This page lists out the scheduled blog authors for the Wiki Ninjas blog (the official blog for TechNet Wiki). We build out schedules in 10-week blocks.

If you would like to sign up for an open date or to be scheduled in the next 10-week block, please comment below or email edprice at microsoft. Ed will then discuss the details with you. Blog authors can double up once the schedule is initially filled.

 

Current Schedule (July-Oct 2013)

All scheduled authors are subject to change.

Dates:

Monday (Interview)

Tuesday (Article Spotlight)

Wednesday (Wiki Life)

Thursday (Council Spotlight)

Friday (International Update)

Saturday (Top Contributors)

Sunday (W/E Surprise)

8/26-
9/1

Gokan
Ed
Horizon_Net

Ed
Hezequias

Ed

Luciano Lima XAML guy Gokan

9/2-
9/8

Santosh Steef-Jan

 Luiz

Ed Tomoaki XAML guy Gokan

9/9-
9/15

Luiz

Peter G

 Horizon_Net

Serhad

Luciano Lima

XAML guy Steef-Jan

9/16-
9/22

Ed

Steef-Jan
LeoPonti

Horizon_Net

Ed

Bruno

XAML guy

Tord

9/23-
9/29

Hezequias

Horizon_Net

?

Ed

Luiz Henrique

XAML guy

  Steef-Jan

9/30-
10/6

Santosh

LeoPonti

Horizon_Net

Ed

Tomoaki

XAML guy

  Gokan

10/7-
10/13

Hezequias

Steef-Jan

Horizon_Net

Tord

Gokan

XAML guy

  Steef-Jan

10/14-
10/20

Santosh

Steef-Jan
LeoPonti

Luiz Henrique

Ed

Tord

XAML guy

  Margriet

10/21-
10/27

Steef-Jan

Horizon_Net

Horizon_Net

Peter G

Ed

XAML guy

  Steef-Jan

10/28-
11/3

Gokan

Horizon_Net
LeoPonti

Luiz Henrique

Yagmoth555 (Portal's use)

Tomoaki

XAML guy

  Margriet

Blog Post Themes


Here is the list of the corresponding themes for each day of the week:

Monday: Community Interview – We pick one person on TechNet Wiki, write about their Wiki achievements (and also about their other achievements), and we interview them! You'll also see a few video interviews in this series! Examples:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/tags/monday+_2d00_+community+interview/

Tuesday: Article Spotlight – We pick an article (or series of articles) on TechNet Wiki and write about the value of it. Examples: http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/tags/tuesday+_2d00_+tnwiki+article+spotlight/

Wednesday: Wiki Life – We write about a tool, feature, practice, or process on TechNet Wiki. Topics could be about navigating, editing, authoring, linking, languages, profile tools, the Translation Widget, or where the Wiki is mentioned in the world (like on other sites). Examples: http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/tags/wednesday+_2d00_+wiki+life/

ThursdayCouncil Spotlight – On Thursdays, we write about the projects that our Community Council is currently working on... The Featured Article Teams, Wiki Feature Requests and Bug Fixes, expanding Portals or Cross-Linking, the TechNet Guru contest (which connects the Forums and Wiki), the Wiki Ninja Belt Ranks, Governance and Guidelines, etc. Either someone who is on the council will post on what they're doing, or one of our authors will take a more journalistic approach, documenting the progress that they observe... or an opinion-style post where they brainstorm on what they think is possible. Examples: http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/tags/thursday+_2d00_+council+spotlight/ 

Friday: International Spotlight – This is a digest of International Wiki news, community wins, profiles, articles, and/or top contributors in the International space. We want to focus on Non-English spotlights, since the other days focus more on English. Examples: http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/tags/friday+_2d00_+international+spotlight/

Saturday: Top Contributors of the Week – We will feature a list that highlights the top contributors each week. Join us as the community earns their Wiki Ninja awards! Examples: http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/tags/top+contributors+of+the+week/

Sunday: Surprise! Anything related to TechNet Wiki! We won’t always have a post on Sundays, but this allows us to have some flexibility. Examples:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/tags/weekend+_2d00_+surprise_210021002100_ 

As Needed
: Wiki Ninja News – When there are any Wiki-related events, promotions, or any other news.

