Link to the forum instead of Slack (#395)

* Link to the forum instead of Slack

* Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Jeremy Walker <[email protected]>

Author: kytrinyx

building/tooling/analyzers/creating-from-scratch.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ These are the steps to get going:
 3. Open an issue at [exercism/exercism][exercism-repo] introducing yourself and telling us which language you'd like to create a Analyzer for.
 4. Once an Analyzer repo has been created, use [the Analyzer interface document](/docs/building/tooling/analyzers/interface) to help guide your implementation.
 
-We have an incredibly friendly and supportive community who will be happy to help you as you work through this! If you get stuck, please speak to us on Slack or create new issues at [exercism/exercism][exercism-repo] as needed 🙂
+We have an incredibly friendly and supportive community who will be happy to help you as you work through this! If you get stuck, please start a new topic on [the Exercism forum][forum] or create new issues at [exercism/exercism][exercism-repo] as needed 🙂
 
+[forum]: https://forum.exercism.org/c/exercism/building-exercism/125
 [exercism-repo]: https://github.com/exercism/exercism

building/tooling/representers/creating-from-scratch.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ These are the steps to get going:
 3. Open an issue at [exercism/exercism][exercism-repo] introducing yourself and telling us which language you'd like to create a Representer for.
 4. Once a Representer repo has been created, use [the Representer interface document](/docs/building/tooling/representers/interface) to help guide your implementation.
 
-We have an incredibly friendly and supportive community who will be happy to help you as you work through this! If you get stuck, please speak to us on Slack or create new issues at [exercism/exercism][exercism-repo] as needed 🙂
+We have an incredibly friendly and supportive community who will be happy to help you as you work through this! If you get stuck, please start a new topic on [the Exercism forum][forum] or create new issues at [exercism/exercism][exercism-repo] as needed 🙂
 
+[forum]: https://forum.exercism.org/c/exercism/building-exercism/125
 [exercism-repo]: https://github.com/exercism/exercism

building/tooling/test-runners/creating-from-scratch.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ These are the steps to get going:
 3. Open an issue at [exercism/exercism][exercism-repo] introducing yourself and telling us which language you'd like to create a Test Runner for.
 4. Once a Test Runner repo has been created, use [the Test Runner interface document](/docs/building/tooling/test-runners/interface) to help guide your implementation. There is a [generic test runner repository template](https://github.com/exercism/generic-test-runner/) that you can use to kick-start development.
 
-We have an incredibly friendly and supportive community who will be happy to help you as you work through this! If you get stuck, please speak to us on Slack or create new issues at [exercism/exercism][exercism-repo] as needed 🙂
+We have an incredibly friendly and supportive community who will be happy to help you as you work through this! If you get stuck, please start a new topic on [the Exercism forum][forum] or create new issues at [exercism/exercism][exercism-repo] as needed 🙂
 
+[forum]: https://forum.exercism.org/c/exercism/building-exercism/125
 [exercism-repo]: https://github.com/exercism/exercism

building/tracks/docs.md

@@ -269,7 +269,6 @@ let PLACEHOLDER_3 PLACEHOLDER_2 = PLACEHOLDER_2 + 1
 - The [F# channel](https://functionalprogramming.slack.com/messages/fsharp/) of the [functionalprogramming slack account](https://functionalprogramming.slack.com/). To join, go to [fpchat-invite.herokuapp.com](https://fpchat-invite.herokuapp.com/).
 - The [F# slack account](https://fsharp.slack.com). To join, you have to [become a member of the F# foundation](http://fsharp.org/guides/slack/).
 - [/r/fsharp](https://www.reddit.com/r/fsharp) is the F# subreddit.
-- The [Gitter channel](https://gitter.im/exercism/xfsharp) can be used to ask questions and get support for any issues related to the F# track.
 
