Jim Henderson wrote:
On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:25:58 +0100, john cliff wrote:
Thats all well and good, but if the 'right tool' isnt being looked at then it doesnt matter if its the right tool. You can have as many wikis as you want, but if jo blogs the user doesnt know to look there, all your going to end up with is a bunch of people asking in the mail list/ forum.
That's why a central repository of links to various community resources is needed - a centralized pointer, if you will. This is how I direct my communities to forums/newsgroups, wikis, and other resources (downloads).
Could be /one /approach to look at this, to pre-define (to the degree to which this is possible) what the various resources (mailing list, wiki, and (possibly) a blog are being used for?
My suggestion:
*- Wiki* for tutorials, links to other online resources (maybe to ImageMagick for processing exported bitmaps, to give but one example),
*- Blog *for things like: Hey-I.just-did-this-cool-image-what-do-you- think type of stuff,
*- the* *mailing list* for everything else (maybe with a short, friendly reminder: Please, take a look at the wiki first before posting to the list ;-).
Greetings,
Claus