Timeline for Is the new 'Documentation' thingy something we might also be interested in?
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| Sep 24, 2015 at 2:59 | comment | added | womble Mod | @GeorgeBailey: Experts Exchange. Joel and Jeff didn't want to refer to it by name, so they called it "the hyphen site" (due to the hyphen being strategically placed to avoid any hint of highly skilled gender reassignment) instead. | |
| Sep 23, 2015 at 13:19 | comment | added | 700 Software | What's "the hyphen site"? | |
| Sep 19, 2015 at 4:09 | comment | added | voretaq7 Mod | @Reaces Questions should not need to be answered more than once. This is precisely why "Close as duplicate" exists. Server Fault's continual problem is people screaming "It's NOT a duplicate! Your post makes it say foo and I want it to say bar!" - they literally want someone to do their job (or be their free sysadmin) and give them something to cut and paste into the terminal. Learning is not their goal, mashing the button that makes the dialog box go away is. I'd be willing to give SO's new documentation idea a go, but it will definitely not solve that core problem. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 7:58 | comment | added | user9517 | I think my point is clear. Now I think you are being deliberately obtuse. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 7:51 | comment | added | Reaces | @Iain Which is where new, inexperienced answerers such as myself come in. It's just unfortunate the influx of those seeking free answers greatly exceeds those willing to dig around for answers. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 7:47 | comment | added | user9517 | @Reaces Stuff is interesting once, when you learn it. Having to repeat the same lesson over and over again makes it somewhat boring. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 7:42 | comment | added | Reaces | @Iain I am personally grateful for the lazy people who come here, it helps me learn stuff when trying to answer their questions :P | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 7:09 | comment | added | user9517 | Having listened to the recent podcast that talked about documentation I don't get the impression it'll be a close-dupe target. People who come here generally don't want to help themselves they want someone to tell them the answer. Look at the number of simple questions we get about basic vhost/cron/mod_rewrite etc. We and the internet at large have lots of examples of each of these yet people seem to miss them and want a had crafted answer exactly the same as everyone else's because their situation is somehow unique when in reality it's the same. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 4:58 | history | answered | wombleMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |