On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:43:20 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:
Alternatively, we could hope that the forum users would adapt the style of the mailing list. After all, if you want an answer, ask nicely and ask smart questions.
I completely agree that there are huge cultural differences in the use of fora vs. mailing lists, but in essence all of the users are all openSUSE users. They can't be _that_ different. If they get to interact without having to jump through hoops, perhaps the "cultures" will merge.
Or perhaps another option would be to gate some lists, but not all of them, and come to a consensus about acceptable practices for those that are gated. So, for example, something like the project list might be gated, but the developer lists might not be. There's no reason it has to be 'all or nothing'.
I get that you want to connect the forum community closer to the other parts but that does not necessarily mean to integrate the communication medium. I must say I'm always a bit perplexed by this method. We don't integrate IRC, twitter, facebook or all the other communication media with each other, but nevertheless they work together.
To me it is the obvious thing do to - fora, mailing lists and newsgroup are all about the same thing - messages from one person to a group of people. The medium is just an interface, nothing else.
That's the way I see it, too, but with the acknowledgment that the standards and rules are quite different between the two currently. The forums tend to be - for lack of a better word - more sanitized, because the audience catered to is more on the 'user' end rather than the 'techie' end, though we do have a fair number of techies in the forums (I count myself amongst the latter group). But those techies who do participate in the forums have adapted their style (to at least some degree) for the audience they're serving, too. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org