RE: [Boost-users] Re: The Boost Community

-----Original Message----- From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users- bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of David Abrahams Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:14 PM To: boost-users@lists.boost.org Subject: [Boost-users] Re: The Boost Community

"Brian Braatz" writes:

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My suggestion- is add to the Wiki site- something that lets a person browse the MAILING LIST.

[David Abrahams Writes:]

That's easily done; we can just link to the mailing list archives. We have many choices there, actually. Just look at http://www.boost.org/more/mailing_lists.htm and search for "archives."

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If you can get the interface to the list working as good or better than the email version, then more people will start to use the web tool, by using the web tool, they will see the Wiki on the way in. In this way, the Wiki is put closer to their paradigm.

[David Abrahams Writes:]

Hmm, I'm not sure we can convince everyone to look at the Wiki before going to the archive pages.

[Brian Braatz Writes:] Yes, it was a weak idea. But generally, the more we can connect the wiki to the mailing list the better. This basic idea hinges upon somehow providing a "really cool and compelling" way to dig around in the archives other than just searching for keywords. When I click on news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.user It opens up Outlook Express and gives me a pretty good view of the list. (much better than the Outlook folder I use now for the list) We should be able to find a WEB TOOL that gives the same view. The idea is if you make that web tool a first class citizen and let me hit the page for digging around in the subjects of the list, and additionally "advertise" the wiki in the header of said tool's page, then you have connected the paradigms. :)