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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:49:23 +0000
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Subject: Re: [habari-dev] Formal vote: Forums Shutdown
From: Colin <lild...@gmail.com>
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+1 to retire the forums.


On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Owen Winkler <epit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/11/2010 11:13 AM, Andy C wrote:
>>
>> Better just to say - I'm not interested in forums with questions from
>> new Habari users but will read -dev.
>
> This sentiment needs to be quashed before it gets started.
>
> There are plenty of developers subscribed to the -users mailing list who
> frequently reply to new users that have questions. =C2=A0To suggest that
> developers here are uninterested in helping new users is not only untrue,=
 it
> makes me angry.
>
> The suggestion to retire the forums is one focused on improving developer
> response to user support and decreasing project maintenance costs.
>
> The forums were an experiment. =C2=A0This is how successful communities w=
ork:
> =C2=A0You give them the resources they need to grow, and you trim the res=
ources
> that don't work or aren't used.
>
> If anyone could provide a valid reason to keep the stale, abandoned forum=
 in
> addition to the active, useful Google Group, maybe there would be an excu=
se
> to keep both. =C2=A0But I have heard none.
>
> The forum is currently a blight on Habari's reputation, and a drain of
> resources for both maintenance and message threads like these.
>
> This is a call to a formal vote to shut down the forum. =C2=A0+3 sum vote=
s
> carries. =C2=A0A +1 vote is to retire the forums. =C2=A0A -1 vote is to k=
eep the
> forums. =C2=A0Votes will be tallied at 12:00 GMT on 11/13, and resultant =
action
> taken pursuant to the result of the vote. =C2=A0Even if you've expressed =
your
> opinion before, please re-vote +1/-1 on this thread to be counted.
>
> My vote is +1, retire the forums. =C2=A0Redirect the forum page to the Go=
ogle
> Groups page for the mailing list.
>
> Owen
>
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