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[Dan Cocos <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Calle,

StackExchange also has a handful of other advantages. 

It allows to you tag for version.
It is optimized for search engine indexing.
You see multiple solutions in one place.
It has clear formatting.
Threaded discussions.
Most developers already have an account where as this isn’t the case for Launchpad.
There is a concept of related questions and linked questions.
A good summary can be found here http://stackoverflow.com/tour <http://stackoverflow.com/tour>

Thanks,
Dan

> On Apr 8, 2015, at 9:50 AM, Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Calle,
> 
> I would agree with you and have acknowledged this as you say. However, since a large part of the documentation has been developed purely as a volunteer effort, it is what it is.  As I also epxlained in the workshop last summer (and several times on this list) the documents are open source, you are free (as are all) to contribute to improving them.The core team will be improving the documents gradually, as there is now central support ffor this, and issues on GtitHub are most welcome.  But like I said, if you do not like what is there, feel free to get involved. 
> 
> Also, if you do not want to participate in the Stack Exchange, there is no need to. We are trying this as a bit of experiment, and if it works, great, if it does not, then we can consider other route. However, StackExchange is a great resource for many technical communities, and it does not necessarily need to be limited to "techie" discussion. It is quite a difficult process to even get accepted into the site, but if we do, then it could potentially be a great resource for the community .
> 
> Best regards,
> Jason
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> Jason,
> 
> Again maybe - I'm concerned about too many avenues/sites for technical info that tend to change frequently, with the core team being unable to maintain them and increasingly not responding at all or responding with the usual RTFM (as you pointed out in your documentation presentation in Oslo last year, the documentation is poor and fragmented - it's next to impossible to find solutions to significant problems using that route because so many things are NOT documented or it's buried under a lot of techie lingo with limited or non-existent links to real-world issues as they are viewed by people in the field).
> 
> I'm increasingly convinced that we need fewer documents/sites for technical info - and rather one major source that digs really deep into every single aspect of the UI and processes, outlining both what is there and what isn't. Too much of that is currently only in the heads of the core team, which are overwhelmed and not able to respond to the more complicated issues.
> 
> Regards
> Calle
> 
> 
> 
> On 8 April 2015 at 14:01, Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> Hi Calle,
> The thinking here is that you will not need to ask the core team for a lot of stuff, so they can focus on other stuff.  This lists gets a lot of repeat questions and a lot of questions which could be answered if people bothered to read the documentation. Stack Exchange offers a means to keep answers in questions in a more FAQ type of format. It is not really meant to be a replacement for this list, but a more searchable site than the current mailing list (which admittedly is not always easy to dig through to find a specific answer to a given problem)
> 
> Regards,
> Jason
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> OK, but getting answers (or even confirmation that the query has been received) via direct questions to the core team or via the dev list is generally difficult except for the simple/obvious stuff. Will adding another community forum change that?
> 
> Regards
> Calle
> 
> On 8 April 2015 at 13:27, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> thanks to your help we made it to the last stage of the stackexchange evaluation. We now need you to "commit" to using the site - your help is appreciated!
> 
> http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/77757/dhis2 <http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/77757/dhis2>
> 
> It only takes a second - please go to the link above, create an account if you didn't already, and click the "commit" link. 
> 
> We believe that having an online question-and-answers community will be very helpful for giving people access to DHIS-related knowledge.
> 
> 
> <stack-commit.png>
> 
> best regards,
> 
> Lars
> 
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