[OSM-newbies] Proposal to close newbies@ list

[Xan]

The only reason about maintaining that is because, in my opinion, the help.openstreetmap.org answers are shorter than here in the mailing list. Here the newbies have very deep explanation of things and in help.OSM just a short message.

But close if you are overwheelmed.

On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:28:27 +0000
Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemeD.net> ha escrit:

> Hi all,
> 
> Usage of the newbies at openstreetmap.org mailing list, set up in 2007 to 
> provide help to new users, has dwindled to almost nothing. There were no 
> posts in September, October, November, or December.
> 
> Generally we now have better places to provide help to new users - 
> principally http://help.openstreetmap.org/ , but also national forums 
> and mailing lists. There is also more OSM documentation than was once 
> the case.
> 
> So that new users don't seek help in a little-used backwater, but 
> instead go to a place where help is more likely to be found, I'm 
> proposing (as list admin) to close the list to subscriptions and to 
> posting. The list archives would be retained.
> 
> If you have a compelling reason why the list should not be closed, 
> please speak up now. You'll need to volunteer to be the admin though. ;)
> 
> cheers
> Richard
> 
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