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David E. Jones wrote:
>Backing up a little bit... what would be the benefits of using forums versus mailing lists? Or is it forums versus the wiki?
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>I've seen 2 in these messages so far:
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>1. "generally better at organizing information"
>2. easier to search in a forum
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>I'm not sure what #1 is supposed to mean, and I'm not sure that #2 is actually true... I'd be interested in hearing other benefits of using a forum...
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>Unless the forum could be used like a mailing list, ie get messages in email and reply to them with email, then you can use them all you want, but chances are questions won't get many answers because it will require more effort from those that do monitor the lists and answer questions...
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>-David
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>Vinay Agarwal wrote:
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>>Jacques,
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>>I agree that forums take some administration but it certainly is less
>>than administration of Wiki. If we give forum admin rights to more
>>people (committers + regulars on the mailing list), forum administration
>>would not be a problem. The most difficult part would be to set it up.
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>>Regards,
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>>Vinay
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>*From:*
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>>[mailto:
[hidden email]] *On Behalf Of *Jacques Le Roux
>>*Sent:* Wednesday, May 24, 2006 8:12 AM
>>*To:* OFBiz Users / Usage Discussion
>>*Subject:* Re: [OFBiz] Users - Forum+Knowledge base instead of mailing list
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>>Hi Vinay,
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>>You certainly guess that this has alreday been asked in the past. If you
>>search in MLs you will find answers. But yes, it was a lot easier
>>when MLs had an internal search option (and even a plugin to search from
>>firefox-google field).
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>>The other way is to use Google option "site:lists.ofbiz.org" but you
>>have to crawl between every ML and svn ml is prominent...
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>>In think the reason is that it's a lot less time consuming to admin a ML
>>than forums... Because forums to be good tools must be regularly
>>administred.
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>>Jacques
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>> ----- Original Message -----
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>> *From:* Vinay Agarwal <mailto:
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>> *To:* 'OFBiz Users / Usage Discussion' <mailto:
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>> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 24, 2006 4:19 PM
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>> *Subject:* [OFBiz] Users - Forum+Knowledge base instead of mailing list
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>> Hello,
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>> Is it worthwhile to switch to forum format (possibly with a
>> knowledge base) since forums are generally better at organizing
>> information? Many new OFBiz users may benefit for this format and,
>> as a result, reduce questions whose answers can be found easily on
>> the forum. Also, if OFBiz forum component is operational, it may be
>> a good test for it.
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>> Regards,
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>> Vinay Agarwal
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Most forums support mail notifications. Replying ... No not by email, but it's not too hard to keep the forum page open in the browser.