[Wine] Mailing list <-> forum gateway

Austin English austinenglish at gmail.com
Sun Mar 2 19:28:42 CST 2008


On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com> wrote:
>  > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 12:47 PM, vitamin <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:
>  >  >  > The list was, before the forum link, a place where serious wine-users could
>  >  >  > discuss problems.
>  >  >
>  >  >  Then why don't you use forum instead and ask to make
>  >  > a separate section for advanced users?
>  >
>  >  I think that means creating a new mailing list wine-users-advanced to
>  >  match.
>  >
>  >  Do we really want to split the users into two groups like that?
>  >
>  >  Perhaps.  What do others think?
>  >  - Dan
>
>  don't split it up. there isn't enough traffic on this list to warrant
>  it as far as I'm concerned. Better to get information to more people.
>
>  just my 2 cents,
>  Mark
>
>

A) That'll fragment users more.
B) Odds are the novice users will think their question is advanced,
when it isn't, and vice versa.

Maybe add a note about checking the FAQ before posting...

-Austin



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