On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 00:38 -0500, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: > Hi Drew, > > > On 31 January 2012 00:34, drew <d...@baseanswers.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I was poked by one of the folks on the forums today with regards to the > > Vietnamese Language site. > > > > The site has been left without any native language supporters for quite > > a while and is once again sprouting a nice growth of SPAM, with no real > > usage by end users, at least not that I an see. > > > > I would like to propose the following - barring any strong objections of > > couse: > > > > In the morning I'll start cleaning up the spam. > > > > On Feb 2nd will take the following steps: > > > > - Post a global announcement on the forum directly future requests for > > help to the English language forum. > > > > - Disable the ability to register new accounts. > > > > - Lock all lists on the forum. > > > > This will effectively close the forum. > > ///// > > > > The same proposal was posted to the Forum Governance board on the > > English form a few minutes ago. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Drew Jensen > > Have you or anyone you know contacted the former VT group? I tried a > while ago (early last year) and was informed that most of the > community were now in LO's fold. > > But that was then.
Yes more then once with no response. Honestly though, the 3rd party libO forum with a VI section really isn't taking off either, nor is the mailing list traffic for that matter. Hope springs eternal however and is why I propose locking it for now, rather then just taking it down, at least for a while longer. > > > > > > -louis >
