On Mar 28, 2012, at 3:30 AM, Anita Graser wrote: > I'm also on gis.stackexchange. Their technology solves a lot of the issues > classic forums have. You can tag questions and it's easy to spot which > question has been answered and what the answer is. So maybe we could have a > QGIS stackexchange site and close the forums? OSM has a stackexchange site > for example. > > We could also close the forums and tell everyone to use gis.stackexchange > instead. That would reduce maintenance necessary on our side. It would also > increase visibility of QGIS in the eyes of ESRI folks if more QGIS questions > pop up on stackexchange. > > Personally, I would welcome shutting down the forums since it would free me > of the repetitive work of deleting dozens of spam threads every day. > > Regards,
In the past there has been user outcry regarding shutdown of the forums. Unless I hear otherwise, I will mark the forums read-only and disable new logins. A banner/sticky post will be added directing people to gis.stackexchange. We can talk about creating our own site using OSQA [1], but I wonder if it is better to redirect people to the "real" stackexchange. No matter what route we choose, someone will not be happy. -gary =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Gary Sherman GeoApt LLC http://geoapt.com Founder, Quantum GIS Chair, QGIS PSC Book: http://geospatialdesktop.com "We work virtually everywhere" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
