see here for info about SO clone: http://www.techfuel.net/zblog/blog/view/27
On Sep 18, 5:13 am, Michael Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote: > I understand your concern, Massimo. However, I think the solution is > not to ignore SO, but to try to get more knowledgeable web2py users > answering questions there. You will still have general knowledge > folks answering web2py questions, but the voting system should leave > their answers at the bottom of the page, while the focused answers get > voted up. > > The biggest problem I currently see with a web2py-centric Stack > Exchange site is I don't think it has even a tiny chance of getting > through the ridiculous "Area-51" approval process. I remember seeing > some posts about somebody working on a web2py-based SO clone. That > might be a better option. > > The other issue I have with a separate site just for web2py, whether > it is Google Groups or web2py.stackexchange, is that some problems may > not necessarily be web2py specific. Especially for people new to > programming and/or python and/or web frameworks it may not be clear > what their problem really relates to. > > You should know that as I'm writing this I'm having quite a lively > debate in my own head. So I apologize if this post is disjointed or > contradictory. I guess I can't convince myself strongly one way or > another of what the best solution is. I'd hate to lose the community > and focused knowledge of the Google Group, but I think the very > exclusiveness of the group may be stunting the growth of web2py. > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 1:48 PM, spiffytech <[email protected]> wrote: > > StackExchange is designed such that people who don't know what they're > > talking about get voted down, while those who have quality answers get > > voted up to the top. When I'm reading StackOverflow, the reading the > > highest-voted questions first makes the poor quality of the lower- > > voted questions very apparent to me, and I distrust them. > > > Also, a web2py-centric StackExchange should only attract people who > > know about web2py. This is unlike StackOverflow, which caters to a > > general audience and thus gets many people with only general knowledge > > and general answers. > > > The checks, balances, and filters seem sufficient to me. Do you > > disagree? > > > On Sep 17, 12:30 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I oppose and here is why. A few people have asked web2py related > >> questions on stack overflow. Almost all of them have at least one > >> generic answer by somebody who knows nothing about web2py. On Stack > >> overflow there is no sense of community (other than the stack overflow > >> community) and people try to answer even when they know nothing about > >> the topic. > > >> Massimo > > >> On Sep 17, 10:58 am, mwolfe02 <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > My vote: > >> > - ask questions on StackOverflow using the existing web2py tag > >> > - follow the questions using this RSS feed: > >> > http://stackoverflow.com/feeds/tag/web2py > > >> > I like StackOverflow a lot and I think it is a much better interface > >> > than Google Groups. I asked my first few questions about web2py on SO > >> > and was a bit reluctant to have to join Google Groups just to get > >> > answers to my web2py questions. That said, the user community here is > >> > second to none. I've been amazed how quickly my questions have not > >> > only been answered, but in many cases answered by _core developers_! > > >> > The problem, as I see it, is that like it or not, StackOverflow is > >> > quickly becoming a tool not only for getting technical questions > >> > answered, but also to gauge the popularity of various programming > >> > languages, web frameworks, etc. When I was trying to decide what web > >> > framework to use for my most recent project I looked at the most > >> > popular questions for Django, ASP.NET, etc. as well as the number of > >> > questions, by tag name, for each of those frameworks. > > >> > The relatively low number of questions (compared to Django, for > >> > example) and the apparent lack of knowledgeable users (web2py > >> > questions are answered almost exclusively by Massimo) was nearly > >> > enough to lead me away from web2py. It was not until I finally > >> > relented to Massimo referring me to this Google Group that I was truly > >> > pleased with my decision to use web2py. > > >> > I think Google Groups remains the proper place to discuss the > >> > direction of the web2py project. However, I think we should start > >> > making an effort to ask and answer web2py technical questions on SO. > > >> > On Sep 16, 10:40 am, cjrh <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > On Sep 16, 1:31 pm, Narendran <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > What does the community > >> > > > think of having a stackexchange page for web2py? > > >> > > Good idea. The StackOverflow model is the future of technical Q&A > >> > > forums. I joined and added some good and bad questions. We need > >> > > 59 more users to join in support. > >
