[Qgis-user] Migrating QGIS User mailing list to OSGeo Discourse, yes or no?

[Antonio Viscomi]

Yes @senhor.neto at gmail.com <senhor.neto at gmail.com> of course,
but a newby should first study how it works.
That said, I'm not against migration, if that doesn't become too burdensome
for you staff

Saluti

Antonio


Il giorno mer 17 gen 2024 alle ore 16:35 Alexandre Neto <
senhor.neto at gmail.com> ha scritto:

> There will be categories. QGIS is already there. Then, there would be a
> subcategory for qgis-user.
>
> A quarta, 17/01/2024, 15:31, Antonio Viscomi via QGIS-User <
> qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> escreveu:
>
>> I personally believe that merging QGIS "question/answer" topics with
>> those of all OSGEO could generate confusion,
>> unless "osgeo discourse" dedicates a page/session only to the QGIS
>> mailing list
>>
>> Greetings
>>
>> Antonio
>>
>>
>> Il giorno mer 17 gen 2024 alle ore 02:55 Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User <
>> qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> ha scritto:
>>
>>> > The main advantage of the forum like mode is the ability to search
>>> > for old topic and possibly easily get answers for your questions
>>> > before posting a new question
>>>
>>> Perhaps it needs to be a bit more obvious, but you can search the list
>>> for old topics if you use a query like this in most search engines:
>>>
>>>   site:lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/ search terms here
>>>
>>> There is also https://gis.stackexchange.com/ which has a lot of Q&A
>>> posts related to QGIS for people who prefer a more modern interface.
>>>
>>> > also might be a bit more attractive for new comers
>>>
>>> I think the main issue when discussing where to provide support is
>>> what's easiest for the people who answer the questions.  If you make it
>>> too easy for people to post questions, they will post before doing their
>>> own research which just leads to the same questions coming up
>>> repeatedly.  If you make it too hard for the people with the answers -
>>> like asking them to refresh a dozen different web pages every day
>>> looking for new questions - then they will give up and the questions
>>> will go unanswered.
>>>
>>> So really, where the communication happens is ultimately up to whoever
>>> is willing to answer the incoming questions.  The people with questions
>>> will find you no matter where you are, it's the ones willing to provide
>>> the answers that you need to cater for.
>>>
>>> Personally, having the questions arrive with no interaction on my part,
>>> and all in one place (my inbox, from many different projects, not just
>>> QGIS) and only requiring one button click to send a reply, makes it
>>> really easy to send a response if I feel I can provide an answer.  So as
>>> long as a new system makes the process just as easy then there's
>>> certainly no harm in trying it out.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Adam.
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