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 23:01:53 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87lhpf9vem.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <874mw5q15w.fsf@debian.uxu> <87a95wy73q.fsf@debian.uxu> <87mw9vbezf.fsf@debian.uxu> <87tx439x44.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1411160727 4993 80.91.229.3 (19 Sep 2014 21:05:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:05:27 +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 23:05:22 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 1XV5Mn-0005os-L7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 23:05:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60563 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XV5Mn-0006E4-8o for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:05:21 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 72 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:rznt3qxhlcjjab7SorbnJIldbSg= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:207779 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:100053 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: >> By the way, I remember who rewarded you a bounty on >> "Linux & Unix" years ago. > > No idea what you are talking about; sorry. Here - my question and your answer. Today, that question doesn't make much sense to me - it is a bit silly actually. I wasn't happy with Rmail so I tried all sorts of things before I learned of Gnus. It doesn't matter one bit today. It says "asked Mar 6 '13" so it wasn't that so old as I thought. Right about then I stopped using the SX sites and that I never regretted. http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/67115/emacs-mute-messages-echo-area >> If you have stayed on SX since then I take it you >> are fond of the SX sites. > > I'm fond of helping people use Emacs. Same reason I > answer questions here when I can and I have time. Same > reason I file bug reports to improve behavior and doc. > > If everyone asked their questions here then I wouldn't > look for Emacs questions on SO and SuperUser. An Emacs-specific site will make it easier for you to help more people. >> You are fond of Emacs, of course. So: how can it be >> you are not found of an Emacs SX site? > > I don't share your assumption that all Emacs > questions and answers will be in the same place. > That's all. There will be more questions on Emacs, and most of those will be in the new site. > I asked you what makes you think that, and you just > repeat that it will be the case. And yet you > acknowledged that it won't be, that some Emacs > questions and info will remain on other sites. Yeah, but what is the problem with that? It is good that there is an Emacs presence here and there, and especially if they relate strongly to the purpose of the "non-Emacs SX" site. That doesn't make a specific site any less useful. Those entities don't eat each other, on the contrary. >> This doesn't make any sense to me. I'm the one not >> liking the SX sites and I'm the only one (?) in >> favor! > > Maybe your idea of what this proposal amounts to is > unrealistic? I don't claim to have a clear idea of > what it entails either, which is why I raised the > question at the proposal page. No clear answer there, > so far. And none here either. Just your claim that > tomorrow there will be a chicken in every pot. No, I don't expect a revolution but it'll be one more Emacs site that is useful, and appealing to many people. This list/group will go on, the EmacsWiki will go on, everything will go on, it'll just be another Emacs resource for people to use if they want to. -- underground experts united