[Qgis-community-team] Re: [Qgis-user] Wiki migration is done

[Otto Dassau]

Hi Agustin,

On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:55:32 +0200
Agustin Lobo <alobolistas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Otto,
> 
> When you make a web page the question is not whether a given feature is
> odd or not to the author and/or developers but whether it make sense for 
> the potential user. And it's
> very clear that a tab in the main menu named "User's corner" would be
> much more straightforward for a user than going through a "Wiki" tab
> that is even not in the Main menu.
>
> This is probably not important at this moment
> as the info currently in the User's corner is not that critical, but I think
> that the User's corner should become an important part of the QGIS support
> in the future. I'm trying to re-organize my schedule so that I have time
> to provide input to that section in the coming months, but this is going
> to depend on whether I keep using qgis for my course next fall or switch to
> gvsig. If I keep qgis for my own projects only (this is out of question, 
> as manageR
> is an invaluable tool for me), I'd be too taken to provide input for the 
> User's Corner.

I didn't want to bother you - hope I didn't :)! If more people think we need
an extra main menu link at qgis.org to the "User's corner" in the wiki (apart
from the general wiki link on top of the webpage) we can do that, but for me it
doesn't make sense, at least not for the moment. It might change with more
input and relevance, but in my opinion the current "User's corner" is not more
important or relevant than many other wiki pages or areas and therefore I don't
think we should add a direct link to the main menu. But again, if more people
think we need it, we can this, of course. 

But, I also think that we could provide better information about the other
QGIS web platforms in general. This is missing so far. Therefore, as I wrote
below, I would suggest to improve the community page and add information about
the available platforms (wiki, blog, ...) maybe with a special note about the
"User's corner" here: http://www.qgis.org/en/community.html

What about this idea? And thanks again, that you like the new wiki!

Regards,
 Otto

> Anyway, thanks a lot for your work, the wiki is really nice and useful.
> 
> Agus
> 
> 
> 
> Otto Dassau wrote:
> > Hi Agustin,
> >
> > On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:30:33 +0200
> > Agustin Lobo <alobolistas at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> Many users will not know what a wiki is and/or will not think
> >> there is anything interesting for them there. Instead, a section
> >> named "User's Corner" in the main menu would have a clear meaning
> >> for them.
> >>     
> >
> > This sounds a little odd to me, because then probably many users will also
not
> > know what a blog, forum or bugtracker is, so we would have to add other
extra
> > links to the main menu as well. Maybe others feel different about this, and
in
> > that case we can of course improve the website and add more links, but for
me
> > your suggestion is a bit overdone - sorry.
> >
> > Looking at the website we could improve the community page and add
information
> > about the available platforms here:  http://www.qgis.org/en/community.html
> >
> > At the moment there is only this sentence: "To get in contact the the QGIS
> > community we provide various mailing lists and communication platforms such
as
> > this web site, a wiki, a blog and a forum." We could add some paragraphs for
> > each webportal, describe it and set a link. Would be great if you could do
that.
> > We can grant you access to the website, of course.
> >
> > Regards,
> >  Otto
> >
> >   
> >> Agus
> >>
> >> Otto Dassau wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Hi Agustin,
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:50:23 +0200
> >>> Agustin Lobo <alobolistas at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> Nice wiki.
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> thanks!
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> I do not find a link to the wiki from http://qgis.org/
> >>>> Actually, perhaps a direct link from qgis.org to the User's corner
> >>>> would be useful.
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> just below the QGIS logo top/left is the link "QGIS Wiki" leading to
> >>> http://qgis.org/wiki/ - This should be clear enough.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>  Otto
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> Agus
> >>>>
> >>>> Otto Dassau wrote:
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>>>> Hi, 
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I migrated now the rest of the old wiki. Please check and if there are
no
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>           
> >>> votes
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>>> against we can/will put the old wiki offline in the near future. 
> >>>>>
> >>>>> new wiki is here: http://www.qgis.org/wiki
> >>>>> old wiki is here: http://wiki.qgis.org
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>  Otto
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