Fedoraforum.........

[Doug Berry]

Hey guys,

Just a word about the Fedora Forum topic raised by
Randika. I not sure about creating a whole new forum,
whether that is workable or not.

But Randika raised a very valid point about Fedoraforum.org,
that being that in searching it, you often get outdated
and obsolete information. There is nothing worse then
having an inexperienced user trying to do something
that no longer works, because he found it on the Forum.

This user wants to do thus and such, and he ends up in a
terminal, trying to create directories or "make" something,
and screwing it all up, when the 2,674th result in that 
search is some guy saying: "why don't you just yum install 
the rpm from atrpms." That user would certainly wish that
his search started with that result.

That criticism is valid for all the other Linux forums also. 
Google a search topic to find info about something and the    
recent, up-to-date stuff might in last place out of the 2 
million hits you get.

-- w Douglas Berry --
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[A. Mani]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Doug Berry  wrote:
> But Randika raised a very valid point about Fedoraforum.org,
> that being that in searching it, you often get outdated
> and obsolete information. There is nothing worse then
> having an inexperienced user trying to do something
> that no longer works, because he found it on the Forum.

Basically the user must be instructed to use advanced search or
'search' must default to up-to-date posts. For the latter it will
become necessary to rate posts on subjective terms. These should be
among "newbie-friendly",...

A search for 'recent posts' may not be that helpful.

Best

A. Mani

[Felix Kaechele]

Doug Berry schrieb:
> But Randika raised a very valid point about Fedoraforum.org,
> that being that in searching it, you often get outdated
> and obsolete information. There is nothing worse then
> having an inexperienced user trying to do something
> that no longer works, because he found it on the Forum.

I believe that a Wiki could serve a better purpose for newbies. The
German Fedora community has a wiki that mostly contains HOWTOs and
Tricks of topics that arose in the German Fedora forum. It's much easier
to maintain such information in a wiki and keeping it up to date. Also
newbies have useful information at a glance.
Maybe it's just that (or FedoraSolved) that need more love. And of
course a clearly visible link from the Forums telling newbies to consult
the Wiki for basic questions first.

Felix

[Rahul Sundaram]

Doug Berry wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> Just a word about the Fedora Forum topic raised by
> Randika. I not sure about creating a whole new forum,
> whether that is workable or not.
>
> But Randika raised a very valid point about Fedoraforum.org,
> that being that in searching it, you often get outdated
> and obsolete information. There is nothing worse then
> having an inexperienced user trying to do something
> that no longer works, because he found it on the Forum.

Quick note: Fedoraforum.org is a completely independent and privately 
owned and operated website not connected to Fedora infrastructure. 
Suggestions for improvements should go to them directly.

Rahul

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[avinash singh]

Hi Rahul,
         I want to remove myself from the mailing list but it's not working please help me.

Avinash Singh > Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:03:07 +0530> From: [e-mail]> To: [e-mail]; [e-mail]> Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] Fedoraforum.........> CC: > > Doug Berry wrote:> > Hey guys,> > > > Just a word about the Fedora Forum topic raised by> > Randika. I not sure about creating a whole new forum,> > whether that is workable or not.> > > > But Randika raised a very valid point about Fedoraforum.org,> > that being that in searching it, you often get outdated> > and obsolete information. There is nothing worse then> > having an inexperienced user trying to do something> > that no longer works, because he found it on the Forum.> > Quick note: Fedoraforum.org is a completely independent and privately > owned and operated website not connected to Fedora infrastructure. > Suggestions for improvements should go to them directly.> > Rahul> > --> Fedora-ambassadors-list mailing list> [e-mail]> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list
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