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*MIKKO L. TAMURA*
*Open Mapping Hub - Asia Pacific*
*Community Manager*

*Founder*
*Pilipinas Chubs X Chasers*

*Volunteer Mapper*
*OpenStreetMap Philippines*

*Contact Number: +639173290655*



On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM maning sambale <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I support the move, this mailinglist is pretty much inactive anyway.
>
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM Eugene Alvin Villar <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm reviving this thread. There's a discussion on OSM Discourse about
> retiring moribund mailing lists and talk-ph seems to qualify since it is
> now basically just a channel to distribute the OSM Weekly newsletter.
> >
> > https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/133512
> >
> > While it's not a 1-to-1 comparison, it's quite possible to interact with
> Discourse completely via email. The maintainers recently enabled creating
> new threads via email alongside the existing feature to allow replies via
> email. More info here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Community_forum
> >
> > In any case, there is also a proposal to create an ASEAN/Southeast Asia
> Discourse category if we don't decide to create a Philippine-specific
> category: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/108989
> >
> > ~Eugene
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 10:13 AM Eugene Alvin Villar <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> How do people here think about deprecating the use of the talk-ph
> mailing list and start using PH-tagged threads in the OSM Discourse site?
> https://community.openstreetmap.org
> >>
> >> To give some examples, here are threads tagged for the German
> community: https://community.openstreetmap.org/c/communities/de/
> >>
> >> And here are the threads tagged for the United States community:
> https://community.openstreetmap.org/c/communities/us/
> >>
> >> Supposedly, talk-ph is the "official" communications channel for the PH
> community but this mailing list barely has any posts in the past few years.
> >>
> >> One advantage of OSM Discourse is that it's tied to OSM accounts and
> can still be accessed via email (so it won't alienate people who prefer
> email).
> >>
> >> ~Eugene
> >>
> >>
> > _______________________________________________
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> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
>
>
>
> --
> cheers,
> maning sambale
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