I personally believe that merging QGIS "question/answer" topics with those of all OSGEO could generate confusion, unless "osgeo discourse" dedicates a page/session only to the QGIS mailing list
Greetings Antonio Il giorno mer 17 gen 2024 alle ore 02:55 Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User < qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> ha scritto: > > The main advantage of the forum like mode is the ability to search > > for old topic and possibly easily get answers for your questions > > before posting a new question > > Perhaps it needs to be a bit more obvious, but you can search the list > for old topics if you use a query like this in most search engines: > > site:lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/ search terms here > > There is also https://gis.stackexchange.com/ which has a lot of Q&A > posts related to QGIS for people who prefer a more modern interface. > > > also might be a bit more attractive for new comers > > I think the main issue when discussing where to provide support is > what's easiest for the people who answer the questions. If you make it > too easy for people to post questions, they will post before doing their > own research which just leads to the same questions coming up > repeatedly. If you make it too hard for the people with the answers - > like asking them to refresh a dozen different web pages every day > looking for new questions - then they will give up and the questions > will go unanswered. > > So really, where the communication happens is ultimately up to whoever > is willing to answer the incoming questions. The people with questions > will find you no matter where you are, it's the ones willing to provide > the answers that you need to cater for. > > Personally, having the questions arrive with no interaction on my part, > and all in one place (my inbox, from many different projects, not just > QGIS) and only requiring one button click to send a reply, makes it > really easy to send a response if I feel I can provide an answer. So as > long as a new system makes the process just as easy then there's > certainly no harm in trying it out. > > Cheers, > Adam. > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-User mailing list > QGIS-User@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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