From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs stackexchange beta site Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:18:44 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87ha03beqz.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <874mw5q15w.fsf@debian.uxu> <87a95wy73q.fsf@debian.uxu> <8761gkdto0.fsf@panda.goosenet.in> <87fvfncugw.fsf@panda.goosenet.in> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1411154424 23484 80.91.229.3 (19 Sep 2014 19:20:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:20:24 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 19 21:20:18 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XV3j8-0004It-4R for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:20:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60174 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XV3j7-0004aW-NB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:20:17 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 22 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: P0uMB9BthHuWo8+BJXB4Mw.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:tH1vJ3CJ+JizxdVNjQggG21/T98= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:207771 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:100044 Archived-At: Udyant Wig writes: > Now, given that Emacs has (fine) manuals, comes with > sources, has a community spread over many newsgroups > and mailing lists, has the Emacs Wiki, and has a > presence on IRC, how then is the announcement to be > viewed? Positively, negatively, or neutrally? The more the better! The SX sites are a success, that is a fact. If Emacs takes part of that success, and people start using Emacs, they are much more likely to start using NNTP, read the manuals, etc., than if they never started to use Emacs to begin with! I know that an Emacs SX site will bring new people to use Emacs - 100%. -- underground experts united