[Kst] Kst forum

[Tim -]

Replies are inline; if there aren't any objections, I'll try to find a
forum admin later today to make sure I have enough info for a new Kst forum.

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 2:46 AM, Brisset, Nicolas <
Nicolas.Brisset at eurocopter.com> wrote:

> -          regarding the moderator: I don’t know how the system works,
> i.e. if new posts are automatically notified to a given email address for
> example. The best thing would be to direct it to the kst mailing list, if
> that’s accepted.
>
 I'm fairly sure that phpBB (the forum software) does not have this
functionality yet. As far as I can tell, all moderation is done via the
"Moderation Control Panel," which is described at <
http://www.phpbb.com/support/documentation/3.0/moderatorguide/moderator_mcp.php
>.

I also have questions myself:****
>
> **1)      **Can/should we use sub-forums within KDE (e.g.
> News/Installation/Data Import/Plot Export/Problems/Tips&Tricks)? If so, do
> others on this list have better ideas?
>
 Several other forums do this, e.g., Krita (<
http://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=136>) but subsubforums are only really
necessary if there are a large amount of posts.

> ****
>
> **2)      **Should we put Kst under the “Office/Productivity” category,
> other “Other KDE software” ? (Personally I prefer the first, unless we can
> convince people to open a KDE Science subforum => I’ll send a mail to
> Stuart Javis for that, as he’s been trying to set up something for KDE
> Science applications). I guess given the time frame you’ll have to use an
> existing category, but hopefully we can migrate it to KDE Science if it
> ever exists
>
Well, could one call Kst a productivity app? :) I think that's a good
enough category for now.

> ****
>
> **3)      **Could you prepare a mail with a quick-start guide to using
> and moderating this forum, based on what you may see from other
> applications (I think krita should be a good example, they’re really taking
> off lately) and the forum documentation that should be available… somewhere?
>
The technical side to moderating is documented at <
http://www.phpbb.com/support/documentation/3.0/moderatorguide/index.php>.
Otherwise, I'd just follow the description at <
http://forum.kde.org/faq.php#f4r1>:

Moderators are individuals (or groups of individuals) who look after the
> forums from day to day. They have the authority to edit or delete posts and
> lock, unlock, move, delete and split topics in the forum they moderate.
> Generally, moderators are present to prevent users from going off-topic or
> posting abusive or offensive material.


On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Barth Netterfield <
netterfield at astro.utoronto.ca> wrote:

I am willing to moderate, but you will have to let me know what I need to
> do :-)


Thanks! See above for info on this. Basically, just make sure that nobody
is breaking forum rules/laws, keep the discussion on-topic, etc.


> "Kst is a plotting program optimized for the exploration of very large
> data sets, and the display of real time data sets." would work if you only
> need one line.
>

I think that's all that's needed; I will check.

Regards,
Tim
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