Lewt @ Warcry News Network said: > All, > > I'm the Site Manager of Linux Warcry http://linux.warcry.com for awhile > I've been playing with Fedora and have been active on the IRC channel a > bit in the last few weeks. However between IRC and the mailing list > (500 messages today) it's becoming increasingly harder to manage all of > the requests and such flowing past. > > I however have a Fedora forum setup on my site which offers many > benefits that email and IRC cannot. Someone suggested this during the test phase and found a lot of people just don't like forums (myself included). > Ability to manage the forum into any format such as phpbb's look or any > other bb software out there. Use any mail client you want. Heck, for that matter, point to gmane and use and usenet client you want. > Private Messages Don't you have their e-mail address when they post? > VIP listings so we know when the official people post ?? "Official" what? > Moderation No one wants moderation. It's an open project. [snip] > If the "Officials" would support this it would be a good thing becuase > it provides the abiliy for many users to manage all the information > easier and so much gets lost in the noise where in the forums people can > search for what they're looking for and it cuts down on the redundant > questions. If it's acceptable to them then those people should contact > me to arrange VIP status and such. The same people that don't bother to search the web based archives now won't bother to search your web based forum. -- William Hooper
