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

[Antonio Viscomi]

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Il giorno mer 17 gen 2024 alle ore 16:57 Alexandre Neto <
senhor.neto at gmail.com> ha scritto:

> I am just starting the discussion. I don't have a strong opinion about
> this.
>
> I agree with Adam. For me, any platform is good enough if it's helpful for
> those that volunteer to answer questions. There are plenty of chat,
> facebook groups, linkedin, slack, telegram where people find request help.
> Nevertheless, the mailing lists are seen as the official way of project to
> comunicate with users. Therefore are a bit more important.
>
> Also agree with Greg. It's discourse is something that is not widely
> accepted yet. My message was just to alert people for this possibility and
> see what people think.
>
> Alex
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> On Wed Jan 17, 2024, 03:52 PM GMT, Antonio Viscomi <antoviscomi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 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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