[gnucash-htdocs] Change GnuCash website `Mailing Lists' link name

Colin Law clanlaw at googlemail.com
Tue Jan 15 17:12:48 EST 2013


On 15 January 2013 22:07, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, January 15, 2013 4:35 pm, Colin Law wrote:
>> On 15 January 2013 21:29, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, January 15, 2013 4:23 pm, Colin Law wrote:
>>>>>> I agree.  Please do not call it a "forum".
>>>>>
>>>>> No, I think Yawar has a valid point here. The term "mailing list" to a
>>>>> non-
>>>>> tech user does not sound like some place where discussions are being
>>>>> held. I'd
>>>>> welcome any better wording that is more accessible for non-tech users
>>>>> as
>>>>> well.
>>>>
>>>> It could be called something like a 'support and discussion mailing
>>>> list'.  I think that it would be incorrect to use the word forum.  It
>>>> would certainly be unconventional and confusing.
>>>
>>> How about "email support and discussion list(s)"?
>>
>> There are only 120 ways of reordering the words, one of them should do :)
>
> True.  My specific suggestion was to include the word "email", and not use
> the phrase "mailing list".
>
> This whole thread is about wordsmithing..  :-/

Yes, I was just being flippant, sorry.  I think your suggestion is the
best so far.

Colin


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