From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rehan Iftikhar Subject: Re: Suggestion: Stackoverflow for Orgmode Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:02:03 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87sjq1f5ou.fsf@mean.albasani.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44979) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QjZDx-0005EB-69 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:02:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QjZDq-0004mH-Hm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:02:12 -0400 Received: from mail-ww0-f49.google.com ([74.125.82.49]:53904) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QjZDq-0004lh-35 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:02:06 -0400 Received: by wwf22 with SMTP id 22so309990wwf.30 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:02:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87sjq1f5ou.fsf@mean.albasani.net> 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: Memnon Anon Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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 wrote: > 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 > > > > -- -Rehan