[OSM-talk] forum.openstreetmap.org

[Lester Caine]

Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 03:08:43PM +0200, Lambertus wrote:
>> Since there is a sub domain http://forum.openstreetmap.org, which points 
>> to a Plesk CC page somewhere, I humbly request that it is forwarded to 
>> the forum that is in use today: http://osm.na1400.info. Om my request 
>> the webhoster has made special provisions to allow this construction.
> 
> Has anything become of this?
> 
> I think we had something approaching a consensus to let Lambertus have
> that redirect when spaetz did a prototype of a forum with single
> login, then Lambertus said he'll try and move over to that, but
> nothing was ever heard of the effort again. I'm sure spaetz had only
> the best intentions but it seems that he effectively buried the
> proposal by suggesting something that would have put Lambertus out 
> of his depth.
> 
> As I said before, even though I personally prefer mailing lists I can
> see that many people like forums better so why not officially sanction
> the one Lambertus has installed. There's a good user base already, and
> as far as I can see, Lambertus continues to do a good job at catering
> to the forum users, answering questions and all on a daily basis. This
> community aspect is much more important than the question whether
> people need one or two passwords.
> 
> I never thought I'd say that one day but: forum.openstreetmap.org now!

Personally I would prefer to see a single installation that handles THIS list 
with either a web viewer or via email. Many sites have people providing 
different lists on different 'media' and the result is groups of people 
discussing the same thing in different threads and often never talking to one 
another so coming up with different results :(

The wiki. is almost another list where things are 'discussed' and unless one 
is directed to now posts there, they often go unnoticed? It would possibly 
help if there was a post to one of the lists when a new page is added with a 
request for discussion? None of this is rocket science but a single cohesive 
structure SHOULD be possible?

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