From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Renkert Subject: [ANN] Org-mode Q&A test drive on stackexchange.com - Please participate! Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:12:10 +0200 Message-ID: <4E27C33A.3050108@quantentunnel.de> Reply-To: tunnelblick@quantentunnel.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:50937) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QjmUd-0002DS-Ga for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:12:24 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QjmUY-0000bR-JH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:12:19 -0400 Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:43116) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QjmUY-0000aZ-8Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:12:14 -0400 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hello list, after reading the responses to my initial suggestion yesterday (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/44582) I've set up a proposal on are51.stackexchange.com for a SE-site that is dedicated to Org-mode only. Think something like http://tex.stackexchange.com solely for Org-mode! This is *only* meant as an addition to the existing ways of documentation (the manual, the mailing list, worg etc.). The idea is that a SE-like interface facilitates quick and dynamic solutions to different questions, from basic to expert, from notetaking to Gnus to LaTeX to literate programming. Questions can be tagged and users can follow those tags and users that are relevant to their own interest and use cases. *If you can see at least some possible value in this, please log in and follow the proposal here* : http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/33822/org-mode-your-life-in-plain-text-an-emacs-mode-for-notes-todo-lists-project-p?referrer=Xzp7g4w_XthPgz9TkALBAg2 After gathering enough followers and sample questions, we will move on from phase 1 to the other phases and hopefully get to the beta-phase where the site is actually usable. This process has the advantage that it serves as a poll among org-mode users at the same time. If there is enough interest, it will get going. If there is not, it will die. And this part requires no work from our site. Also, we won't have any work with setting it up or maintaining it. Q: "But stackexchange is closed source! This goes against my principles!" A: If this works out and we feel the need to take matters into our own hands, we can still install askbot.org (FOSS). Using stackexchange for now is simply the most pragmatic way. Q: "What about the dissemination of information?" A: Most tutorials, hacks etc. on worg are originally independent blog posts or the result of longer discussions on the mailing list. People needed to be asked to contribute them in a compact and digestible format to worg. I see no problem in doing the same thing with interesting questions and solutions on our SE site. Once again, please contribute your voice to the SE proposal. If you have your own blog or if you are on www.emacswiki.org or http://planet.emacsen.org, it would be awesome if you could make a small post with this button embedded so it attracts more people: Stack Exchange Q&A site proposal: Org-Mode: Your Life in Plain Text. An Emacs Mode for Notes, Todo Lists, Project Planning, and Authoring. If people like this idea, maybe we could put this link on the orgmode.org frontpage? Thanks for reading. regards, Thomas