Timeline for Perception of purpose
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| May 23, 2017 at 12:39 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://stackoverflow.com/ with https://stackoverflow.com/
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| Mar 20, 2017 at 10:32 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://meta.stackexchange.com/ with https://meta.stackexchange.com/
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| Apr 23, 2014 at 13:35 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
Fixup of bad MSO links to MSE links migration
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| Apr 23, 2014 at 9:11 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
Migration of MSO links to MSE links
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| Jan 19, 2013 at 10:14 | comment | added | RTOSkit | @KyleBrandt I strongly agree with you 100%, I also believe that the question of Warner, is somewhat valid. But I think a professional in any field need to know to answer questions of any level. if the questions are related to the topic of this network, there not are questions of series A or of series B , but yes! there are bad answers. | |
| Aug 12, 2010 at 13:35 | comment | added | Hamish Downer | @Zoredache - CW question about how to grok man pages - go fill it in. | |
| Jul 28, 2010 at 15:35 | history | edited | Kyle Brandt | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jul 28, 2010 at 15:27 | history | edited | Kyle Brandt | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jul 27, 2010 at 18:01 | comment | added | Chris S | I agree with Warner on this one. It seems questions phrased something akin to "spoon feed me on this topic now!" get answers that do just that, step by step direction for people who have no technical skills at all. I think you side-stepped his point when you pulled out the "best possible answer" which is exactly how we should be answering well worded newbie questions. | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 14:43 | comment | added | Kara Marfia Mod | @Zoredache - great idea, and done! serverfault.com/questions/tagged?sort=info&tagnames=man however, I'm not a very good candidate to actually supply the content... ;) | |
| Jul 26, 2010 at 16:51 | comment | added | Zoredache | On a releated note, maybe someone should ask a CW question about how man pages work, what the various sections are, how they are organized and so on. A good question about man pages would be useful to link to. | |
| Jul 24, 2010 at 17:39 | comment | added | Warner | My point is essentially focused around the perception of the major contributors to SF as well as the specific wording of the FAQ. As I see it perception, behavior, and policy (the FAQ) do not appear to be well aligned. This is fundamentally not a beginner site yet we appear to be encouraging beginner behavior. | |
| Jul 24, 2010 at 17:37 | comment | added | Warner | Becoming contentious about reference to documentation is alienating the fundamentals of our very profession. Reading comprehension is absolutely essential to being successful as an IT professional. With that in mind, I agree with your point, Kyle, as reference to documentation without in answer is in direct conflict of the purpose of the SE platform. I try to maintain a healthy balance, as I am unwilling to help those who will not help themselves in the process. | |
| Jul 24, 2010 at 17:23 | comment | added | Dennis Williamson |
@Andrew: It's definitely a thick one, but rsync is twice as long and with fewer "signposts". man find is about the same length as man mdadm.
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| Jul 24, 2010 at 14:11 | comment | added | Andrew |
@Dennis try man mdadm some time ;)
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| Jul 23, 2010 at 23:42 | history | edited | Kyle Brandt | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jul 23, 2010 at 17:57 | comment | added | Dennis Williamson | Perhaps we should have a series of questions regarding comprehending documentation (not "understanding" it, rather "using it comprehensively" if that makes any sense). More generally, regarding the role of SF, I certainly see it as a site for professional problem solving, but I very strongly think that it can serve as a source of education as well. | |
| Jul 23, 2010 at 17:50 | comment | added | Dennis Williamson |
@Warner: Despite the mumblety-something years I've been doing this, every day I'm a rank beginner at some new thing. Otherwise, it's no fun. Regarding documentation: Man pages are like child's-play for me (except for rsync ;-) ). For others they are a wall of disorganized gibberish. I find Python documentation to be very well done, but a bit overly formal. Now I'm dabbling a bit in Ruby. Its documentation is organized in an entirely different manner. I'm struggling a bit to find what I'm looking for, but I'm good at parsing docs. Not everyone is.
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| Jul 23, 2010 at 17:37 | comment | added | Kyle Brandt | @Warner: I think I see what you are talking about now. I edited the top answer to what I think is ideal. | |
| Jul 23, 2010 at 17:25 | comment | added | Warner | I totally agree in regards to relocating the post, which as you can see has 0 votes to relocate. I did not vote to relocate either. I am more concerned about the perception in regards to catering to beginners, as that is not something the site is for in my mind. Referencing the appropriate documentation in part of the answer is something any professional should be able to comprehend. | |
| Jul 23, 2010 at 17:25 | history | edited | Kyle Brandt | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jul 23, 2010 at 17:01 | history | answered | Kyle Brandt | CC BY-SA 2.5 |