Re: Additional links for the "Community" page

> On 8 Feb 2022, at 03:26, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum <ads(at)pgug(dot)de> wrote:
>
> On 08/02/2022 03:18, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
>> On 1/7/22 5:24 AM, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> attached is a small patch with additional links for the "External Resources"
>>> section on the postgresql.org <http://postgresql.org> "Community" website. The one link there is
>>> a bit lonely.
>>>
>>> All links are up for discussion, and I don't think any of them is somehow
>>> biased towards specific companies.
>>>
>>> And of course if you have more resources, please post them here as we
>>
>> I think the "Internals of PostgreSQL" would be good on the "Tutorials & Other Resources"[1] page, as IMV it's a pretty thorough tutorial on the internals of PostgreSQL.
>>
>> For Stack Exchange, if we linked to it from anywhere it would be the support page[2], but that would effectively mean we're endorsing it as an area for community support. The support resources listed are all things we either have community oversight over or maintain a directory of.
>
> The community has no oversight over the one existing link there either.
> It says "External Resources", and maybe it deserves an additional note
> that the listed resources are not associated with the community.
> Something like:
>
> The resources listed here are not endorsed or maintained by the
> PostgreSQL Community. Please refer any questions to the website owner.

That one link is below the fold on my laptop so I didn't even see it, I had to
go hunting to even see the area of discussion.

If we are going to have a curated set of links (which I personally question the
value of), wouldn't it be better if they were submitted in the same/similar
fashion as professional services etc and subject to moderation by the pgweb
moderators?

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