<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I hope I don't get flamed for suggesting this, but I've been thinking about this issue for a while. There seems to be a need for an email list that offers support to WordPress users, and where people can ask WP questions and get answers. I know there are the forums, but forums aren't for everybody. I personally am not a fan of forums, while I do find that the various email lists that I'm on offer a lot of value. A great example is the WordPress Israel Google Group (<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/wpheb">http://groups.google.com/group/wpheb</a>). It's in Hebrew which obviously limits the audience, but the activity there is incredibly helpful and I always feel like it's a shame a similar group doesn't exist in English.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So...ages ago I set up the following Yahoo Group: <a href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wpgarage/">http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wpgarage/</a> (named after my WordPress Garage blog). It has a whopping two members and no activity because I never did anything with it. But maybe it can become a worthwhile resource, and also a place to send all the people who end up here with WP development questions.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Or not. Whatever you guys think. But if some of you want to join and see how it goes, it would be great to have you :)</div><div><br></div><div>Miriam</div></div><br clear="all">--------------------------------------<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 2:46 AM, Made of These Studio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:made.of.these@gmail.com" target="_blank">made.of.these@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hey everyone,<br><br>This might not be the right place to post this message to start a discussion, but I couldn't figure of a better/more likely place to start it.<br><br>So please, if I posted in the wrong place and there's a better place, PLEASE let me know and direct me there. My intention is to start a discussion and get things cleared up and confirmed for both the older WP pro vets here and the newer incoming people.<br>
<br>After the more recent rash of people posting to the list asking for nonpaid help (and help that one can/should get in the forums):<br><br>The question for discussion is:<br><br><b>What IS and IS NOT acceptable/supported posting behavior to this list?</b><br>
<br><b>What are the guidelines for signatures in posts</b> (if there are even guidelines to begin with)<b>?</b><br><br><b>What SORTS of posts are okay and what are not?</b><br><br>Both answers seem to be pretty obvious (to me, anyways), but maybe we could all use a one-shot clarification after all the non-wp pro postings we've gotten lately.<br>
<br>In regards to ideas about deterring the off-topic posters from posting to this list or blacklisting them, maybe there really needs to be more steps involved in the signing up process for this list which includes a general overview on what is and isn't accepted on this list. Currently as far as I know, the sign-up process for this list has no such thing. If there's a general overview guidelines thing pre-signup, then we on the list can politely point misdirected users to the overview notice and then to the support forum and if said person(s) don't want to 'follow the rules' then it will be easier for us as whole to guide them out of the list.<br>
<br>Also, another issue that might be contributing to our influx of misdirected users is that I know that there are people on both the .org and .com WP support forums who have pointed users to our mailing list without explaining that the list is specifically to seek out WP pros to HIRE with compensation.<br>
<br>If users who have been misinformed by other users or a simple lack of appropriate information are sent our way and we direct them back/elsewhere/send them packing, that's also a poor reflection on the WP community as a whole in my opinion (but it just might be my own personal opinion).<br>
<br>So... yeah.<br><br>What does everyone think?<br><br>Right place or wrong place to discuss this?<br><br>Anyone have other ideas or suggestions for tackling this issue?<br><br>Did I just make a fool of myself? ;) <br>
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J/K... sort of.<br><br>Hope everyone's having a great Friday!<br><br>~ Valen<br><br> <br>
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