>> I'm surprised it is ignored what actual users of the forum said [0].
GS> It should be noted that only 12 people of the hundreds that used GS> the forum cared enough to vote. This can hardly be viewed as a consensus opinion. Yes, this is not very many. But are 6 +1'ers here on ML more than those 12? Are they consensus? I should also point out that the referred topic was closed for voting and comments on Oct, 2011. >> I'm also surprised how quickly the thread 'how to make forum better' turned >> into 'lets close it because we don't like it/don't want to spend time on >> it'. GS> This issue has been discussed for nearly a year in one form or another. And? Plans for moving? Explaining forum users that they will no longer have access? May be asking top 10-20 active users? Anything? People are different, they like different things and ways to communicate. Forum was not dead. I think this was a rush decision. Maxim >> >> I thought such decisions should at least go through PSC voting. GS> While there was no formal vote, the members of the PSC and GS> community have expressed their opinion. GS> Personally I am neutral on whether the forum lived or died. >> >> [0] http://forum.qgis.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9025 >> >> Maxim >> >>> 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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user GS> -gary GS> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= GS> Gary Sherman GS> GeoApt LLC GS> http://geoapt.com GS> Founder, Quantum GIS GS> Chair, QGIS PSC GS> Book: GS> http://geospatialdesktop.com GS> "We work virtually everywhere" GS> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
