<p>I think it sounds good, been thinking about the layout myself (the forums)</p>
<p>Agree it Can be handyto split up some parts :)</p>
<p>While im here i Can say that i could help/volunteer to moderate the forums if needed.<br>
Spend alot of time online <br></p>
<p>Contact:</p>
<p>Mail&Messenger<br>
<a href="mailto:fredrikfritte@gmail.com">fredrikfritte@gmail.com</a></p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">Den 2 aug 2011 01.50, "Grant H." <<a href="mailto:sirgrant@member.fsf.org">sirgrant@member.fsf.org</a>> skrev:<br><br>Hello,<br>
<br>
I would like to comment on some of the discussion over in the English<br>
forum / mailing list. Some of the members were talking about possible<br>
changes that some users think are good ideas for the mailing list /<br>
forums. I would like to bring these topics to the devel-list to get<br>
people's opinions.<br>
<br>
1) Expanding forums to have different topics. Currently we have 3<br>
forums based only on language. As the community continues to grow it<br>
might be a good idea to expand this. Each language could be split into<br>
multiple categories. Right now the English list is called "user help<br>
and discussion". It may be better to eventually split this into two<br>
different forums. One technical where users can seek help or discuss<br>
only technical issues relating to Trisquel and another solely for<br>
discussion (e.g. Free software politics).<br>
<br>
2) Basic forum rules. While I am all for Free Speech as the community<br>
grows again rules may have to be put in place. I have come up with a<br>
few ideas of my own and you can feel free to critique or comment on them<br>
(don't worry I won't be offended).<br>
<br>
These are just rough draft rules:<br>
*Don't bite the new people - I see this happen once in a while where a<br>
user has been registered for two days and may ask something like "How do<br>
I install adobe flash?" or use the term "linux" vs GNU/Linux then 3<br>
people pounce on them slamming the uesr for asking a question /<br>
statement like that making them feel unwelcome. We should treat new<br>
users with care and educate them rather then turn them off.<br>
<br>
*Keep discussion PG-rated. Again I'm all for Free Speech but this is a<br>
private website where we should have slight moderation of content.<br>
Threats and harassment shouldn't be tolerated (they can do it elsewhere<br>
but not here). Secondly, we should assume there are children on this<br>
board so posting links to xxx-rated stuff is not on topic / related.<br>
While currently this doesn't seem to be a problem (I haven't seen<br>
anything bad personally) it could become a issue down the road as the<br>
community grows. Another reason this is an issue Free Software<br>
unfortunately kind of seems like a boys club and even things like sexist<br>
jokes can turn women (who are very much needed) away. Again I will<br>
justify myself here. I am in favor of Free Speech but anything that is<br>
R-rated or above or threatening/harassment/inappropriate doesn't belong<br>
on the Trisquel forums / mailing list because it simply isn't relevant.<br>
It belongs elsewhere. Free Software is about community and this hurts<br>
our community IMO.<br>
<br>
*Don't post links to Non-Free software or copyrighted content that you<br>
don't have permission to distribute / copy. The first one is obvious<br>
because it is part of the Free Distribution guidelines. But this goes<br>
back to the first point where sometimes new users don't know so<br>
education would be important here. The second part would be more of a<br>
legal protection. I know that many in the Free Software community know<br>
that (sharing || copying) != stealing. However, posting links to the<br>
latest Hollywood movie may introduce legal problems that the project.<br>
Again while discussions on copyright law are totally valid and we may<br>
disagree with copyright law for the most part the truth is distributing<br>
copyrighted content (which you don't have permission to share) is<br>
illegal in most countries. So posting links where you can go download<br>
the latest transformers movie may put us at legal risk.<br>
<br>
Well those are my ideas. Feel free to rip them to shreds or support<br>
them. Let me know what you think.<br>
--<br>
<font color="#888888">*Grant H.<br>
*Email: <a href="mailto:SirGrant@member.fsf.org">SirGrant@member.fsf.org</a><br>
*Ask me for my GPG key<br>
*I'm an FSF member -- Help us support software freedom!<br>
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