[OSM-talk] Proposal to close newbies@ list

[Clifford Snow]

It's probably a reasonable suggestion to close the newbies at osm down for
lack of use. What concerns me is where the the newbies going? Is there any
data to suggest that they are being served on the forum? A quick look at
the section "Questions and Answers" would indicate that people are using
the forum. Since I've never participated in the forum (I prefer a mailing
list) can those who do participate let us know how well they feel newbies
are being served there?

Clifford

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 11 January 2016 at 19:22, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> > Am 11.01.2016 um 19:20 schrieb Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com
>> >:
>> >
>> > Would be happy to see a few other low use mailing lists closed.
>>
>>
>> why?
>>
>
> Because they are not benefiting the community but they are a time hog for
> anyone who wants to interact with the community. For example, I am
> currently helping to set up a UK group. To get started we needed to contact
> as many people as possible to raise awareness of this aim. A fragmented set
> of communication options makes this harder.
>
> My analogy with retail products: Competition is good, but sometimes I feel
> manufactures flood the market so much that it is impossible for the end
> user to make an informed decision (not helped by retailers often not
> providing good explanations).
>
> It would be nice to see a review of our communication channels (what
> works, what doesn't) but the CWG isn't resourced to do that right now.
>
> Rob
>
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