I¹m up for #1 below. We can see how it goes. --Paul
On 9/20/09 11:12 PM, "Mary Ruddy" <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul, > > Now that we have the new web forum which has an improved interface, we could > > 1) Go back to monitoring it, which will be easier now. (We could ask for > volunteers to monitor it for the next week in the Higgins developers call.) We > could change the description to ³General questions about Higgins Open Source > Identity Framework for technical questions subscribe to the Higgins-dev > mailing list.² > > 2) Change the description to Higgins Open Source Identity Framework > doesn¹t use the Newsgroup subscribe to the higgins-dev mailing list to ask > questions. > > > > -Mary > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Paul Trevithick > Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 10:23 AM > To: Mary Ruddy > Cc: higgins-dev > Subject: [higgins-dev] FW: [eclipse.org-project-leadership] Your project's > description in the new Eclipse Forums > > Mary/all, > > We need a better plan for dealing with the Higgins web forum [1]. Since we pay > so little attention to newsgroup/web forum, we¹re giving the impression that > the project is inactive [2]. I¹m sure Werner Keil was trying to be helpful, > but his response doesn¹t reflect the reality of the activity in Higgins. All > the activity is in higgins-dev. Also, the forum¹s tagline ³Higgins Open Source > Identity Framework² isn¹t helpful (see Wayne¹s email below). We should update > it after we figure out a better plan here. Thoughts? > > --Paul > > [1] > http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=thread&frm_id=55&S=50fccc34495b61442 > 3865869ba36e054 > [1] > http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=msg&th=2801&start=0&S=50fccc34495b61 > 4423865869ba36e054 > > ------ Forwarded Message > From: Wayne Beaton <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Mailing list for all people involved in Eclipse project management > <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:31:02 -0700 > To: <[email protected]>, Eric Rizzo > <[email protected]> > Subject: [eclipse.org-project-leadership] Your project's description in the > new Eclipse Forums > > I am posting this note on behalf of Eric Rizzo. Eric's name is mostly > likely very familiar to you if you spend any time in the newsgroups or > the new forums. Eric works tirelessly to help people find their way > around Eclipse. I am grateful to Eric for taking this initiative. > > -- > Now that Denis has deemed the new web forums "ready for prime time" I > wanted to point out that many of the projects need to update their > newsgroup descriptions in the portal (there is a "description" field in > the "newsgroup" entry). Many of the current descriptions are > non-descriptive and don't give the casual reader any idea of what the > project or its newsgroup/forum are about. > > Project leads, please take a minute to see what your project's newsgroup > description looks like on the web forums page > (http://www.eclipse.org/forums/) and update it as necessary. Something > that I, personally, find annoying in newsgroup descriptions is the lack > of an explanation of what acronyms stand for (acronyms are often used > for Eclipse project names); similar for names like Glimmer or Hibachi, > which don't tell the user anything about the projects. (not to pick on > Glimmer or Hibachi; they just happen to be ones near the top of the list > that don't have descriptive descriptions). > > Also remember that users might likely use their browser's search > function to find your group in that long list, so keep that in mind when > crafting the description. > > An example of one that I think is good is JDT's description: "Questions > and technical discussions about how to use the Java development tools > (JDT)" > > Again, the description text needs to be edited in the portal, NOT the > forums micro-site. > > Any questions can be directed to me or Denis; I'm not subscribed to this > list so please copy me directly on any follow-ups. > > Thanks, > Eric > Your Friendly Eclipse Community Volunteer > _______________________________________________ > eclipse.org-project-leadership mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/eclipse.org-project-leadership > > IMPORTANT: Membership in this list is generated by processes internal to the > Eclipse Foundation. To be permanently removed from this list, you must > contact [email protected] to request removal. > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.93/2365 - Release Date: 09/20/09 > 17:51:00 >
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