i think we are lacking in website side of things to be honest On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 3:37 AM, Andy Morsell<[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe we could have a wiki page with posting guidelines including links to > places to research and suggested research techniques. And, most > importantly, have every message go through an administrator. If the > administrator feels the message meets the guidelines, then the message gets > posted. Otherwise, they get a rejection message pointing them to the > posting guidelines. I realize this ads significant overhead, but if we had > several of us volunteering to do admin duties, it might be doable. Any > thoughts? > > > > Andy Morsell, P.E. > > Spatial Integrators, Inc. > > 47° 46' N 116° 49' W > > www.SpatialGIS.com > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Wilson > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:19 AM > To: MapGuide Users Mail List > Subject: [mapguide-users] Posting Guidelines > > > > Why have people just suddenly given up and begun posting: "Thing broken? > Help". > > > > I'm not directing this at anyone in particular... I'm just pointing out we > probably need some posting guidelines here as this is getting a bit > ridiculous. > > > > 1) If you have a question, don't just ask - research it first on > http://www.nabble.com search and include MapGuide. At least 40% of the > questions asked here have been asked before. > > 2) When you post a question about an error - always include the error! > > 3) Include your OS, Web Server, which API you are using if applicable > > 4) Be specific about the type of data involved and which provider you are > using > > > > I'm trying to keep this list short so that it's not hard work. > > > > Anyone else have any suggestions or want to improve the points I suggested > above? > > > > I'm tempted to suggest modifying the signature response of these emails to > include 1 or 2 more URL's to the main MapGuide info sites so that people > know where to look for things. > > > > Dave > > > > > > Dave Wilson, AEC IM > > CRT QA Analyst > > Autodesk Canada, Inc. > 21st Floor > > 645 7th Ave SW > > Calgary, AB T2P 4G8 > > Direct 403-538-3069 > > Fax 403-264-1442 > > > > _______________________________________________ > mapguide-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users > >
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