[Typo3] Forum

[Christopher]

Hi,


On 04/11/05, Elias Humbolt <elias at asb-online.at> wrote:
> I am sure many people have asked that already, bu t I really can't see why
> this is not maintained as a forum but as a mailinglist.

It's at least partly because you have to go out to find forum
messages. I'd never have seen this message of yours on a forum...

> Using a forum for that kind of discussion would enable new users to search the
> forum DB for old solutions to their common problems. With this mailing list,
> they have no chance to search the discussions of days long gone.

Why not? You can always use a search engine to search for something on
a website:

http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Atypo3.org+%2B+%22mailing+list+archive%22

...and if you had done so, you'd have found that you can already
search the list archives...

Plus, in order to subscribe to (and complain to) this list, you HAD TO
visit a page [1] with a link to a
different means of accessing the archived lists (the text says "To see
the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the Typo3-english
Archives"):

http://lists.netfielders.de/pipermail/typo3-english/

> Even better would be some kind of knowledge management tool, maybe something
> as simple as the Media-Wiki, so people can organize the knowledge themselves
> and of course search for it!

wiki.typo3.org?

> At least there should be a public archive of all typo3 mailing lists!!!

New users might also find it useful to read the list rules [2] before
kvetching about the inadequacies of the system; the posting guidelines
say "Read before you post - read the available documentation, and
search the mail archives before posting" -- and the text is linked
directly to the archive.


-Christopher


[1] http://lists.netfielders.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-english/
[2] http://typo3.org/community/mailing-lists/mailing-list-rules-guidelines/