I do see where you are coming from with this and I actually do agree. I think for now our main focus should be just the users for the time being.
On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Florian Effenberger < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Jonathan Aquilina wrote on 2012-10-07 13:19: > > I think whats trying to be said is that some lists such as QA for instance >> and others would need to find a home on the forums as well because not all >> end users want to subscribe to a mailing list but woudl prefer to sign up >> and get answers on forums. Also i think as well that forums will get more >> community members involved as well. >> > > don't get me wrong: I don't want to render your work useless - I really do > appreciate what you do with regards to the forums. > > The way I understood was that for certain *users*, mailing lists are too > much of a barrier, and so I'd suggest we start with typical user support > forums. > > Moving website, QA and other areas of working to a forum is doomed to > fail, IMHO. I really don't feel comfortable that we start in such a big > way, and would propose starting small and simple, only with user support > forums, and then see where it goes. > > For most of the working areas, a migration to a forum doesn't make sense. > As an example: If the barrier to enter a mailing list is too high for > someone, how should he be involved in technical translations (l10n@), > administration of websites (website@) or verification of bugs (qa@)? > > That being said, I didn't read the entire thread, but wanted to share my > gut feeling nontheless... > > > Florian > > -- > Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) > Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 > The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany > Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts > Legal details: > http://www.documentfoundation.**org/imprint<http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint> > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > website+help@global.**libreoffice.org<website%[email protected]> > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** > unsubscribe/<http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** > Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > List archive: > http://listarchives.**libreoffice.org/global/**website/<http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Jonathan Aquilina -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
