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

[Anita Graser]

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 7:14 PM, Maxim Dubinin <sim at gis-lab.info> wrote:

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

You are right. Forum was not dead and people like to be able to chose how
they communicate.

The problem I see is that there is a limited number of people with the
knowledge to help and the will to donate their time. They should be
supported by technical infrastructure that makes helping easy.

A phpBB forum is far from optimal for Q&A. It's difficult to see which
questions are answered and where the answer is hidden within the thread. We
tried tagging with SOLVED but often there is no feedback from the person
who asked.

It has been suggested repeatedly that solutions should be migrated to the
wiki but nobody has stepped up to do so. I don't think it's going to
happen. Therefore the Q&A page should be as organized as possible, with
questions being tagged, marked as solved and the best answer marked too. A
Q&A site using OSQA would make that possible.

I'm fine with both having our own OSQA site or using Stackexchange. I'd be
willing to do the moderator work again if it's decided that a dedicated
QGIS Q&A is better.

Best wishes,
Anita




>
> I think this was a rush decision.
>
> Maxim
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> >>
> >> 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
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> >> 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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