[OSM-talk] forum.openstreetmap.org

[Tom Hughes]

In message <46EA87DB.3030003 at na1400.info>
        Lambertus <osm at na1400.info> wrote:

> This is a call that goes out to the OSM domain admins.

Um... That would be me I guess.

> Some might like it or not, but since March this year there is a public 
> forum dedicated to the OSM cause. Many users, especially newbies, have 
> found their way to this forum, hence it is providing an (important) 
> service to this project.
>
> 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.

Well I can certainly make the change if that's what the community
wants. Personally I dislike the idea of fragmenting discussion as
we will effectively create two disjoint communities.

Does anybody know the history behind the existence of that name and
where it currently points?

BTW I have discovered today that (as discussed on IRC a few weeks ago
as something some people would like) it is possible to get Google
Groups to index an existing mailing list and provide a web interface
to it, so if people would like that then it can be done.

Tom

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