[Qgis-user] Re: Donations -> Knowledge mananagment platform

[Maxim Dubinin]

>> I'm surprised it is ignored what actual users of the forum said [0].

GS> It should be noted that only 12 people of the hundreds that used
GS> the forum cared enough to vote. This can hardly be viewed as a consensus opinion.
Yes, this is not very many.
But  are  6  +1'ers here on ML more than those 12? Are they consensus?
I  should also point out that the referred topic was closed for voting
and comments on Oct, 2011.

>> I'm also surprised how quickly the thread 'how to make forum better' turned
>> into 'lets  close it because we don't like it/don't want to spend time on it'.
GS> This issue has been discussed for nearly a year in one form or another.
And? Plans for moving? Explaining forum users that they will no longer
have access? May be asking top 10-20 active users? Anything?

People   are  different,  they  like  different  things  and  ways  to
communicate. Forum was not dead.

I think this was a rush decision.

Maxim

>> 
>> I thought such decisions should at least go through PSC voting.

GS> While there was no formal vote, the members of the PSC and
GS> community have expressed their opinion.

GS> Personally I am neutral on whether the forum lived or died. 

>> 
>> [0] http://forum.qgis.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9025
>> 
>> Maxim
>> 
>>> We could also close the forums and tell everyone to use gis.stackexchange
>>> instead. That would reduce maintenance necessary on our side. It would also
>>> increase visibility of QGIS in the eyes of ESRI folks if more QGIS
>>> questions pop up on stackexchange.
>>> 
>>> Personally, I would welcome shutting down the forums since it would free
>>> me of the repetitive work of deleting dozens of spam threads every day.
>> 
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