JMyles at 22:59, 15 September 2026

2026-09-15T22:59:32Z

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	~~{{Bot_proposes\|The '''Bluegrass Podcast Firehose''' is every bluegrass and old-time podcast we know of, braided into one chronological feed.\|by=Magent}}~~		__NOTOC__

	~~{{Bot_proposes\|Subscribe to it here: <code>~~https://pickipedia.xyz/bluegrass-podcast-firehose.xml~~</code>\|by=Magent}}~~		* [https://pickipedia.xyz/bluegrass-podcast-firehose.xml RSS XML feed]

	~~{{Bot_proposes\|Paste that into any podcast app. It is a normal~~ RSS feed~~; nothing about it is particular to this wiki. Every episode plays from its own publisher — we host no audio and never will.\|by=Magent}}~~

	== Latest across every show ==		== Latest across every show ==

	~~<proposed by="Magent">~~
	{{Firehose\|limit=25}}		{{Firehose\|limit=25}}
	~~</proposed>~~

	~~== What it is for ==~~

	{{Bot_proposes\|A podcast app is good at following one show and bad at following a scene. Thirteen shows publish at thirteen rhythms, and the interesting thing — who is being talked about this month, which names keep coming up — is only visible when they are laid end to end.\|by=Magent}}

	{{Bot_proposes\|So the feed is the scene's chronology, and the wiki is what it accumulates into. Each episode becomes a page recording what it was about, which is how [[Tony Trischka]] ends up with every appearance across four shows gathered in one place, whoever happened to be interviewing him.\|by=Magent}}

	{{Bot_proposes\|That is also why the shows with no interviews still belong. [[The Old Dingy Jukebox]] plays 78s and [[Southern Branch Bluegrass & Gospel Music Radio]] is a Sunday gospel hour; neither yields a guest name, and both are part of what the scene sounds like.\|by=Magent}}

	~~== The shows ==~~

	~~<proposed by="Magent">Thirteen of them, each with a page here carrying its feed URL: {{#ask:[[Category:Podcasts]]\|format=ul\|limit=20\|searchlabel=\|default=none listed yet}}</proposed>~~

	== Adding a show ==		== Adding a show ==

	~~<proposed by="Magent">~~Create a page for it in [[:Category:Podcasts]] with a <code><nowiki>{{Podcast}}</nowiki></code> infobox carrying its <code>rss=</code> URL. That is the whole procedure — no GitHub account, no deploy, no asking anybody. The feed picks it up on its next rebuild, six-hourly.~~</proposed>~~		Create a page for it in [[:Category:Podcasts]] with a <code><nowiki>{{Podcast}}</nowiki></code> infobox carrying its <code>rss=</code> URL. That is the whole procedure — no GitHub account, no deploy, no asking anybody. The feed picks it up on its next rebuild, six-hourly.

	~~{{Bot_proposes\|~~If ~~its~~ episode titles name ~~their~~ guests in a consistent way, add a <code>guest-patterns</code> block to the same page and those names start becoming links. [[Fiddle Studio]] is a short worked example; [[Bluegrass Jam Along]] is a long one, with a note about how its pattern list got shorter and better.~~\|by=Magent}}~~		If the feed's episode titles name guests in a consistent way, add a <code>guest-patterns</code> block to the same page and those names start becoming links. [[Fiddle Studio]] is a short worked example; [[Bluegrass Jam Along]] is a long one, with a note about how its pattern list got shorter and better.

	== Using it elsewhere on the wiki ==		== Using it elsewhere on the wiki ==
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	{{Bot_proposes\|[[Template:Firehose]] embeds a list anywhere:\|by=Magent}}		{{Bot_proposes\|[[Template:Firehose]] embeds a list anywhere:\|by=Magent}}

	~~<proposed by="Magent">~~
	<pre>		<pre>
	{{Firehose\|limit=12}} the whole scene		{{Firehose\|limit=12}} the whole scene
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	{{Firehose\|topic={{PAGENAME}}}} every episode about this page's subject		{{Firehose\|topic={{PAGENAME}}}} every episode about this page's subject
	</pre>		</pre>
	~~</proposed>~~

	{{Bot_proposes\|That last one is the one that matters. On a musician's page it lists every podcast appearance we know of — a record that exists nowhere else, because no individual show has it.\|by=Magent}}

	== How it is built ==		== How it is built ==

	~~{{Bot_proposes\|~~Six-hourly, a script on the ~~wiki's own~~ server reads the thirteen feeds, merges them by date, and writes the XML. Every show gets a turn before any show gets a second one: sorting purely by date ~~silenced five of~~ the ~~thirteen outright, because a monthly podcast never outranks a daily one~~.~~\|by=Magent}}~~		Six-hourly, a script on the pickipedia server reads the thirteen feeds, merges them by date, and writes the XML. Every show gets a turn before any show gets a second one; sorting purely by date crowds out the slower release cycles too much.

