#53 story regionalization

[Tim Larson]

Add another field similar to topic and section when
submitting stories: region. This would allow "local"
stuff to be posted to a "global" site like slashdot,
yet safely ignored by non-locals (assuming they
have their prefs set to suppress these stories).

This would be very helpful for political posts, as well
as other things like coverage of a regional tech-fest
that wouldn't be of global interest.

I've already thought up a default list of regions,
including 10 for the US (I assumed a US-centric bias
for sites like slashdot) and 9 for the rest of the
world. Let me know if you want them.

[Rob Malda]

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I just don't think its really worth it for the couple
stories a day we post that are theoretically 'Regional'.
I'm leaving this in the lo-priority bin in case someone
really wants to implement it. We already have time zones,
perhaps thats the best solution, but honestly we'd almost
need a country field for that to work... and frankly I think
thats just getting silly. IMHO users can just scroll
through the occasional story. Perhaps some of the regional
stories will still interest them. My only beef is things
like tradeshows. I don't care about a tradeshow in
argentina. I cant' go to argentina! But we have many users
in argentina who might.

<P>Someday perhaps we'll have the time to do this.

[shane]

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We've started a project that may do somewhat what you're asking for.

See <a href="http://lottadot.com/projects/slashmaps">http://lottadot.com/
projects/slashmaps</a>