TechNet Guru - We post about the TechNet Guru contest, including listing the winners, giving updates, and featuring each winning article. Examples: http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/tags/technet+guru/

Community Win We write about an example or “story” of how the community came together to do something great with TechNet Wiki. This can be published on Tuesdays (as an Article Spotlight) or on Sunday Surprise. Examples: http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/tags/community+win/ 

Social Synergy - This is a subcategory for Wiki Life Wednesdays. We focus on using TechNet Wiki in a collaborative way with other social tools... TechNet/MSDN Gallery, TechNet/MSDN Forums, TechNet/MSDN Blogs, CodePlex, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. Examples: http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/tags/social+synergy/

Acceptable Content

Blog entries must be about the Wiki. It's great to add a personal touch to the article, but the primary focus should be the Wiki.
Avoid topics that the community would consider as blatant self-promotion - If you have done some spectacular work around the Wiki that is worth showcasing, you are likely to be asked for an interview. 
 

Previous Schedule Plans

The current schedule above will be moved to the bottom of this section when the next schedule comes out. Here are all the previous schedules, starting with the oldest one, from fall 2011: 

Q4/2011

Dates:

Monday (Ninja Interview)

Tuesday (Article Spotlight)

Wednesday (Wiki Life)

Thursday (Community Win)

Friday (International Spotlight)

Saturday

Sunday

10/31 – 11/04

Ed Price – (Yuri)

Tony - PowerShell SG

Ed Price - TOC

Eric Battalio - Council

Yuri Diogenes



11/07 – 11/11

Ed - (Steef-Jan Wiggers)

Kurt Hudson - Win PKI

Ed Price - Why Ninjas?

Tony Soper - Stubs

Luiz Lima Campos



11/14 – 11/18

Tony Soper – (Ed)

Yuri Diogenes - TMG SG

Eric Battalio - #Thanks

-

Bruno Lewin - Translation



11/21 – 11/25

Ed – (Tony & Eric Battalio)

Tom -Private Cloud

Tony Soper - RSS Feeds

Ed Price - Comments

Yuri - TechEd Russia

 


11/28 – 12/02

Monica Rush – (Arnie)

Yuri Diogenes - PKI

-

Tony Soper - Lists

Ed - Top Contributors



12/05 – 12/09

Tony Soper - Ed (pt 2)

Peter Geelen - FIM Resources

Ed - Gallery + Wiki

-

Yuri Diogenes

Steef-Jan Wiggers

Luigi Bruno

12/12 – 12/16

Ed - Luciano Lima

Tony - SQL Perf SG

Peter - Article Colleciton

 

Ed - Top Contributors



12/19 – 12/23

-

Peter Geelen - Insert Code

Ed Price

Tony Soper

Yuri Diogenes

Steef-Jan Wiggers


12/26 – 12/30

Ed - Peter Geelen

-

Ed Price

Eric Battalio

Bruno Lewin



01/02 – 01/06

Monica Rush

Peter Geelen

Tony Soper

Yuri Diogenes

Luiz Lima Campos



Q2/2012 

Dates:

Monday (Interview)

Tuesday (Article Spotlight)

Wednesday (Wiki Life)

Thursday (Community Win)

Friday (International Update)

Saturday

Sunday

3/26-4/1

Ed (Rick)

Tord

Philippe - Yagmoth

Jan – Horizon Net

YuriD

-

Steef-Jan

4/2-4/8

-

Zoltan

Fernando

Kurt

Luciano

Ed – Top Contributors

Luigi Bruno

4/9-4/15

Steef-Jan (Tord)

Jan – Horizon Net

Tord

Zoltan

Ed

-

Ed Price

4/16-4/22

Ed (Horizon Net)

Ed

Peter

Tord

Yuri

Ed



4/23-4/29

Ed (Yottun8)

Steef-Jan

Jan – Horizon Net

Rich

Luciano

Ed



4/30-5/6

-

-

Zoltan

Philippe - Yagmoth

Fernando

-



5/7-5/13

Peter (Thomas)

Tord

Rich

Jan – Horizon Net

Luciano

Ed – Top Contributors

Steef-Jan

5/14-5/20

Fernando (Ana)

Zoltan

Ed

Ed

Ed

Ed – Top Contributors

Margriet

5/21-5/27

-

Margriet

Jan – Horizon Net

Fernando

Tord

Ed – Top Contributors

Steef-Jan

5/28-6/3

Ed (Yagmoth)

Peter

-

Zoltan

Jan – Horizon Net

Ed – Top Contributors

Philippe - Yagmoth

6/4-6/10

Ed (Margriet)

Jan – Horizon Net

Ed

Ed

Luciano

Ed – Top Contributors

Steef-Jan

Jun-Aug/2012 

Dates:

Monday (Interview)

Tuesday (Article Spotlight)

Wednesday (Wiki Life)

Thursday (Community Win)

Friday (International Update)

Saturday

Sunday

6/11-6/17

Ed (Patris)

