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Sorry, I didn't know that searches with IDs were so volatile. I have found how Reggie's black magic works:

/forums/search.php?do=process&beforeafter=after&do=process &dosearch=Search%20Now&exactname=1&forumchoice%5B% 5D=36&order=descending&query=YourStringWithoutBracketsGoesHere&titleonly=1
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Therefore:
In most cases these links are good to show basically the same the subforums showed.

Note that the Mer subforum was discussed, the main promoter of this project didn't think it was the right time yet and he agrees on the merge of Alternatives.

Sorry for the unclarity, by use cases I mean:

- KDE lover is interested to know whether Maemo or the tablets support it.
- Maemo user wants to know how to get KDE in his tablet.
- Tablet owner using KDE in his tablet wants to chat with similar users.
- etc.

Being my point that 1 good wiki page + 1 good sticky + Search box probably solves efficiently 90% of the cases. The remaining 9% can be probably made happy with 2 links to searches <KDE in title in the Alternatives forum> + <all posts in tmo tagged with KDE>.

Same for the rest of alternatives. I don't think any newcomer is actually happy about having to skim through a +100 posts thread. If the mistery is in the first post that gets updated... Well that's a wiki page that could be edited and expanded by others if placed in a real wiki.

> Additionally comparing Debian, MER, KDE to an application is like apples and oranges. Itt's just not the same thing.

I doubt they are different from a user+forum point of view. Some users are interested in KDE on the tablets and want to know and discuss about it. Some users are interested in Webkit browsers and want to know and discuss about it. Actually there is probably much more users and activity around Webkit browsers these days, yet we haven't heard anything from them thinking that either they have an own forum or there is no way to be here.

And by the way, have you tried searching 'KDE in Maemo' in Google? At least for me the first result is http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Maemo - it's a nice wiki page and probably most first time users start there before jumping here. Another hint for that sticky in Alternatives.

Last edited by qgil; 2009-05-10 at 09:15.
 

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