It's probably a reasonable suggestion to close the newbies@osm down for lack of use. What concerns me is where the the newbies going? Is there any data to suggest that they are being served on the forum? A quick look at the section "Questions and Answers" would indicate that people are using the forum. Since I've never participated in the forum (I prefer a mailing list) can those who do participate let us know how well they feel newbies are being served there?
Clifford On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11 January 2016 at 19:22, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> > Am 11.01.2016 um 19:20 schrieb Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com >> >: >> > >> > Would be happy to see a few other low use mailing lists closed. >> >> >> why? >> > > Because they are not benefiting the community but they are a time hog for > anyone who wants to interact with the community. For example, I am > currently helping to set up a UK group. To get started we needed to contact > as many people as possible to raise awareness of this aim. A fragmented set > of communication options makes this harder. > > My analogy with retail products: Competition is good, but sometimes I feel > manufactures flood the market so much that it is impossible for the end > user to make an informed decision (not helped by retailers often not > providing good explanations). > > It would be nice to see a review of our communication channels (what > works, what doesn't) but the CWG isn't resourced to do that right now. > > Rob > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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