Re: Suggestion: Stackoverflow for Orgmode

[Wes Hardaker <wjhns209@hardakers.net>]

>>>>> On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:02:03 -0700, Rehan Iftikhar <rehan.iftikhar@gmail.com> said:

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

(and it's worth noting that org-mode questions already get asked on the
existing Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=org )

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

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

RI> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 6:45 AM, Memnon Anon
RI> <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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