On Nov 4, 2014, at 9:42, Joshua Welker wrote:
> 3. Libraries have a culture of
> protecting vendors from criticism. Sure, we do lots of criticism behind
> closed doors, but nowhere that leaves an online footprint.
Oops. Someone should have told me that rule before I openly and repeatedly
criti
On Nov 4, 2014, at 1:33 PM, Mark Pernotto wrote:
> I think all of this is really useful. I'd be lying if I said I didn't get a
> lot of great ideas and results from StackOverflow.
>
> However, I've been burned quite a bit as well - deprecated code, inaccurate
> results, or just the wrong answer g
I think all of this is really useful. I'd be lying if I said I didn't get a
lot of great ideas and results from StackOverflow.
However, I've been burned quite a bit as well - deprecated code, inaccurate
results, or just the wrong answer gets accepted. There seems to be such a
push to 'accept as an
I agree with Joshua Welker. Being able to choose between either a listserv
or a Q&A site have benefits for end users.
Thanks,
Craig
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Owen Stephens wrote:
> Thanks for that Mark. That's running on 'question2answer' which looks to
> have a reasonable amount of de
Thanks for that Mark. That's running on 'question2answer' which looks to have a
reasonable amount of development going on around it
https://github.com/q2a/question2answer/graphs/contributors (given Becky's
comments about OSQA which still hold true)
Owen
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Owen Stephens Consulting
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Dartmouth College
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> On Nov 4, 2014, at 11:18 AM, Kyle Banerjee wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 7:34 AM, Schulkins, Joe <
> joseph.schulk...@liverpool.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> To be honest I absolutely ha
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On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 7:34 AM, Schulkins, Joe <
joseph.schulk...@liverpool.ac.uk> wrote:
> To be honest
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Owen Stephens wrote:
> Another option would be a 'code4lib Q&A' site. Becky Yoose set up one for
> Coding/Cataloguing and so can comment on how much effort its been.
>
>
For the sake of laziness, I'll point to my post from the last time a SE
topic came up on the l
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 7:34 AM, Schulkins, Joe <
joseph.schulk...@liverpool.ac.uk> wrote:
> To be honest I absolutely hate the whole reputation and badge system for
> exactly the reasons you outline, but I can't deny that I do find the family
> of Stack Exchange sites extremely useful and by compa
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>
> The concept of a library technology Stack Exchange site as a google-able
> repository
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Owen Stephens wrote:
> Another option would be a 'code4lib Q&A' site. Becky Yoose set up one for
> Coding/Cataloguing and so can comment on how much effort its been. In terms
> of asking/answering questions the use is clearly low but I think the
> content that is
ary Visit us:
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On Nov 4, 2014, at 9:12 AM, Schulkins, Joe wrote:
> Presumably I'm not alone in this, but I find Stack Overflow a valuable
resource for various bit
a
Welker
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The concept of a library technology Stack Exchange site as a google-able
repository of information sounds great. However, I do have quite a few
reservations.
1. Stack Exchange sites seem to
Schulkins, Joe wrote:
> Doing a search of the proposals shows there was one for 'Libraries and
> Information Science' but this closed 2 years ago as it didn't reach the
> required levels during the beta phase.
FIY an archive of question answered on "Libraries & Information Science"
and "Digital
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Schulkins, Joe
wrote:
> Presumably I'm not alone in this, but I find Stack Overflow a valuable
> resource for various bits of web development and I was wondering whether
> anyone has given any thought about proposing a Library Technology site to
> Stack Exchange'
On Nov 4, 2014, at 9:12 AM, Schulkins, Joe wrote:
> Presumably I'm not alone in this, but I find Stack Overflow a valuable
> resource for various bits of web development and I was wondering whether
> anyone has given any thought about proposing a Library Technology site to
> Stack Exchange's Ar
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Joshua Welker wrote:
>
> I think a year or two ago that there was a pretty long discussion on this
> listserv about creating a Stack Exchange site.
>
>
The thread that you seek lives at
https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind1307&L=code4lib#148.
Thanks
*,*
Becky
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Presumably I'm not alone in this, but I find Stack Overflow a valuable
resource for various bits of web development and I was won
Presumably I'm not alone in this, but I find Stack Overflow a valuable resource
for various bits of web development and I was wondering whether anyone has
given any thought about proposing a Library Technology site to Stack Exchange's
Area 51 (http://area51.stackexchange.com/)? Doing a search of
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