Re: Local User Groups - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

Sounds good,

Let's put a link "Looking to start a new User Group? Here's how. " to this page: https://www.postgresql.org/community/user-groups/

Quick question,

Happy to look into phrasing on wiki, however, I don't actually have access to edit there. Do you know who can help with that? 

thanks,

Valeria

Joe or Magnus can help with that. I think there is a link on the wiki to specifically ask for it but hopefully one of them sees this

 

On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 6:54 AM Umair Shahid <umair.shahid@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 9:59 PM Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org> wrote:

Hi,

On 1/6/20 8:12 AM, Dave Cramer wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 at 04:57, Valeria Kaplan <vk@dataegret.com
> <mailto:vk@dataegret.com>> wrote:
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>     Hi Umair,
>
>     Thanks for sending this to Manoj, this is a super useful page.
>     Do you know if there is a particular reason why this info is not on
>     the main website?
>
>     I think it's super useful, so maybe we could put it
>     here: https://www.postgresql.org/community/user-groups/ or at least
>     provide a link to the wiki (I guess, it depends whether or not we would
>     like to keep using wiki for instructions like that - I personally,
>     think we shouldn't since only those who are already involved in the
>     community would be aware of wiki, others will most probably look for
>     information like that on the main website.). 
>
>     All, 
>     what do you think?
>
>
> Personally I find the wiki a terrible place to put anything. It is only
> useful if you know that what you are searching for exists and you have
> some vague notion of how to search for it. 
>
> +1 for the main page

I think the idea for this page being on the wiki was that it allowed for
changes to be made over time, e.g. if there was a new idea for how to do
something, a clarification, etc. It also has not been updated since 2015.

That said, I would not be opposed to adding something on the website for
how to start a user group, etc. but I think we need to ensure we have
some "final" language we've agreed to. It's (relatively) easier to
modify a Wiki page than the website.

Perhaps an interim step is to link to the wiki page from the website? We
can then work on what we would want the "user group operating manual"
page to say on the website, and once ready, commit that.

I think something as simple as "Looking to start a new User Group? Here's how ... " on this page: https://www.postgresql.org/community/user-groups/ would do the trick. 

 

Thanks,

Jonathan