On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Cory Pollard wrote:
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 08:51:19 +0200 From: Cory Pollard <corypollard@...155...> Reply-To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-user] Possible Forum Setup.
Hi everyone. I've had a thought that others may be interested in.
I would like to start a forum dedicated to inkscape. A place where we
Obligatory questions:
Are you aware of the two Inkscape forums which exist on Deviant Art? Are you familiar with mail to news gateways like GMANE which provide an alternative way to use the mailing lists?
The wiki also provides a place for collaboration and to a lesser extent discussion.
I realise there is something of a generation gap and some users really do prefer using web based forums for everything (as opposed to getting a better email client, or using news (NNTP) or anything else). The forums may not be able to attract critical mass and have enough knowledgable users responding to questions to make it worthwhile but it seems like it is worth a try if you are dissatisfied with the existing alternatives. (From the other posts expressing interest it looks good and if you start with only one or two generalised forums at first and expand later it could probably work out quite well.)
Sometimes I feel like the bug tracker is used a lot like a forum system.
So, give some feedback and see if we can get this thing started.
If you are intersted in putting in the time and effort then go for it.
I like Bryces suggestion of forum.inkscape.org or even inkscape.org/forums/ might work (or both, the DNS entry might point to the pointing to the latter).