[sakai-pmc] Update on Stack Overflow sites

Fri Dec 19 13:07:26 PST 2014

If the end goal is moving the lists there, let's do it, it would be a lot
easier to search. It would be awesome if you could mark a message as a q&a
message rather than a new list but we can try a few things.

Cheers
On 19 Dec 2014 07:09, "John A. Lewis - Unicon" <jlewis at unicon.net> wrote:

> That could certainly be the bigger picture as well, but in terms of
> letting people ask questions about Sakai (which is certainly what a lot of
> Sakai-User and Sakai-Dev traffic is about today), we could set up a "Sakai
> Q&A" group for you to play with and see what you think, and maybe try
> directing some traffic over there if you like what you see.
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Matthew Jones <matthew at longsight.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I think the eventual goal was to move the collab.sakaiproject.org groups
>> over to Google Groups, this would essentially be what you're describing,
>> right?
>>
>> But I don't believe that anybody (Neal?) has gotten around to identifying
>> what lists need to move over, and which ones need to be retired, and
>> setting this up.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 2:58 PM, John A. Lewis - Unicon <
>> jlewis at unicon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> A different experiment we could try is using the Apereo Google Groups
>>> infrastructure to use what they call a "Q&A Forum" group that has some
>>> features similar to SO. Not quite as cool as SO, but still usable as a more
>>> durable archive of common questions and answers. If you want to try one
>>> out, let me know and I can get it set up. (I've been experimenting with the
>>> "Collaborative Inbox" group type recently for handling things like Apereo
>>> licensing, and it is actually pretty cool.)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Steve Swinsburg <
>>> steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yep, just noticed they were gone too. Interesting experiment though.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 4:02 AM, Matthew Jones <matthew at longsight.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It looks like both of these proposals have had no activity in a month
>>>>> and have been completely deleted. (Unless they were deleted for another
>>>>> reason).
>>>>>
>>>>> Probably best to stick with the idea of tagging questions or some
>>>>> other plan.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Neal Caidin <neal.caidin at apereo.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Changing habits is hard. And I wasn't sure if the "pilot" had already
>>>>>> been completed or not, or if we should have continued to encourage posters.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But if you think it is time to move towards using the general site
>>>>>> with the sakai tag, I will certainly support that effort and help with the
>>>>>> coordination. It would be cool if somehow this could be integrated with an
>>>>>> effort to improve technical documentation on Confluence (or outside of
>>>>>> Confluence) but those efforts seem to keep losing energy for some reason.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2 cents.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Neal
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 6:59 AM, Steve Swinsburg <
>>>>>> steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Two more months have passed and activity in the sites has stalled.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> IMHO opinion we might be able to get over the first hurdle, but I
>>>>>>> highly doubt we will get over the second, which requires vastly more
>>>>>>> committed people, so I'm tending towards ending this experiment and
>>>>>>> suggesting we post decent questions and answers to the general site with
>>>>>>> the sakai tag.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It would be nice if this was coordinated so that we can spread the
>>>>>>> reputation love around though.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Matthew Jones <
>>>>>>> matthew at longsight.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It looks like about 2-3 new people joined since then. Though what
>>>>>>>> either project really will need are people active in Stack Exchange who
>>>>>>>> would actually be active on this site, and not just people who click the
>>>>>>>> button. That is the bigger phase 2 hurdle when we get to the commitment
>>>>>>>> phase. Both Apereo and Sakai will probably get out of this first phase soon
>>>>>>>> without a problem. Someone without reputation across Stack Exchange counts
>>>>>>>> significantly less on phase 2 than someone who moderately active on some
>>>>>>>> other Stack Exchange site. To get out of the second phase we need 200 total
>>>>>>>> people, but 100 of them have to be somewhat active on other Stack Exchange
>>>>>>>> sites. (200+ rep at least)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I was in a conference call today and was saying we could use some
>>>>>>>> more people and also talking up Stack Exchange. How there are a variety of
>>>>>>>> topics and you don't have to be a developer to be involved. Anyone also can
>>>>>>>> participate in topics of Academia, Travel, Russian Languages and Home
>>>>>>>> Improvement (to name a few), and looking at those other sites will be of
>>>>>>>> huge help now and if the site does get launched.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Some of that was why we wanted people to put questions on Stack
>>>>>>>> Overflow and tag them with "Sakai". So we could at least build up some rep
>>>>>>>> there. But even with those Sakai questions I still have more rep on Arqade
>>>>>>>> (a video game Stack Exchange community) than Stack Overflow. ;)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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