Beyond TFC: Community Demands Directory Overhaul for Niche Canadian Hubs, Flashing Local Politics and First Nations Coverage
A formalized, detailed index of Canadian-themed Lemmy.ca communities is deemed necessary for user navigation across sectors like specific provinces and city hubs.
The floor is split between pure inclusion and maintaining quality control. Some users argue for listing every known entity—like all CPL teams or BC's 13 political parties—while others question the scope, noting that adding every newly named group is wasteful. Specific contributors pitched deep dives: SRGray pushed for CPL/MLS teams outside Toronto, Beaver successfully demanded listings for [email protected] and [email protected], and GrizzlyBur advocated for dedicated hobby sections like [email protected].
The weight of opinion demands structural expansion. The consensus centers on building a massive directory. The major fault line remains governance: whether this index should be a simple dumping ground for every existing community or a curated, high-standard resource.
Key Points
Mandatory creation of a comprehensive directory for all Canadian niche hubs.
There is a strong consensus that a structured, frequently updated index is needed for visibility across provinces and topics.
Need to list specific local and underrepresented sporting communities.
SRGray noted that many Canadian Premier League and MLS teams (excluding Toronto FC) lack dedicated communities, driving the need for expansion.
Inclusion of dedicated First Nations cultural hubs.
Beaver drove this by citing census data and successfully advocating for [email protected] and [email protected].
Debate over inclusion breadth (activity vs. existence).
Some push for cataloging everything found, while others criticize the proposed scope, questioning the need to list every single provincial or party group.
Practical structural limitations for new naming.
otter revealed a hard limitation: community 'name' fields cannot be changed after creation, forcing new communities for name changes.
Source Discussions (3)
This report was synthesized from the following Lemmy discussions, ranked by community score.