11:21 a.m.
I was just wondering whether it would be worth opening Staffslug forums?
Any thoughts?
Adam
11:28 a.m.
Quoting Adam Egan <adam.egan(a)gmail.com>:
I was just wondering whether it would be worth opening Staffslug
forums?
Any thoughts?
Adam
For the relatively small amount of members, I see nothing wrong with
the mailing list at present.
- Discussion is in one place, not divided between many.
- Forums are a hassle - spammers and such target popular forum software.
If we had 10x the members, it would likely be justifiable - more
content to spread across the medium, greater attraction to newcomers
(seeing one of the other medium as 'quiet' or 'dead' isn't attractive
at all) and also more people to help with the management of the forum
itself.
So I don't currently think it's a good idea.
Tom.
12:12 p.m.
On 15 July 2010 11:54, Peter Cannon <dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us> wrote:
On 15/07/10 11:28, Tom Hill wrote:
> So I don't currently think it's a good idea.
I hate forum's
I love forums :-p
However, we have been down this route before and they just didn't get
much use... So I'd say keep them in mind but not for now.
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1:34 p.m.
We did indeed.
As mentioned earlier, let's keep with the mailing list and have a re-think
a bit later down the line.
- On 15 July 2010 11:54, Peter Cannon <dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us> wrote:
-> On 15/07/10 11:28, Tom Hill wrote:
->
->> So I don't currently think it's a good idea.
->
-> I hate forum's
->
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- I love forums :-p
-
- However, we have been down this route before and they just didn't get
- much use... So I'd say keep them in mind but not for now.
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1:36 p.m.
I have been on and off trying to resurrect a project called Papercut.
Basically it's a python app that bridges Forums to NNTP servers... i.e.
it uses a Forum (such as phpBB) as the backend - but lets you connect to
the forum using NNTP. Then just stick mailman in NNTP gateway mode and
bingo.
A single chain of discussion available via..
- HTTP based Forum
- NNTP
- E-mail mailing list
But easily manageable (including it's users) with a Forums
administrative web based GUI.
Will at some point hopefully pick up work on this, because I too hate it
when the conversation gets split between too many different mediums, but
yet at the same time you want to accommodate to how people want to connect.
I'm learning Python as I go doing this (I'm mainly Java, but Python is
similar enough) but if anyone else likes the idea and wants to give me a
hand then give me a buzz.
Steven
On 15/07/10 12:12, Kevanf1 wrote:
On 15 July 2010 11:54, Peter Cannon<dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us>
wrote:
> On 15/07/10 11:28, Tom Hill wrote:
>
>> So I don't currently think it's a good idea.
>
> I hate forum's
>
I love forums :-p
However, we have been down this route before and they just didn't get
much use... So I'd say keep them in mind but not for now.
1:43 p.m.
Steven,
That project sounds brilliant! :)
I've never done Python in my life or I would have loved to give you a hand.
Adam
On 15 July 2010 13:36, Steven Maddox <s.maddox(a)lantizia.me.uk> wrote:
I have been on and off trying to resurrect a project called
Papercut.
Basically it's a python app that bridges Forums to NNTP servers... i.e.
it uses a Forum (such as phpBB) as the backend - but lets you connect to
the forum using NNTP. Then just stick mailman in NNTP gateway mode and
bingo.
A single chain of discussion available via..
- HTTP based Forum
- NNTP
- E-mail mailing list
But easily manageable (including it's users) with a Forums
administrative web based GUI.
Will at some point hopefully pick up work on this, because I too hate it
when the conversation gets split between too many different mediums, but
yet at the same time you want to accommodate to how people want to connect.
I'm learning Python as I go doing this (I'm mainly Java, but Python is
similar enough) but if anyone else likes the idea and wants to give me a
hand then give me a buzz.
Steven
On 15/07/10 12:12, Kevanf1 wrote:
> On 15 July 2010 11:54, Peter Cannon<dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us> wrote:
>> On 15/07/10 11:28, Tom Hill wrote:
>>
>>> So I don't currently think it's a good idea.
>>
>> I hate forum's
>>
>
> I love forums :-p
>
> However, we have been down this route before and they just didn't get
> much use... So I'd say keep them in mind but not for now.
>
>
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1:51 p.m.
On 15 July 2010 13:43, Adam Egan <adam.egan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Steven,
That project sounds brilliant! :)
I've never done Python in my life or I would have loved to give you a hand.
Adam
I seem to recall that we did have at least one python guru on the
list. The guy who lives on the Staffordshire Moorlands? Sorry I
can't remember his name but we did have a great initial meeting there
with some very nice curry. This was a few years back mind you.
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6:27 p.m.
On 15 July 2010 11:21, Adam Egan <adam.egan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I was just wondering whether it would be worth opening Staffslug
forums?
I don't really have a strong opinion either way, but I'd be unlikely
to use them, because I'd have to make a conscious effort to go to a
forum - mailing list messages just arrive in my inbox.
Russ
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