Jan – Horizon Net

Zoltan

Peter

Tord

Ed – Top Contributors

Margriet

6/18-6/24

Fernando

Steef-Jan

-

Margriet

Ed

Ed – Top Contributors


6/25-7/1

-

Margriet

Jan – Horizon Net

Yagmoth

Tord

Fernando

Ed (10K Articles)

7/2-7/8

Tord

Ed

Peter

Fernando

Luciano Lima

-

Steef-Jan

7/9-7/15

Ed (Zoltan)

Zoltan

Margriet

Jan – Horizon Net

-

Ed - International

 

7/16-7/22

Peter

Fernando

Ed (Portals)

Tord

Luciano Lima

-

 

7/23-7/29

Ed (Roger Doherty)

Margriet

Jan – Horizon Net

Zoltan

Fernando

-

 

7/30-8/5

Margriet (Ed)

-

Margriet

Peter

Luciano Lima

-

Steef-Jan

8/6-8/12

Peter (Asia MVP Lead)

Jan – Horizon Net

Yagmoth

Zoltan

Ed

Ed – Top Contributors

Margriet

8/13-8/19

Fernando

Steef-Jan

Peter

Tord

Luciano Lima

Ed (Wiki Ninja Figures)

 

8/20-8/26

Peter (Asia MVPs)

Zoltan

-

Jan Horizon Net

Steef-Jan

Ed (PowerShell Script for Wiki)

Margriet

Aug-Oct/2012 

Dates:

Monday (Interview)

Tuesday (Article Spotlight)

Wednesday (Wiki Life)

Thursday (Community Win)

Friday (International Update)

Saturday

Sunday

8/27-9/02

Peter G (Asian MVPs)

 Ed

 Zoltan

Horizon Net /Jan

 Luciano Lima


Steef-Jan

9/03-9/09

Fernando

Horizon Net /Jan

 -

 Peter G

 Ed (Turkish top 10)


 

9/10-9/16

-

 Zoltan

Ana

 Ed (Wiki Profile Points)

 Luciano Lima


 FZB

9/17-9/23

Fernando 

Steef-Jan

 Ed (The Portals)

Peter G

 Tord


 

9/24-9/30

Ed

 Tord

 Ed (featuring articles)

 Zoltan

 Luciano Lima

Ed – Test Lab Guide

Steef-Jan

10/01-10/07

Ana

-

 Ed (YouTube)

 -

Horizon Net /Jan


Yagmoth

10/08-10/14

-

 Ed (Forum Mod)

 Ed (using tags)

 Tord

 Ed (Patris book)


Steef-Jan

10/15-10/21

Fernando  

 Zoltan

Ed (Win8 Gadget)

Fernando  

 Luciano Lima


 Margriet

10/22-10/28

Peter G

 Peter G

 XAML Guy

Horizon Net /Jan

 Ed

XAML Guy

 

10/29-11/04

Steef-Jan

 Zoltan

 -

Horizon Net /Jan

Fernando 

XAML Guy

 

11/05-11/11

Tord

 Margriet

Steef-Jan

 FZB

Ed

XAML Guy

 Margriet

nov-dec/2012 + jan/2013

Dates:

Monday (Interview)

Tuesday (Article Spotlight)

Wednesday (Wiki Life)

Thursday (Community Win)

Friday (International Update)

Saturday (Top Contributors)

Sunday (W/E Surprise)

11/12-11/18

Ed (Gokan)

Ed

Ana

-

Luiz

Pete L / XAML Guy

 

11/19-11/25

Steef-Jan

Tord

Pete L

Zoltan

Luciano

Pete L

Ana

Ed

11/26-12/2

Fernando

 Jan

-

-

Gokan

Pete L

Steef-Jan

12/3-12/9

Zoltan

Pete L

FZB

Jan

Luciano

Pete L

Tord

12/10-12/16

Fernando

Ed

Margriet

Pete L

Peter G

Gokan

Luiz

Pete L

Steef-Jan

12/17-12/23

Ed

Margriet

Pete L

Tord

Luciano

Pete L

Gokan

12/24-12/30

Peter G

Pete L (Christmas)

 Jan

Zoltan

-

Pete L

Steef-Jan

12/31-1/6

-

Pete L (New Years)

Tord

-

Yottun8

Pete L

Gokan

1/7-1/13

-

Peter G

 Jan

Ed

Tord

Pete L

Steef-Jan

1/14-1/20

Jan

Margriet

 Ana

Fernando

Luciano

Luiz

Pete L

Margriet

Luiz

1/21-1/27

Gokan

Tord

Ed

Peter G

Jan

Yagmoth

Pete L

Steef-Jan

 ~Q1 2013

Dates:

