And for a long term solution, what about moving everything to Google Groups ? It can be used as a mailing list or as a sort of forum depending on the user preferences.
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 5:05 AM, Wang Rui <wangra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I'm currently working on the Chinese translation of OpenGL Programming > Guide 8th Edition, as well as some client projects. It's heavy work for me > so sorry for not being with the community these days. Fortunately I'm going > to have a few more time later and will be back for more tests and feature > addtions :-) > > In 2008, I started a Chinese OSG forum (bbs.osgchina.org), and have been > managing it until now, which has about 7 housand members and more than 50 > thousand posts. My experience is simply that you can hardly satisfy > everyone who has questions in the forum. In most cases, askers will only > put the questions like 'why my scene is black' or 'how to implement 3DGIS > software', and it is nearly impossible to give a complete answer. I will > always ignore such topics or just give an one-line answer to save their > time and my time at that time. :-) > > We had better support forums and even social networks for OSG users, > especially those young men, to get in touch with each other. This will also > help OSG itself to grow more quickly and get more attentions when related > news are coming. Release news will also receive more feedbacks if published > on forum. In fact, in my opinion, the forum should not be somewhere filled > with questions and answers, but a place for sharing ideas and achievements, > making friends, and looking for opportunities. We need not only moderators > but also active members to publish news, feature suggestions, discussions > and project galleries in the forum, to attract more people to attend and > encourage them to share their ideas, too. > > Wang Rui > > > > 2013/7/31 Björn Blissing <bjorn.bliss...@vti.se> > >> Hi Robert et al, >> >> I would love for the forum to keep working. The forum is usually my goto >> place to find new information about OpenSceneGraph and I actually like the >> format better then the e-mail lists. Although the current state of the >> forum makes me a bit sad for the new users. >> >> I have been contemplating volunteering to do some basic moderation, ie. >> proof reading the first messages that users post before getting forum >> approval. My main hesitation has been, as I guess for all of you, lack of >> time. >> >> I also tend to work with OSG related project in irregular time periods. I >> have actually been working with OSG on and off since 2002. (My first >> experience with OSG was at a presentation that Robert held in Stockholm in >> November 2001). I usually work with it for a month or two and then I am >> away from the community for a couple of months doing other projects. The >> forum is perfect for this on-and-off "lifestyle" since it doesn't clog up >> my e-mail folders when I am inactive as a OSG user. (Registering and >> unregistering from the email lists became rather tedious.) >> >> So rather then letting the forum die, I would like to volunteer as >> moderator. Although I probably would be a moderator that would be rather >> inactive during some periods. But if there are more moderators our inactive >> periods hopefully shouldn't overlap too much. >> >> TLDR; I hereby volunteer as a forum moderator. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Björn Blissing >> >> ------------------ >> Read this topic online here: >> http://forum.openscenegraph.org/viewtopic.php?p=55494#55494 >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> osg-users mailing list >> osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org >> http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > osg-users mailing list > osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org > http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org > > -- Serge Lages
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