Re: Suggestion: Stackoverflow for Orgmode

[Rehan Iftikhar <rehan.iftikhar@gmail.com>]

Personally I feel that the StackExchange interface is more accessible
to newcomers than mailing lists or Worg. Its a great way to ask a
questions and get an answer.

The mailing list is better at having conversations about a topic. Worg
is a great resource for hand-curated advice, which will always be
useful.

I would definitely use a StackExchange-like application for Org if it existed.

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 6:45 AM, Memnon Anon
<gegendosenfleisch@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Thomas Renkert <tunnelblick@quantentunnel.de> 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
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-Rehan