Monday (Interview)

Tuesday (Article Spotlight)

Wednesday (Wiki Life)

Thursday (Community Win)

Friday (International Update)

Saturday (Top Contributors)

Sunday (W/E Surprise)

1/28-
2/3

Ed (Joe)

HorizonNet

Ed

Ed

Yottun8


Gokan

2/4-
2/10

Ed (Nitin)

Steef-Jan
Ed

Ed

Gokan

Luciano

XAML Guy

Tord

2/11-
2
/17

-

Margriet
Ed

Ed

HorizonNet

Ed (Spanish)


Margriet

2/18-
2/24

XAML Guy

HorizonNet

Ed

Peter G

Luiz

XAML Guy

Craig

2/25-
3/3

Ed (Jose)

Steef-Jan

HorizonNet

FZB

Yottun8

XAML Guy

Yagmoth

3/4-
3/10

Gokan

Ed

Ed

Tord

Luciano

XAML Guy

SteefJan

3/11-
3/17

-

HorizonNet

Peter G

Serhad

Luiz

-

Gokan

3/18-
3/24

Peter G

Gokan

Luiz

HorizonNet

-

XAML Guy

SteefJan

3/25-
3/31

Yagmoth (Santosh)

-

HorizonNet

Ed

Gokan

XAML Guy

Serhad

4/1-
4/7

Steef-Jan

HorizonNet
Ed

Ana
Markus

Tord

Yottun8

XAML Guy

Craig

4/8-
4/14

Ed

Margriet

Peter G

HorizonNet
Ed

Gokan

XAML Guy

SteefJan

~Q2 2013 

Dates:

Monday (Interview)

Tuesday (Article Spotlight)

Wednesday (Wiki Life)

Thursday (Community Win)

Friday (International Update)

Saturday (Top Contributors)

Sunday (W/E Surprise)

4/15-
4/21

Ed (Rafael)

Horizon_Net

Ed

 -

-

 XAML Guy

Steef-Jan

4/22-
4/28

Serhad
Ed (Alex)

Peter G

Ed

Fernando 

Ed

 XAML Guy

Gokan

4/29-
5/5

Ed (Flavio)

Horizon_Net

Luiz

-

yottun8

 XAML Guy

 

5/6-
5/12

-

Steef-Jan

Zoltan

Horizon_Net

Luciano

 XAML Guy

Gokan

5/13-
5/19

-

Serhad

Ed

-

Gokan

 XAML Guy 

Ed

5/20-
5/26

Gokan

Horizon_Net

Craig

-

Luiz

 XAML Guy 

Ed

5/27-
6/2

Ed

Ed

Tord

Margriet

Serhad

 XAML Guy 

Steef-Jan
Ed

6/3-
6/9

Serhad

Horizon_Net

Ed

Ed

yottun8

 XAML Guy 

Gokan
Margriet

6/10-
6/16

Ed

XAML Guy

Ed

Tord

Gokan

 XAML Guy 

Steef-Jan

6/17-
6/23

FZB

Gokan
Ed

Luiz

Horizon_Net

Luciano

 XAML Guy

 

6/24-
6/30

Ed

Horizon_Net

-

Ed

Luiz

 XAML Guy
 Ed

Ed

 

 Q3 2013

Dates:

Monday (Interview)

Tuesday (Article Spotlight)

Wednesday (Wiki Life)

Thursday (Council Spotlight)

Friday (International Update)

Saturday (Top Contributors)

Sunday (W/E Surprise)

7/1-
7/7

Ed
Ed
Horizon_Net
Ed

Patris
Ed

Ed (Belts)
Ed

yottun8
Gokan

XAML guy
Ed
Tord

7/8-
7/14

Serhad
Ed

Yagmoth555

XAML guy
Peter G

Ed

Luciano Lima XAML guy
Ed
Gokan

7/15-
7/21

-
Ed Horizon_Net

Ed 

Ed
Ed

Steef-Jan

7/22-
7/28

Sandro
 

Serhad

Santosh

Ed (Advisory) Gokan XAML guy Sandro

7/29-
8/4

Steef-Jan

Horizon_Net

 Luiz

Ed (Featured)

yottun8

XAML guy Gokan

8/5-
8/11

Ed

Gokan

 Luiz

Peter G

Luciano Lima

XAML guy

Margriet

8/12-
8/18

Sandro
(Tord)

LeoPonti

 Horizon_Net

Ed (Belts)

Luciano Lima XAML guy Serhad

8/19-
8/25

 Ed

Steef-Jan

 Santosh

Ed

Luciano Lima

XAML guy Steef-Jan

 September to come...

 

 

See Also