[Qgis-user] Why isn't there a support forum for QGIS?

[Alex Mandel]

On 10/05/2013 11:24 AM, Kelly Bellis wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> http://gis.stackexchange.com/ is certainly a nice place to try and find
> answers... unless you ask a question like: Why isn't there a support
> forum for QGIS?
> 
> Feel free to contact me directly if you don't want to broadcast to the
> entire list.
> 
> V. Kelly Bellis, PLS 2099 - 17 Union Street - Ellsworth, ME 04605
> kellybellis at gwi.net <mailto:kellybellis at gwi.net> - 207.667.6912 -
> Horizon Surveying Co.
> 


It was officially decided by the Project Steering Committee (PSC) of
QGIS some time ago to discontinue the QGIS specific forum that existed
in favor of using stackexchange and QGIS tagged questions. There are
several reasons:

1. We already have 2 mailing lists Users & Developers, turns out the
overlap between these lists and the Forum was quite small (very few
developers ever visited the forum). Both of these lists can be used just
like a forum via Nabble.
2. We don't have to maintain a website just for a forum (its a lot of
work to prevent spammers).
3. StackExchange is easier for new users coming from other communities
who already have an account of some kind that lets them on. It's also
more public and discoverable, so it could lead to more people hearing
about QGIS. It's also easier for developers who also use other
StackExchange sites for other reasons to wander by occasionally and it
allows cross pollination with other OSGeo projects, e.g. GDAL or Postgis
questions that often start as QGIS questions.

So to answer QGIS does have a support Forum, it is
http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/qgis
and this mailing list.

Thanks,
Alex