Homeless Nation Wiki
THE MAIN PAGE
-LOG IN - there is talk right now of having no passwords. I think this came from David, as users were forgetting passwords, or not understanding the concept, etc. This could be difficult in programming, and we have to limit the ability of people to modifiy each others pages
[ron's comment] not having a password won't be so bad i think. not having an email address will be more of a problem. drupal will want to contact users and load that attribute in many places in many modules. we should give serious consideration to this before proceeding. if we are getting some sort of mail set up anyway (i.e. username@homelessnation.org) we could use those addresses to satisfy drupal. [end ron's comment]
-THE MAP - ability to jump to any province
PROVINCES
-Map of Province, with cities listed
-* a news section, written by "reporters" - some people might prefer journalistic reporting than personal blogging
- * this is not new per se, but we've always wanted a bulletin board, and it would make sense here (or where else?)
CITIES
-List of all people from this city
-Link to QuickTime VR panoramas
-Random user from city displayed
PEOPLE PAGES
-Video of person
-Info of person
-Their blogs
-People can leave comments on blog
-viewers should be able to "subscribe" to pages using RSS, which means that they will be notified when someone writes a new blog, even if they are not on the homeless nation site
"MY PROFILE" Page
-users can create/edit their blogs
-Users can change their photo, display name, password, etc
-Choose their city
-Ron suggested where they're from, and where they are now, for itinerant
-Create a "Buddy List" of people
-There should be a seperate option for them to write News, which would show up in a seperate area of the website
NAVIGATION BAR (ON ALL PAGES)
-Jump to any person
-Jump to any place
-Log in
-Search
Definition of Homeless????
This is a test to see if this will work I've never used this function before. So here's the deal this page is supposed to be in a function called a book. Any member is free to access this page and make their own modifications to the text and leave a log message explaining any changes that they have made so let's try and find out what the homelessnations definition of homeless is.
Ok so this is the definition of homelessness as found on wikipedia the online user generated encyclopedia. i was wondering what people thought of this?
Definition of homeless
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) defines the term "homeless" or "homeless individual or homeless person" as -- (1) an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; and (2) an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is: A) supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations (including welfare hotels, congregate shelters, and transitional housing for the mentally ill); B) an institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or C) a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodations for human beings.
Other names for Homelessness
Street sleeper in a major city
The term most often used in the late twentieth century is "homeless". However, other terms include: vagrant, tramp, hobo (U.S.), transient, bum (U.S.), bagman/bagwoman, sturdy beggar, or the wandering poor. The term '(of) No Fixed Abode' (NFA) is used in legal circumstances.
More recently, many advocates and individuals who have experienced homelessness prefer using the term “houseless†to reflect more accurately the fact that the problem resides not with the lack of a home, which carries with it connotations including propinquity to family and other meta-physical notions, but with the more concrete problem of not having a house or apartment in which to live.
In different languages, the term for homelessness reveals the cultural and societal perception and classification of a homeless person:
Spanish: "persona sin hogar" (person without a home)
French: "Sans domicile fixe" (SDF, without a fixed domicile)
German: "obdachlos" (without a roof above)
Italian: "Senzatetto" (without a roof)
Portuguese: "sem-teto" (without a roof) or "Pessoa sem abrigo" (person without a shelter)
Slovene: "brezdomec" (a person without a home)
Voluntary Homelessness
Voluntary Homelessness is also known as nomadism. Some choose Homelessness as a lifestyle, preferring it to a settlement with society's norms. Nomads have existed throughout history.