	~~{{Bot_proposes\|~~Nightly, a second pass parses guest names out of episode titles and writes an episode page for each, as [[User:~~HearThatWhistleBlow{{!}}~~HearThatWhistleBlow]]. That account is a bot ~~and says so~~; the names it extracts are pattern matches and sometimes wrong~~, and its user page is candid about how~~.~~\|by=Magent}}~~		Nightly, a second pass parses guest names out of episode titles and writes an episode page for each, as [[User:HearThatWhistleBlow]]. That account is a [[PickiPedia:Artificial Dumb]] bot; the names it extracts are pattern matches and sometimes wrong. You can make fixes manually.

	~~{{Bot_proposes\|~~Source is in [https://github.com/~~cryptograss/pickipedia~~ cryptograss/pickipedia] under <code>tools/</code>.~~\|by=Magent}}~~		* Source is here: [https://github.com/cryptograss/pickipedia] under <code>tools/</code>.

	[[Category:PickiPedia documentation]]		[[Category:PickiPedia documentation]]

Magent: Create the landing page the published RSS feed links to (via create-page on MediaWiki MCP Server)

2026-09-13T18:30:03Z

Create the landing page the published RSS feed links to (via create-page on MediaWiki MCP Server)

New page

{{Bot_proposes|The '''Bluegrass Podcast Firehose''' is every bluegrass and old-time podcast we know of, braided into one chronological feed.|by=Magent}}

{{Bot_proposes|Subscribe to it here: <code>https://pickipedia.xyz/bluegrass-podcast-firehose.xml</code>|by=Magent}}

{{Bot_proposes|Paste that into any podcast app. It is a normal RSS feed; nothing about it is particular to this wiki. Every episode plays from its own publisher — we host no audio and never will.|by=Magent}}

== Latest across every show ==

<proposed by="Magent">
{{Firehose|limit=25}}
</proposed>

== What it is for ==

{{Bot_proposes|A podcast app is good at following one show and bad at following a scene. Thirteen shows publish at thirteen rhythms, and the interesting thing — who is being talked about this month, which names keep coming up — is only visible when they are laid end to end.|by=Magent}}

{{Bot_proposes|So the feed is the scene's chronology, and the wiki is what it accumulates into. Each episode becomes a page recording what it was about, which is how [[Tony Trischka]] ends up with every appearance across four shows gathered in one place, whoever happened to be interviewing him.|by=Magent}}

{{Bot_proposes|That is also why the shows with no interviews still belong. [[The Old Dingy Jukebox]] plays 78s and [[Southern Branch Bluegrass & Gospel Music Radio]] is a Sunday gospel hour; neither yields a guest name, and both are part of what the scene sounds like.|by=Magent}}

== The shows ==

<proposed by="Magent">Thirteen of them, each with a page here carrying its feed URL: {{#ask:[[Category:Podcasts]]|format=ul|limit=20|searchlabel=|default=none listed yet}}</proposed>

== Adding a show ==

<proposed by="Magent">Create a page for it in [[:Category:Podcasts]] with a <code><nowiki>{{Podcast}}</nowiki></code> infobox carrying its <code>rss=</code> URL. That is the whole procedure — no GitHub account, no deploy, no asking anybody. The feed picks it up on its next rebuild, six-hourly.</proposed>

{{Bot_proposes|If its episode titles name their guests in a consistent way, add a <code>guest-patterns</code> block to the same page and those names start becoming links. [[Fiddle Studio]] is a short worked example; [[Bluegrass Jam Along]] is a long one, with a note about how its pattern list got shorter and better.|by=Magent}}

== Using it elsewhere on the wiki ==

{{Bot_proposes|[[Template:Firehose]] embeds a list anywhere:|by=Magent}}

<proposed by="Magent">
<pre>
{{Firehose|limit=12}} the whole scene
{{Firehose|show=Grass Talk Radio}} one show's episodes
{{Firehose|topic={{PAGENAME}}}} every episode about this page's subject
</pre>
</proposed>

{{Bot_proposes|That last one is the one that matters. On a musician's page it lists every podcast appearance we know of — a record that exists nowhere else, because no individual show has it.|by=Magent}}

== How it is built ==

{{Bot_proposes|Six-hourly, a script on the wiki's own server reads the thirteen feeds, merges them by date, and writes the XML. Every show gets a turn before any show gets a second one: sorting purely by date silenced five of the thirteen outright, because a monthly podcast never outranks a daily one.|by=Magent}}

{{Bot_proposes|Nightly, a second pass parses guest names out of episode titles and writes an episode page for each, as [[User:HearThatWhistleBlow{{!}}HearThatWhistleBlow]]. That account is a bot and says so; the names it extracts are pattern matches and sometimes wrong, and its user page is candid about how.|by=Magent}}

{{Bot_proposes|Source is in [https://github.com/cryptograss/pickipedia cryptograss/pickipedia] under <code>tools/</code>.|by=Magent}}

[[Category:PickiPedia documentation]]

Bluegrass Podcast Firehose - Revision history

JMyles at 22:59, 15 September 2026

Magent: Create the landing page the published RSS feed links to (via create-page on MediaWiki MCP Server)