From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: David Arroyo Menendez Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Conducting Research on FOSS communities Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:04:29 -0500 Message-ID: References: <153503a2-985d-034a-ddea-23110760bbe5@mtu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1542157848 11066 195.159.176.226 (14 Nov 2018 01:10:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 01:10:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Thomas Ingram Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 14 02:10:44 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gMjhb-0002mw-FV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 02:10:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56713 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gMjjh-0004MY-LU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:12:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40257) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gMjj0-0004MC-Ln for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:12:11 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gMjbl-0007aE-Rt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:04:43 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:53455) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gMjbf-0007Yt-Rs; Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:04:35 -0500 Original-Received: from davidam by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gMjba-0001RU-SJ; Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:04:32 -0500 In-Reply-To: <153503a2-985d-034a-ddea-23110760bbe5@mtu.edu> (message from Thomas Ingram on Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:03:44 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:118666 Archived-At: Thomas Ingram writes: > On 11/12/18 1:23 PM, Drew Adams wrote: > > Note: =E2=80=9Ccommunity=E2=80=9D refers to the FOSS community and the GN= U Emacs=20 > community specifically. > > 1. Describe your role in this community. I'm an advanced user and ocasional developer. I've contributed small extensions to GNU Emacs, and contributed other scripts and books translations to the community. > 2. How long have you been a part of this community? > >From 2000 > 3. Why are you involved in this community? > I like the GNU philosophy and from my point of view. GNU Emacs is the best software to understand it. In the beginning was because was a good free software editor. > 4. What would you say are the shared goals of your community? (Why does=20 > this group exist? What does it do?) > The goals are shared because there are a license. The emacs culture is shared, because we share the source. > 5. What mechanisms do members use to communicate with each other?=20 > (examples: meetings, email, text messages, newsletters, reports,=20 > evaluation forms, handbook, etc) Yes, I've used meetings, email, mailing list, books, telegram, ... > 6. What are the purposes of each of these mechanisms of communication? > The answer is obvious. Meetings to find people in a physical place, mailing list to comunicate to many people in an asynchonous, irc to share ideas in a synchronous way, etc. > 7. How do new members learn about the mechanisms of communication and=20 > how to use them? > In general, a newbie learns GNU/Emacs using Emacs. Although you can read the Emacs Manual, or receiving a class. > 8. Are there any shared texts or mechanisms for communication that you=20 > think are not working well? What do you see as the problem? > All is ok > 9. What are some examples of specialized language that the group members= =20 > use in their conversation and written communication? (examples:=20 > acronyms, slang, specialized terms that =E2=80=9Coutsiders=E2=80=9D might= not understand) > https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Glossary > 10. How do you help new members learn the specialized language of the=20 > community? > There are many ways depending the person and my motivation. > > Hopefully that helps clarify what I'll be asking about. > > > Thomas Ingram > Michigan Technological University > Computer Science Thomas, I've a little article about my experience with emacs-es in spanish. If you are interested I can attach you. Regards