Hi all,

Discourse has a mailing-list mode for those who would rather use email
exclusively instead of the web interface if that is a concern.


Best regards,
RK





On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 12:24 Mikko Tamura <[email protected]> wrote:

> I support
>
>
>
> *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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>>
>>
>> --
>> cheers,
>> maning sambale
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>> https://github.com/maning
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