On 15 January 2013 21:17, Christian Stimming <christ...@cstimming.de> wrote: > Am Sonntag, 13. Januar 2013, 20:36:22 schrieb Derek Atkins: >> John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> writes: >> > On Jan 12, 2013, at 2:55 PM, Yawar Amin <yawar.a...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> >> >> I think most of the devs here know that I and other documentation team >> >> members get emails from time to time for people looking for GnuCash >> >> support. A lot of the time they say they gave up in frustration after >> >> trying to find someone to email on the GnuCash website. >> >> >> >> I'm hoping this will change that by simplifying the `mailing lists' >> >> term >> >> to `public discussion forums'. >> >> >> >> Thoughts? >> > >> > That's not really a simplification. Worse, I think that if you call it >> > that then people will think that they're web forums, and we have >> > enough trouble with nabble users who don't understand that they're >> > using a web interface to a mailing list. >> >> I agree. Please do not call it a "forum". > > No, I think Yawar has a valid point here. The term "mailing list" to a non- > tech user does not sound like some place where discussions are being held. I'd > welcome any better wording that is more accessible for non-tech users as well.
It could be called something like a 'support and discussion mailing list'. I think that it would be incorrect to use the word forum. It would certainly be unconventional and confusing. Colin L _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
