Hey, Observers. If any of you are really interested in open source and are interested in this site for anything other than SEO opportunities, here are some ideas for mini-projects to improve Advogato:

• Convert <h1>, <h2> etc. tags in syndicated diary entries to something sensible. I suggest simply <p>. Advogato diary entries are not allowed heading elements, so they get converted to <h1> and come out verbatim, not even on a new line (example)

• Change the new account page where it says Attention spammers. I suspect SEO-scum do not consider themselves spammers and that they think their SEO-scum activities are acceptable behaviour. If the notice said Attention SEO workers it might get their attention. Now if only there was some way to find out where they live and send them a turd in a box ...

These should both be pretty easy and might earn you kudos from the users of this site. Even trying to do it would get you a certification from me. Get the code for mod_virgule (make sure you get StevenRainwater's new fork) and start hacking. I'd be happy to review patches or help you with any problems using subversion or building the code. Post (links to) patches in your diary or send them to robogato.