That's not a bad list of categories at all Anatole. It would be best if there's still some sort of (read-only?) meta-list that shows all messages, and if it were smart enough that you could read the "all" list and replies went to the correct lists it'd be a pretty good common ground I think. I'm no mailing-list-guy though, so no idea if that's feasible.
-Josh On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Anatole Tartakovsky < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt, > > Splitting the last 500 topics in groups it would be: > 1. 101 > 2. Coding (AS3/MXML) > 3. Design and UI ( Flash/Components/CSS/Skin) > 4. Enterprise/Best Practices/Frameworks > 5. AIR - not big yet, but definitely a separate group of folks there > > Thank you > Anatole Tartakovsky > Farata Systems > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:t > Practices/Frameworks > > I do think 12 is way too high a number BTW. Would recommend capping at >> 5 absolute max. >> >> >> On 6/16/08 8:28 PM, "Matt Chotin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mchotin%40adobe.com>> >> wrote: >> >> Hey guys, >> >> If you think that splitting the lists is the right thing to do for the >> larger community then I'm not going to stop you. I think we were right in >> the past to recommend against the split, but I can see Anatole's point that >> traffic has stagnated and we'd certainly like the community to thrive. We'll >> certainly try to pay attention to as much as possible (not like it's me >> doing much but you know some Adobe folks are quite active), but no >> guarantees on how it will go. The Adobe forums themselves are definitely >> lacking, primarily because we can't access them via email. There is a >> project going on within Adobe to improve the experience drastically, and we >> definitely intend to split forums there (and hopefully convince everyone to >> come back over and move away from Yahoo Groups); but it's still a number of >> months away at the earliest. I would hope that folks will continue to help >> users of all levels, and we'll need moderators to handle whatever new lists >> are created. >> >> Matt >> >> On 6/16/08 8:17 PM, "Bjorn Schultheiss" <[EMAIL >> PROTECTED]<bjorn.mailinglists%40gmail.com>> >> wrote: >> >> I like the idea of splitting topics into different lists. >> I also like Anatole's suggestions for list types. >> >> Flexcoders has become to "over-bloated".. >> >> I would be in favour for looking at topics that I'm interested in. >> >> Perhaps this will get more of the experienced contributors back on the >> list. >> >> Imagine if OSFlash had only one mailing list. >> >> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto: >> flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>><mailto: >> flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>> , "Anatole >> Tartakovsky" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > Dear All, >> > Flexcoders has huge problem. In the last 15 month it is very much >> > stagnant in terms of message count and participation. It is not >> growing and >> > dropping members as fast as it gets them. >> > >> > I believe this group has overgrown the optimal size about a year >> ago and >> > needs to be divided in more focused smaller groups. My mail box get 100+ >> > messages a day on all kinds of topic - unless I can spend 30+ >> minutes that >> > day to sort them out it goes directly into garbage can. Most people >> in the >> > company unsubscribed from it 18 month ago. Most of veteran >> developers I know >> > either unsubscribed or stopped looking in this mess greatly >> diminishing the >> > quality of the responses. As a result group mostly host new >> developers and >> > looses most of experienced ones after very short period of time. >> > >> > Further delay of breaking this group hinders usefulness of the group >> for all >> > of us as now we have significant amount of users that are being >> forced out. >> > I believe it is time to archive flexcoders and branch (12?) targeted new >> > user groups >> > >> > I would like to see people suggesting user subgroups and WiKi topics for >> > Flex community site to go with each group - providing best posts in more >> > systematic way. >> > >> > I suggest the following Yahoo groups ( created couple for your >> > convenience). >> > >> > Flex101: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flex101/ >> > >> > Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <flex101%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: >> flex101%40yahoogroups.com <flex101%2540yahoogroups.com>><mailto: >> flex101%40yahoogroups.com <flex101%2540yahoogroups.com>> >> > >> > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<flex101-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: >> flex101-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com<flex101-subscribe%2540yahoogroups.com> >> ><mailto:flex101-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com<flex101-subscribe%2540yahoogroups.com> >> > >> > >> > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL >> > PROTECTED]<flex101-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: >> flex101-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com<flex101-unsubscribe%2540yahoogroups.com> >> ><mailto:flex101-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com<flex101-unsubscribe%2540yahoogroups.com> >> > >> > >> > List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<flex101-owner%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: >> flex101-owner%40yahoogroups.com <flex101-owner%2540yahoogroups.com> >> ><mailto:flex101-owner%40yahoogroups.com<flex101-owner%2540yahoogroups.com> >> > >> > >> > EnterpriseFlex: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/enterpriseflex/ >> > >> > Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<enterpriseflex%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: >> enterpriseflex%40yahoogroups.com <enterpriseflex%2540yahoogroups.com> >> ><mailto:enterpriseflex%40yahoogroups.com<enterpriseflex%2540yahoogroups.com> >> > >> > >> > Subscribe: [EMAIL >> > PROTECTED]<enterpriseflex-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: >> enterpriseflex-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com<enterpriseflex-subscribe%2540yahoogroups.com> >> ><mailto:enterpriseflex-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com<enterpriseflex-subscribe%2540yahoogroups.com> >> > >> > >> > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL >> > PROTECTED]<enterpriseflex-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: >> enterpriseflex-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com<enterpriseflex-unsubscribe%2540yahoogroups.com> >> ><mailto:enterpriseflex-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com<enterpriseflex-unsubscribe%2540yahoogroups.com> >> > >> > >> > List owner: [EMAIL >> > PROTECTED]<enterpriseflex-owner%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: >> enterpriseflex-owner%40yahoogroups.com<enterpriseflex-owner%2540yahoogroups.com> >> ><mailto:enterpriseflex-owner%40yahoogroups.com<enterpriseflex-owner%2540yahoogroups.com> >> > >> > >> > FlexUI >> > FlexDesign >> > >> > FlexSDK >> > FlexDeployment >> > >> > FlexFlash >> > >> > FlexFrameworks >> > >> > FlexBestPractices >> > >> > EnterpriseFlex: >> > >> > FlexBlazeDS: >> > >> > weborb: >> > >> > Sincerely, >> > Anatole Tartakovsky >> > Farata Systems >> > >> >> > > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
