On 11/5/07, Marcel Partap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If people really are expected to know everything there is to know > > before they try to help, is it really such a wonder that there's only > > a few solid contributors left, and they're stressed from it? > Absolutly not. That's why imho, the #winehq should be taken off the homepage. > The newly created wine-forum.org has > multiple advantages over an IRC chan: > - frequently asked questions can be easily found avoiding duplicates (this > depends on good moderation of forum hierarchy > though, probably an approval queue) > - people having questions actually have to THINK before asking, instead of > just opening up IRC and start bubbling > - of course moderators have more time to THINK before actually replying, too > - rules for civil communication and about form of inquiries can more easily > be enforced > (Just thinking about it, the Drupal issue system has some nice features too, > f.e. attribute fields for each post like > status, version, type of request and so on) > Of course this would need active forum herdsmen.. but it is probably less > dissatisfying than directly confronting the > totally clueless in realtime.. and I for one would definitly volunteer > (although I have just started coding WINE) as a > moderator.. the more the better though.. Mr Wickline, what's your take on > that? >
Hello Marcel, Everyone is welcome to register and use the forum, any Wine developer or advanced user who wants Moderator status on the forum only needs to send me a mail and ill set it up. I can set Moderator status on a per forum basis. So be sure to let me know what forums your interested in helping out in. Cheers, Tom