 ## Videos
 

building/tracks/new/join-our-community.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Join our community
 
-To help interact with other maintainers (and mentors), we have created a Slack workspace.
-This is a great place to plan your track and to get help from other maintainers.
+To interact with maintainers, mentors and people learning on Exercism, join [the Exercism forum][forum].
+The [Building Exercism][building-exercism] category of the forum is a great place to plan your track and to get help from other maintainers.
 It is also the place where we'll regularly post updates on things we're working on.
-To get access to this workspace, please email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]?subject=Exercism%20Slack%20Access%20Request).
+
+[building-exercism]: https://forum.exercism.org/c/exercism/building-exercism/125
+[forum]: https://forum.exercism.org/

building/tracks/shared-files.md

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ This document should **not** link to Exercism-wide (track-agnostic) help resourc
 ```markdown
 # Help
 
-If you're having trouble, feel free to ask help in the C# track's [gitter channel](https://gitter.im/exercism/csharp).
+If you're having trouble, feel free to ask help in the programming category of [the Exercism forum](https://forum.exercism.org/c/programming/5).
 ```
 
 ## File: `representations.md`

building/tracks/syllabus/README.md

@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ Don't hesitate to ask for help.
 It's better to ask up front or while working on an exercise rather than discussing during code review.
 
 On GitHub you can mention the team @exercism/learning-mode.
-In Slack you can ask in the #learning-mode channel.
-Please email [email protected] if you need an invitation to our Slack workspace.
+In the [Exercism forum][forum-support] open an issue in the Exercism Support category.
 
 ## Getting started
 
@@ -176,3 +175,5 @@ Overall, we think this is still too intimidating, and we'd like to find a better
 Please talk to us about the process as you start making issues, and we will do our best to help figure out how to proceed.
 
 We will update the documentation as we learn better ways of tackling this.
+
+[forum-support]: https://forum.exercism.org/c/support/8

community/administrators.md

@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ Please treat them with respect, and take any decisions they make as final.
 Do not take them entering a conversation to be a sign of disrespect - when an administrator acts in that role it does not necessarily mean that they think the conversation has become negative, but they want to protect everyone involved before that happens.
 They will (attempt to) wield this power pragmatically.
 
-If you feel a conversation is becoming draining and unproductive, or could move that way, please feel free to tag @exercism/maintainers-admin in a post to ask for guidance or reach out to one of the admins on Slack.
+If you feel a conversation is becoming draining and unproductive, or could move that way, please feel free to tag @exercism/maintainers-admin in a post to ask for guidance.
 
 Exercism's current administrators are:
 
-- Jeremy Walker (@iHiD on Slack and GitHub)
-- Erik Schierboom (@ErikSchierboom on Slack and GitHub)
+- Jeremy Walker (@iHiD on GitHub and the forum)
+- Erik Schierboom (@ErikSchierboom on GitHub and the forum)

mentoring/how_to_give_great_feedback.md

@@ -85,5 +85,5 @@ As you gain experience mentoring, you will get a feel for the different ways stu
 ## Unsure of something? Chat to other mentors?
 
 One of the best things about being an Exercism mentor is the community of other mentors you can learn from.
-If you've got a question about a solution, or just want to bounce ideas with other mentors, jump into our [Slack Workspace](https://exercism-team.slack.com/) (you should receive an invite when you sign up to mentor) and ask away!
+If you've got a question about a solution, or just want to bounce ideas with other mentors, jump onto our [forum](https://forum.exercism.org/) and ask away!
 You'll probably find people you can help there too 🙂

using/contact.md

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # Contact Us
 
-The best place to get help with Exercism is in the [online support chat](https://gitter.im/exercism/support).
-
-The second best place to get help with Exercism is on Github at [https://github.com/exercism/exercism](https://github.com/exercism/exercism). You are welcome to open issues for support requests, ask questions, suggest features, or anything else there.
+The best place to get help with Exercism is in the [forum](https://forum.exercism.org/).
 
 If you'd like to get in touch privately please email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]), but please note that due to the quantity of emails we get we may not reply if the question would be more appropriate on GitHub.