Re: [tdf-discuss] LibreOffice Forums Categories Proposal

On 09/27/2012 05:11 AM, Christian Lohmaier wrote:
> Hi *,
>
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com> wrote:
> > Please note that
> > the categories and forums shown on the page[2], at this point, are only
> > suggestions and may be modified (some may be removed or added) after we have
> > discussed this as a group.
> OK, my 0,02€ :-)
>
> Where's the difference between "General Discussion" & "Lounge" (or
> whatever name will be chosen) - it is not clear to me.
General Discussion is to still be on topic, about LibO. A lounge is 
typically off topic just for users to get more familiar with each other. 
If you want an example check out linuxforums.org/forum and see their 
general vs coffee lounge. It's a good way for users to have a chance to 
communicate with each other, share random thoughts, etc... Going into 
the future we'll decide what's appropriate and what's not appropriate to 
talk about (to avoid certain issues). But that's the idea from my 
understanding, most forums have a place for users just to talk off topic.

> #######
> I don't think there is a need for an installation & configuration
> category, let alone individual forums for each OS.

> Installation is best covered using "Tutorials"/The existing
> installation documentation.
> so I'd remove the Installation category & forums and instead cover it
> in Tutorials and in a catchall/general questions section in
> libreoffice apps category. After all installing is not black magic...
> #######
> In LibreOffice Applications, I wouldn't split them out as much, but
> rather shrink them to:
> * Writer & Math
> * Calc
> * Impress & Draw
> * Base
> * Catch-all/General (also the place to ask installation/configuration
> problems if not covered by the tutorials) - might even consider to put
> Base into this forum as well.
>
> For installation related questions, people can be asked in a sticky to
> prefix their topics with [win] [lin] [mac] (, [sol], [and] [ios],...)
The reality is that most users don't read sticked stuff so asking for 
them to do certain things in those notes might just be ignored. As for 
combining applications, I personally don't like the idea. I think that 
we all have our "specialties", I personally know nothing about Math but 
know quite a bit about Writer, me having to moderate a combined forum 
would be an issue. Furthermore, I think users might get angry if there 
are 100 posts a day about writer and 1 about math, that math one goes to 
page 3, while the trivial writer ones are on top on the forum.

Installation, I'm open to discussing combining into one though.

> #######
> The SiteFeedback & Website contributor forums seem to overlap
> #######
> And I assume that the Admin-Category will be hidden for Anonymous &
> regular Users, right?
Yes
> So I'd rather start with fewer forums, and if real-life usage proves
> me wrong, create the additional, specialized forums. But especially
> Math and Draw don't get so many questions that are specifc. Base might
> deserve its own section because the nature of the questions is
> redically different, and most of the time require database knowledge,
> but probably not from a volume perspective. Then again, I don't
> read/monitor the english user's list, so it might be different from
> e.g. the german project.
I think people in general are comfortable with the components part of 
LibO. I personally don't see a need to ditch those.

Regards,
Joel

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