, but make sure they are notable otherwise.... --Midnighttonight please tell me off for procrastinating on my essay! 04:55, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge into political blog

Following discussion on Political blog, the Political blogs in Australia has been merged into Political blog. This article is almost entirely about political matters and I invite editors to consider agreeing to merge this in, likewise, where it would fit nicely. TerriersFan 23:16, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I notice that political blogs in Australia had all the links to blogs removed as linkspam, and ended up as two paragraphs in Political blog. I would oppose a similar merger of this article. Instead, I'd like to see it expanded to cover more than just the political blogs it currently deals with. As I'm not a reader of NZ blogs, I have no expertise in the area to do so myself.-gadfium 19:10, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Oppose. I only really know of the political blog scene in New Zealand, but this article is meant to be about more than just them. It should cover all the other blogs in New Zealand. I just don't know enough about them to write anything on it. --Midnighttonight Remind me to do my uni work rather than procrastinate on the internet 22:27, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Certainly, I can see the advantage of a non-political blogs article. However, the benefit of merging the political blogs section in is that the general principles in the opening paras of Political blog will apply to all countries, with any aditional NZ dimensions, and there is easy comparison of the blog activities of the various countries. TerriersFan 22:36, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
You can easily copy it into the Political Blog section, or do the following:

[edit] New Zealand

Main article: New Zealand blogosphere

The New Zealand political blogs consistent blah blah blah

How bout that then?

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Farrar (blogger)

Please vote at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Farrar (blogger) --Midnighttonight Remind me to do my uni work rather than procrastinate on the internet 23:19, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Input from Bloggers

Glad to see this has been created. It would be great if the bloggers who have been on the scene since it emerged - like Farrar, Carter, and whoever else could each write their own perspective on the emergence of the NZ blogosphere, and then we try and synthesise it here at Wikipedia...User:A.J.Chesswas 16:57, 8 August 2006 (NZT)

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