[mb-users] A ML... and a forum!?

[MLL]

Frederic Da Vitoria a écrit :
> 2006/12/7, Lukáš Lalinský <lalinsky at gmail.com>:
>> mll  wrote / napísal(a):
>> > OK, in order to use all the good stuff said here, and also in order to
>> > actually *reach* a common decision, thanks for helping me to gather all
>> > what's been said in a synthetic way at
>> > http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/MailingListsComparedToForums.
>> >
>> > I already tried to fill it with what I could remember of, but of 
>> course I
>> > _am_ biaised, so full-MLL partisans, please voice your *factual* and
>> > *objective* point of views there. :)
>>
>> I think you can't compare mailing lists and web forums this way.

Feel free to change the shape of the page. I only wanted to clarify the 
situation, not start a subthread about "how should we handle the 
comparison" that IMHO makes the thread even more complicated. :)

>> They are
>> different kind of medium. Both are good solutions, but for different 
>> problems.

I don't want to say what's the best overall. As you said, there's none. 
I just want in the first place gather what people said they like with 
either tool. Hopefully when we're done we can decide, purpose by 
purpose, what to use, wand what compensations to setup in order to ease 
the use of the solution for as much MB editors & users as possible.

> I
>> can't imagine people doing serious discussion on forums, and at the 
>> same time I
>> can't imagine MB newbies asking questions why this and that doesn't 
>> work on
>> mailing lists. No-subscribe-MLs would help in this, but I'm not sure 
>> how much
>> would be people not used to mailing lists able to keep addresses in 
>> CC, etc.

In any case, having both for 1 purpose is a Bad Thing. Hence the 
"Conclusion" part of the wiki that ultimately needs blank cells to be 
filled.

> 
> I don't think the question is really comparing them to find out which
> is the better. I see it as comparing them to find what should be
> changed so that those who prefer one of them won't miss what happens
> on the other.
> 

Yes.

MLL