Hi Gene, you state a lot better what I was trying to say ...
Cheers, Fritz On Thu, 7 Jan 2010, Gene Amtower wrote: > Been reading everyone's comments, and thought I would throw some > thoughts into the mix... > > If SO is to be a Q&A forum, is it possible to create entries for FAQs > based on discussions on the ML, rather than SO questions only being > initiated on SO? I'm thinking a Qx person should be able to enter a > question and answer at the same time on SO in order to maintain a set of > helpful entries there. > > Also, since SO is a broader tool than just the Qx community, I'm also > concerned about how you sort out knowledgeable answers from SO noise due > to non-Qx readers posting inaccurate answers to posted questions. > Granted, I see it has a "voting" mechanism for helpful answers, but the > Qx team can't control this voting, which can be manipulated. How do > they keep SPAM out of the answers? How can the Qx team control the > usefulness of the SO system to insure it's accuracy? > > Additionally, it seems that many questions on the ML go through a period > of discussion and info sharing before coming to a conclusion on the > issue involved. I wonder if the ML is a better forum for discussions > among the whole Qx team, while SO serves more as a place to find known > answers to common questions for those who don't want to subscribe to the > ML - i.e. build process configuration, theming, etc. Also, the one > entry in SO today provides an answer to a specific question on build- > process configuration, but it's not very complete and would ultimately > require a reader to locate the Qx documentation on build configuration > files, so there should really be a link to the pertinent Qx docs. > Without trying it myself, I would hope the SO provides the ability to > embed links to the Qx site in any answers offered. > > Also, maybe it's possible for SO to be monitored by the core team, then > have a link posted to the ML for needed discussion among the community, > then provide a final answer back to the SO database. This would keep a > lot of "noise" out of SO, making it a better resource for non-ML users. > It would probably be convenient to create an RSS-feed-reader mechanism > that receives SO questions and posts them to the ML with the link, > allowing the ML to monitor SO activity, while retaining the ML as a > primary discussion tool among the active Qx team members instead of > moving to SO for all discussions. > > All ML posts automatically generated from SO activity should include a > link back to the SO post, so this would allow ML readers to locate the > pertinent SO question easily, especially if there's an answer available > that will enhance the info on SO. Ultimately, keeping all of the extra > ML noise out of SO will make it more effective for the broader Qx user > community. I think we still need the openness of our ML discussions, as > they are among friends; meanwhile, SO is intended to serve more of a > public service that would not benefit from internal discussions of Qx > priorities and debates. > > Granted, all of this involves some extra legwork, but it might serve to > avoid fracturing the Qx support community, while providing the > additional improvements suggested by some wrt SO as a support tool. > > HTH, > > Gene > > On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 15:53 +0100, Tobias Oetiker wrote: > >> Today thron7 wrote: >>> >>> I guess, if you give SO a chance, looking for answers (also in other >>> areas, e.g. Javascript, PHP, Web application frameworks, ...), you will >>> find it very useful. You will probably find that both searching existing >>> questions, easily spotting relevant answers, voting and accepting >>> answers, as well as answering, cross-linking answers and building up an >>> easily accessible Q&A knowledge base makes it worthwhile. >> >> I agree ... I think for Q&A stuff SO is much better ... recently >> when looking for answers, I increassingly find that google direts >> me to SO and I am often rather amazed at the quality of the stuff I >> find there, so the concept does obviously seem to work quite well >> for other toppics, so why should it not for qooxdoo ... >> >> I am not saying the it is a replacement for mailinglists, but the >> Q&A type questions are much better at home there ... >> >> cheers >> tobi >> > -- Oetiker+Partner AG tel: +41 62 775 9903 (direct) Fritz Zaucker +41 62 775 9900 (switch board) Aarweg 15 +41 79 675 0630 (mobile) CH-4600 Olten fax: +41 62 775 9905 Schweiz web: www.oetiker.ch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ qooxdoo-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel
