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What happed with the old godot forum ?
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 1:52 pm
by SweetIce
I understand that the admin cybereality was mad about all the funding situation, but why they close the forum ? What is the relation with this problem ?
Are anyone planning to make this the official forum ? Maybe sending it to a more appropriated domain ?
Re: What happed with the old godot forum ?
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 3:55 pm
by DaveTheCoder
why they close the forum ?
Did you read the long thread there at the top? That's as much explanation as is available.
Re: What happed with the old godot forum ?
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 4:26 pm
by SweetIce
I read... But still dont got what it has to do with the forum itself, was cybereality the private owner of the forum or something ???
Still, I wander if its possible to migrate the content to a new forum where we can take care of it as a community not as an private owner.
Re: What happed with the old godot forum ?
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:16 pm
by megalomaniak
SweetIce wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 4:26 pm
was cybereality the private owner of the forum or something ???
Effectively
de facto, yes.
SweetIce wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 1:52 pm
Are anyone planning to make this the official forum ?
Even the last one wasn't really 'official'. Well, long long ago it was, but hadn't been for probably close to a decade. If the foundation board wants they can create an official forum. But the last one became community managed precisely because not only didn't they have a good performant server for it at the time but also because developers wanted to develop godot and not moderate a forum.
Re: What happed with the old godot forum ?
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:46 pm
by stayathomedev
SweetIce wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 1:52 pm
Are anyone planning to make this the official forum ? Maybe sending it to a more appropriated domain ?
I set this forum up because I felt it was unfair for the community to lose that resource, even temporarily.
I do want to move this off a subdomain to a permanent domain. (open to ideas for name/domain)
As far as ownership, community control...I agree a more fail-safe option should exist than having one person hold all the keys. Definitely open to ideas on how to achieve that.
Generally with site/server upkeep, that ends up being handled by an individual just due to the transactions required.
Re: What happed with the old godot forum ?
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:56 pm
by Owen Lloyd
stayathomedev wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:46 pm
I do want to move this off a subdomain to a permanent domain. (open to ideas for name/domain)
domain name:
godotishowyoupronounce.it
ok bad attempt at humour, I plead insanity due to lack of sleep.
Re: What happed with the old godot forum ?
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:58 pm
by kilrain
stayathomedev wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:46 pm
SweetIce wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 1:52 pm
Are anyone planning to make this the official forum ? Maybe sending it to a more appropriated domain ?
I set this forum up because I felt it was unfair for the community to lose that resource, even temporarily.
I do want to move this off a subdomain to a permanent domain. (open to ideas for name/domain)
As far as ownership, community control...I agree a more fail-safe option should exist than having one person hold all the keys. Definitely open to ideas on how to achieve that.
Generally with site/server upkeep, that ends up being handled by an individual just due to the transactions required.
The first thing that came to mind was open sourcing the data itself so anyone could load up phpbb and insert it in where the old one left off.
Just a thought.
Re: What happed with the old godot forum ?
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 6:02 pm
by megalomaniak
stayathomedev wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:46 pm
SweetIce wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 1:52 pm
Are anyone planning to make this the official forum ? Maybe sending it to a more appropriated domain ?
I do want to move this off a subdomain to a permanent domain. (open to ideas for name/domain)
Previous to godotforums.org it was godotdevelopers.org. We lost it because nobody had properly taken charge of it IIRC and forgot to effectively renew it. So it got docked. I haven't checked but maybe its since freed. Might still be docked with namecheap tho.
Another good one might be godotcommunity.org - bonus - makes it more obvious that it's a community run effort perhaps.
Re: What happed with the old godot forum ?
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 6:10 pm
by kilrain
stayathomedev wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:46 pm
SweetIce wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 1:52 pm
Are anyone planning to make this the official forum ? Maybe sending it to a more appropriated domain ?
I do want to move this off a subdomain to a permanent domain. (open to ideas for name/domain)
I have some ideas that are available, want them posted somewhere so people can vote or?
Re: What happed with the old godot forum ?
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 6:26 pm
by stayathomedev
kilrain wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 6:10 pm
I have some ideas that are available, want them posted somewhere so people can vote or?
Go for it!
megalomaniak wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 6:02 pm
Previous to godotforums.org it was godotdevelopers.org. We lost it because nobody had properly taken charge of it IIRC and forgot to effectively renew it. So it got docked. I haven't checked but maybe its since freed. Might still be docked with namecheap tho.
Another good one might be godotcommunity.org - bonus - makes it more obvious that it's a community run effort perhaps.
godotcommunity.org is open. godotdevelopers.org is not.
So both a hosting and domain lapse? Rough