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

[Johannes Kröger (WhereGroup)]

On 19.01.24 10:32, Adam Nielsen wrote:
> Interesting, it looks like the archive hasn't been fully indexed.
> Point taken.  However I will also point out that most forum software
> I've used has an awful search as well (usually I resort to Google) so
> I'm not sure whether Discourse is any better.
Discourse provides sitemap.xml and it is full of search engine 
optimisations. The integrated search is definitely at least as good as a 
non-fuzzy full-text search on a mail archive.
>
>> A forum also makes it possible for someone to continue a thread from x
>> years ago with new related questions or information. Something that is
>> really hard to do on a mailing list from what I know.
> Most forums frown on "necro-posting" like that because it's often
> misused and reopens a completed discussion with something barely
> related (and forces everyone to re-read a bunch of long forgotten posts
> to get the context), so I'm not so sure that's a positive.

I never understood forums with blanket rules based on the age of 
previous posts. Keeping related information and discussion together is a 
good thing in my experience. I mean actual on-topic posts, not people 
posting only slightly related things or jumping into old, solved 
problem-solving threads with changed scenarios.

The good thing is that no one is forced to read previous posts but in a 
forum they easily can do so and continue.

Cheers, Hannes
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