[Typo3-dev] How about a news group about typo3.org?

[Jean-Baptiste Rio]

Stig N. Færch wrote:
>>>Wouldn't it be nice if we had a newsgroup about the typo3.org site?
>>>
>>>And maybe one for the .com site.
>>>
>>>Then the newsgroup would be something like:
>>>typo3.site.org and typo3.site.com. Or maybe just typo3.org and
>>>typo3.com?
>>>Ideas and comments about the sites could be posted here.
>>
>>What would you like to post to such a group?
>>I don't see a reason for it, but try to convince me ;-)
> 
> 
> Okay, let me try -
> typo3.sites.* should discuss sites related to Typo3 of course.
> I'm sure both the org and the com sites can be improved, both by content
> and by sitestructure and overview. (Everything in my mind can be
> improved :-)
> * So some might have thought, why isn't this on typo3.org?
> * Shouldn't it be easier to find this thing?
> * Someone says that it is on the homepage, - maybe we should place it
> somewhere else, to make it  easier to find?
> Here we can also compare with other similar sites (similar projects like
> Zope maybe) and discuss this.
> Generally forums to discuss improvements of the sites, to make sure that
> we have the best possible sites, so that we have the best possible
> conditions to have a growing and prosper community. :-)
> Afterall the typo3 sites must be the centerpoint of the community.
> 
> Example of topics for
> typo3.sites.org : (don't comment them here, they are just examples of
> topics :-)
> * General design. What should be where in the design.
> * What about the possibility to comment extensions in the TER?
> * I have seen at some other site that they had an IRC-client, how about
> this?
> * The site is running too slow when .... (then someone might have a
> answers to why this is, and someone else might have an ideas how to
> improve.)
> * The colours on the frontpage don't work very well when you are
> colourblind, - I have these suggestions...
> * [announcement] The news-staff needs help. (we need some people who
> would like to proofread news)
> * In this doc, when I click at the picture, I get this error. (someone
> says. This is being worked on, be patient)
> * Why don't we have a calendar for Typo3 events like t3ug meetings and
> other typo3 related stuff?
> * Hey, I would like to propose that we split up the org site, into a
> TER-site and a community site. This would be a nice move because of....
> ... I could go on.
> 
> /Stig
> 

Maybe the subject has been discussed many times, but why newsgroups are 
used instead of forums like phpBB, IPB, vBulletin or CHC (for example) ? 
Many Typo3 sites are connected to forums (mine for example :)) and it 
works well.

my2p

JB