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[Nico Schlömer <nico.schloemer@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Ok, let's see if this vibrancy saves time to 5 person answering 90%
> questions:)

You underestimate the power of the point and badge system -- this
really speaks to of reward of anyone who ever played video games in
the 90s. :)
--Nico


On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Jan Blechta <blechta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:20:03 +0100
> Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 03:14:42PM +0100, Jan Blechta wrote:
>> > On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:02:20 +0100
>> > Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 09:32:42AM +0000, Florian Rathgeber wrote:
>> > > > On 27/03/13 20:37, Anders Logg wrote:
>> > > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 09:10:48PM +0100, Nico Schlömer wrote:
>> > > > >> Hi all,
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> when asking questions about FEniCS/Dolfin, is it still
>> > > > >> recommended to use Launchpad or can we already switch to
>> > > > >> stackexchange, i.e., are you guys already watching the
>> > > > >> fenics-tagged questions coming in over there?
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I suggest we wait until we've converted the repositories, then
>> > > > > after that focus on moving the questions over to
>> > > > > stackexchange.
>> > > >
>> > > > Why not encourage to start asking questions over there already?
>> > > > StackExchange is about critical mass, so people will feel more
>> > > > comfortable using it when they're not the first to ask a
>> > > > question.
>> > >
>> > > I think we should focus on one thing at a time. We're still
>> > > discussing how to convert the code. Moving over to stackexchange
>> > > is a bit more involved than just moving there. We need to update
>> > > the web page with some good instructions for how to post
>> > > questions on stackexchange (with links to stackexchange
>> > > guidelines) and some instructive examples on what to post there
>> > > and what not to post there. I imagine we will have another thread
>> > > on that in a week or so.
>> > >
>> > > > You're not planning to actually migrate the questions from
>> > > > answers.launchpad.net to scicomp, are you?
>> > >
>> > > No. We start over fresh, just as with the git branch(es). :-)
>> >
>> > Actually what is the reason not to keep questions (and possibly bug
>> > management) on launchpad? Does it work poorly? DOLFIN has huge
>> > question base and launchpad web UI suggest to user questions
>> > related to his problem before actually posting it. Perhapse it
>> > would save many recurrent questions when starting from scratch on
>> > stackexchange.
>>
>> The stackexchange system is even better suited for this. Questions and
>> answers can be voted up and down + other features not available on
>> Launchpad. And stackexchange seems to be a much more vibrant
>> community.
>
> Ok, let's see if this vibrancy saves time to 5 person answering 90%
> questions:)
>
>>
>> --
>> Anders
>
>
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