[pgrouting-dev] Adding stackexchange to our support channels

Any thoughts on doing this for pgRouting?

On 10/4/2013 6:32 AM, thomas bonfort wrote:

Hi MapServer Users and Power-Users,

As FrankW pointed out during our FOSS4G presentation, I would like to
propose that we add stackexchange as an "official" support channel for
MapServer. You can check and subscribe to mapserver related questions
here: http://stackexchange.com/filters/90617/mapserver

Why?

- Stackexchange questions and answers are very well referenced through
search engines, which would avoid recurring questions from being
brought up on the mailing list
- The answers get up or down-voted by the community, allowing a user
to immediately flesh out relevant information for a given question
- Asking a question on stack-exchange might help new users to seek for
help, instead of having to subscribe and post to a public mailing list
(which can be intimidating)

How?

- By referencing stackexchange in our "getting help" documentation section
- Most importantly, by having MapServer power users subscribe and
participate to the stackexchange questions, providing answers or
upvoting correct existing answers.

Users, is this something that you would find beneficial?
Power-users, would you be willing to participate to another support
channel, knowing that in the long run the aim is to reduce your
workload as the most common questions will answer themselves ?
PSC, should we have some kind of motion to vote and officialise this?

best regards,
Thomas
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On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri@swoodbridge.com

wrote:

Any thoughts on doing this for pgRouting?

I thought we already do this:
http://pgrouting.org/support.html
http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pgrouting

... at least I'm answering there from time to time.

Daniel

On 10/4/2013 6:32 AM, thomas bonfort wrote:

Hi MapServer Users and Power-Users,

As FrankW pointed out during our FOSS4G presentation, I would like to
propose that we add stackexchange as an "official" support channel for
MapServer. You can check and subscribe to mapserver related questions
here: http://stackexchange.com/**filters/90617/mapserver&lt;http://stackexchange.com/filters/90617/mapserver&gt;

Why?

- Stackexchange questions and answers are very well referenced through
search engines, which would avoid recurring questions from being
brought up on the mailing list
- The answers get up or down-voted by the community, allowing a user
to immediately flesh out relevant information for a given question
- Asking a question on stack-exchange might help new users to seek for
help, instead of having to subscribe and post to a public mailing list
(which can be intimidating)

How?

- By referencing stackexchange in our "getting help" documentation section
- Most importantly, by having MapServer power users subscribe and
participate to the stackexchange questions, providing answers or
upvoting correct existing answers.

Users, is this something that you would find beneficial?
Power-users, would you be willing to participate to another support
channel, knowing that in the long run the aim is to reduce your
workload as the most common questions will answer themselves ?
PSC, should we have some kind of motion to vote and officialise this?

best regards,
Thomas
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Ha! you are way ahead of me as usual. Thanks.

On 10/4/2013 9:28 AM, Daniel Kastl wrote:

On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Stephen Woodbridge
<woodbri@swoodbridge.com <mailto:woodbri@swoodbridge.com>> wrote:

    Any thoughts on doing this for pgRouting?

I thought we already do this:
http://pgrouting.org/support.html
http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pgrouting

... at least I'm answering there from time to time.

Daniel

    On 10/4/2013 6:32 AM, thomas bonfort wrote:

        Hi MapServer Users and Power-Users,

        As FrankW pointed out during our FOSS4G presentation, I would
        like to
        propose that we add stackexchange as an "official" support
        channel for
        MapServer. You can check and subscribe to mapserver related
        questions
        here: http://stackexchange.com/__filters/90617/mapserver
        <http://stackexchange.com/filters/90617/mapserver&gt;

        Why?

        - Stackexchange questions and answers are very well referenced
        through
        search engines, which would avoid recurring questions from being
        brought up on the mailing list
        - The answers get up or down-voted by the community, allowing a user
        to immediately flesh out relevant information for a given question
        - Asking a question on stack-exchange might help new users to
        seek for
        help, instead of having to subscribe and post to a public
        mailing list
        (which can be intimidating)

        How?

        - By referencing stackexchange in our "getting help"
        documentation section
        - Most importantly, by having MapServer power users subscribe and
        participate to the stackexchange questions, providing answers or
        upvoting correct existing answers.

        Users, is this something that you would find beneficial?
        Power-users, would you be willing to participate to another support
        channel, knowing that in the long run the aim is to reduce your
        workload as the most common questions will answer themselves ?
        PSC, should we have some kind of motion to vote and officialise
        this?

        best regards,
        Thomas
        _________________________________________________
        mapserver-dev mailing list
        mapserver-dev@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:mapserver-dev@lists.osgeo.org>
        http://lists.osgeo.org/__mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev
        <http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev&gt;

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    pgrouting-dev@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:pgrouting-dev@lists.osgeo.org>
    http://lists.osgeo.org/__mailman/listinfo/pgrouting-dev
    <http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/pgrouting-dev&gt;

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