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

[Antonio Viscomi]

Indeed, it would be interesting if there was the possibility for a user to
participate only in the categories of their interest when logging in

Saluti

Antonio


Il giorno mer 17 gen 2024 alle ore 16:49 Antonio Viscomi <
antoviscomi at gmail.com> ha scritto:

> 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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