[Mageia-webteam] Forums structure : support catregory

[Maât]

Le 31/03/2011 20:49, Ahmad Samir a écrit :
> On 25 March 2011 06:16, Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 23 March 2011 01:24, Maât <maat-ml at vilarem.net> wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> ahmad(78) and i have had a talk on irc about this part of the forum.
>>>
>>> we agreed to disagree on the subject so this leaded us to search for more points of views / comments / suggestions about it.
>>>
>>> my first structure was just 2 forums :
>>> -- Basic support
>>> -- Advanced support
>>>
>>> He pushed 3 forums :
>>> -- Software
>>> -- Printers and printing
>>> -- Networking
>>>
>>> Then i tried to use sub-forums under "Basic support" :
>>> -- Networking
>>> -- Video
>>> -- Sound
>>> -- Printers and printing
>>>
>>> What do you think ?
>> Here's my proposal (based on my usage of the mandriva forums previously, the
>> English speaking section).
>>
>> I am not going to talk bout chat/lounge forums, only the support ones.
>>
>> IMHO, there should be:
>>
>> - Software
>>  o includes questions on software packages included in the repos (e.g.
>>    firefox-doesn't-work, kmail-takes-ages-to-get-my-mail, gnome-panel crashes
>>    at login... etc).
>>  o Installation problems
>>    o that includes installer problems ("I don't know how to partition my HD",
>>      "I don't know where to install the thing called "bootloader""... etc)
>>  N.B. "Installation" could be a separate forum or a sub-forum of Software.
>>
>> - General Hardware
>>  o Sound cards problems
>>  o Graphics cards and display problems
>>  o Hardware problems not covered by Networking and Printers forums
>>  I'd rather if these ^ forums weren't sub-forums, the posts can be mixed
>>  (judging by what I saw in the mdv forums, sound and graphics cards forums
>>   had low-medium traffic)
>>
>> - Networking
>>  o this is a forum where networking experts from the community can reside,
>>    anything to do with networking problems goes here, NIC chipsets problems,
>>    wifi problems (software and hardware), routers/switches. Given how much
>>    networking problems Linux has, this warrants a separate forum. There's such
>>    a forum in the mdv forums, and it was/is a great success since Germ created
>>    it.
>>
>> - Printers & Printing
>>  o this is the forum where printing problems can posted; again given how much
>>    printing issues exist, this warrants a separate forum
>>
>> - Cauldron development:
>>  o this forum is dedicated to problems Cauldron users hit (ideally valid bugs
>>    should be redirected to bugzilla by the more experienced users).
>>
>>
>>
>> Personally, I am not in favour of the "Basic" and "Advanced" support layout...
>> in the end it's all support, there can be a topic that has both basic
>> and advanced debugging side by side.
>>
>> --
>> Ahmad Samir
>>
> Ping.
>
> (IMHO, structure changes, if any, should be done early on before the
> forums are heavily used....).

We can reorganize later but you-re right : that would give moderators a lot of tedious work