[CentOS] OT: Top Posting
Carol Anne Ogdin
caogdin at gmail.com
Fri May 16 14:54:26 UTC 2008
Thanks, Johnny, for your comments.
Can you post some URLs for CentOS forums you mentioned in your reply? I've
searched high-and-low with no success.
The other thing I'd love is a link to a good RSS (or Atom) feed devoted to
RHEL and/or CentOS. Any help would be most appreciated.
--Carol Anne
> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Johnny Hughes
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 2:42 AM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Top Posting
>
> Akemi Yagi wrote:
> > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Carol Anne Ogdin
> <caogdin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Jumping in late here: I sincerely wish that this list was
> maintained
> >> on any of the quality "bulletin board" or "Forum" tools. It would
> >> reduce my eMail load, allow me to zoom in on just the issues of
> >> interest to me at the moment, and I can eMail those posts
> to myself
> >> that are relevant to my own needs for further editing and
> documentation.
> >>
> >> I find the entire USENET and eMail list thing utterly
> antediluvian,
> >> and wicked hard to use. Often, I can only barely remember that
> >> *maybe* something relevant was discussed months ago, but is now
> >> relevant to my current issue today. A "forum" is more
> practical as a
> >> tool for building a collective knowledge of the CentOS community.
> >> This eMail list just doesn't cut it for a "knowledge base"
> built up of our collective experience.
> >>
> >> Of course, for those of you who still prefer this medium,
> a "forum"
> >> can eMail you posts, just like you see them today. But people who
> >> would like to search for a solution from a year or so ago could
> >> search the central resource.
> >>
> >> --Carol Anne
> >
> > I think this post gives us a good message. That is that, just like
> > there are many people who hate the forums, there are many users who
> > prefer the forums over the mailing lists.
> >
> >>From what I have been observing by participating in the BOTH worlds
> > for the last year or so, the number of people who are being
> helped in
> > the forums outgrows that of the mailing lists. And if you
> do google
> > searches, you tend to find forum posts more than mailing
> posts. BUT,
> > my intention is not to make a comparison -- they just have
> different
> > audience.
> >
> > The point I want to make is that if you feel one method is not as
> > well-served as the other, efforts should be made to make the other
> > method equally good. CentOS provides the two major venues, and we
> > should be able to choose whichever the one we feel more comfortable
> > without sacrificing the quality of help we get. The "C" in
> CentOS is
> > the driving force of the whole project. We, community
> members, as a
> > whole always need to think how best we can help others.
> >
> > My 2 cents worth,
>
> I just want to point out that there are forums for CentOS, we
> have several moderators and community members who answer
> questions there every day and we can akways use more users
> there answering questions.
>
> You can also search and read this list in several places that
> are available in a threaded format ... like:
>
> http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.linux.centos.general
>
> You can also search the archives using google and the site feature:
>
> in a google search box, do:
>
> site:http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/ "Top Posting"
>
> Regardless, forums, mailing lists and a wiki are all
> available for CentOS users ... and each medium is driven by
> "CentOS Users" who volunteer to participate for "CentOS
> Users" who are looking for help.
> We offer all 3 because different users prefer different methods.
>
> That is what open source is all about ... pick the method you
> like and use it :D
>
> Thanks,
> Johnny Hughes
>
>
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