From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Memnon Anon Subject: Re: Suggestion: Stackoverflow for Orgmode Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:45:03 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <87sjq1f5ou.fsf@mean.albasani.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:59921) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QjX5Z-0003GR-Fo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:45:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QjX5T-0002Dq-Ok for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:45:24 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:42429) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QjX5T-0002Di-7E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:45:19 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QjX5Q-0004j4-9M for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:45:16 +0200 Received: from e178214252.adsl.alicedsl.de ([85.178.214.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:45:16 +0200 Received: from gegendosenfleisch by e178214252.adsl.alicedsl.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:45:16 +0200 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 Thomas Renkert writes: > I noticed that - as more people with a diverse range of background knowledge > start to use orgmode - the mailing list is getting more and more difficult to > navigate: I do agree that the volume of mails did considerably increase. > a lot of threads are long and winding and many of the posts are basic > questions from beginners and questions about special use cases or scenarios from > more experienced users. At this point, however, I have a different impression. Yes, there are some long threads, but those seem to be rarley those interesting for new users while setting up their orgworld. Those threads are *imho* usually about new features that need discussion, clarification etc.: a ping pong of ideas. When subareas emerge, tags like [BABEL] or now [CALFW] make it easy to parse them out if you are not interested. OTOH, I am used to dealing with mailing lists and I find them very convenient. Others may very well have a different impression. Is this worth a poll in a new thread? > An idea: > Many of you may be familiar with the Q&A-Sites www.stackoverflow.com or > www.superuser.com. There are already some questions about org on stackoverflow, if people are interested in this format, they can already go there. Setting this up seems overkill to me, especially, because we have Worg to collect the nuggets of all threads. If newcomers find the volume on this list overwhelming, I think splitting it into a -dev and a -user list would be the next logical step, first. However, I am not opposed to this idea when others agree it would be usefull. I can't really see myself using it so far, but that may very well change. Memnon