Creating a page like a forum "charte"

• Feb 19, 2015 - 10:26

Hi everybody,

I was wondering about a sort of "warning" and like "when to post" and like "what to do with" about the forum use. In French we could call that a "charte" if some French/English bilingual people could translate it ;)

with a "read first before posting"

* it could be like we often say on the forum by "reading the handbook" and maybe some hint about the "often asked topic"
-- how to make on the same stave different rythme : see Voice
-- how to make an irregular rythme (a division of time different from time signature) : see Tuplets
-- ....

* make a search on the website in the "search for help box" someone may have already asked to question
but take into attention date (as some years ago that could have been workaround with other version)
-- how to find good key word ??? ;)
-- and search with other if you know them
-- you can also search in the handbook in pdf with crtl+F and key word (one good is really more efficient than an expression)

* ...??

* if a score is post on the forum use it to help the person or for personnal use, but not play it or diffuse it without permission. (also Musescore is a free open-source software , sheet music can not be, and work from other also)

What do you think about it ? Is it a good Idea or Really not !


Comments

I guess you mean a charter in English. The idea has been brought up before by chen lung and others, and without wanting to be cynical, I believe no one will read it.

My personal approach on this matter is that I take each post coming from new users as an opportunity to welcome them, giving them the notion that there is a human behind the software/website, and pass on the link to where they can find the answer. Typically that's the handbook. Next time they may check the handbook right away.

I agree with Thomas. Also we do have this page http://musescore.org/en/handbook/how-ask-support-or-file-reports that nobody reads. And it is fine by me, since we can then interact with new users if we want to. The real problem I encounter is to force myself to not answer a question if I don't have time to do it properly (meaning with link to the handbook or clear explanation if they don't exist already).

The last point is a legal and personal issue. According to me, it's not MuseScore.org role to give legal advices. I consider most of the short scores I post on the forum as Creative Commons Zero so anyone is free to reuse them, share them, play them etc... I wouldn't like a charter on the website to state otherwise. It's a personal decision after all.

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I understand everything thank you ;)
and it might be (as i suggested) not a good idea that i proposed !

for the last point i was remembering someone who had a problem and hesitate a lot to post the score.... because he was scared of someone "stealing" his composition.
Marc (I think it was him) wrote that noone would .
but it could have "secured" some poeple composition. (ussually i don't compose but when I need for any personnal reason, to ask help but don't "wan't" to post the whole score, I at least post an extract of the score where I have the problem)....

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