Hi all, When a developer has an idea for a module, they are often not the only one with that idea. Currently, new modules are mostly invisible until they show up as a project. And IDEAS for new modules are / completely/ invisible unless they are discussed in the ephemeral IRC. As I'm sure you all know, this leads to code dupe. If we had a central location for announcing modules, we could: * Reduce module duplication. We can prevent two independent developers from writing separate, duplicate modules. * Increase developer collaboration. We can get interested developers working together at an early stage of development. * Improve module quality. Others can shape and improve the ideas, leading to a better module from the beginning (or, at the least, a better road map for future development.) Rather than cluttering up the drupal-devel list with module announcements, I created a Drupal Group: http://groups.drupal.org/ contributed-module-ideas (the name was chosen to be in-line with the contributed-module-status group.) If we can get enough buy-in to this idea, I think it would be a good idea to add a note to the "Maintaining a project on drupal.org" page ( http://drupal.org/node/7765 ) that modules should be announced on the Contributed Module Ideas group, in addition to requesting a CVS account. This might also help out CVS Administrators if more eyeballs were reviewing the modules associated with new CVS account requests. What does everyone think? If you have a specific criticisms or enhancements, reply to the list. If you simply have "+1" comment, why not just subscribe to the group? - John John Wilkins | Albin.Net | nickname: JohnAlbin