[Gllug] GLLUG Newsletter - 19/06/06

[Simon Morris]

On 20/06/06, John G Walker <johngwalker at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:50:19 +0100 "Ryland, Peter"
> <peter.ryland at squaregain.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > > That's my point. There are two sorts of forum - those where you
> > > want to react to posts as you go along and those where you want to
> > > think about things, re-read the thread, etc before perhaps
> > > replying. The first type fits an email format, the second a web
> > > format.
> > >
> > > A "learn Python" forum belongs, IMHO, in the second category. You'd
> > > want to spend time trying things, investigating etc before coming
> > > to a conclusion about the contents of a post. You'll want to devote
> > > a chunk of time to it, not slip it casually,
> >
> > In that case, perhaps a wiki is a better choice?
> >
>
> A wiki isn't really a discussion forum. But creating a wiki as the
> outcome of such a forum is a good idea,

We had a GLLUG wiki in days of yore (actually only a few years ago). I
think the ideas mentioned in this thread are all valid ("Lets have a
forumboard | NNTP server | Wiki") but they don't address the original
problem -- Does anyone want to be an active part of the Studygroup?

Thanks
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