From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Renkert Subject: Re: Suggestion: Stackoverflow for Orgmode Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:13:38 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <81livt1e3c.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:50362) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QjVf3-0004d0-QU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:14:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QjVez-0004mL-L3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:13:57 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:50257) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QjVez-0004mC-3x for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:13:53 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QjVew-0001Yg-LX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:13:50 +0200 Received: from mnhm-4d00f29a.pool.mediaWays.net ([77.0.242.154]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:13:50 +0200 Received: from tunnelblick by mnhm-4d00f29a.pool.mediaWays.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:13:50 +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 Jambunathan K gmail.com> writes: > > The biggest diasadvantage would be fragmentation of information. > > All information needs to have authoritative sources and archives. I > believe the info manual, GNU mailing list and the Orgmode.org domain (of > which Worg is but a part) are the right place for such archival > references. Sure. But reading the manual from a to z or searching the mailing list for the right line of elisp is sometimes very slow if you need a quick solution. I am by no means suggesting that we should give up the established ways of archiving information or discussion, though. I simply think that something like "ask.orgmode.org" with a stackexchange-like interface could be very helpful for a larger portion of users. It may happen that redundant information is produced by this idea but I think it will make orgmode more usable and less intimidating for new users. Something similar has happened before: the orgguide was Carsten's solution for the complex 200+ pages of the original manual. Besides I find that useful information is already pretty much fragmented across the threads of this mailing list (there is also a lot of bugfixing, regression reports and feature request going on). Sure, the knowledge is there somewhere but it would be nice to see what works and what is useful without having to try everything for yourself. > I don't think anyone would object to having a secondary marketplace for > trading of orgmode related tips and tricks. My question is if anyone on this list would actively participate to get it off the ground. And I think that hosting it on the orgmode.org-server would make a lot of sense. Is somebody here interested in starting this?