On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Rajarshi Guha <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Peter Murray-Rust <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Proposal > > ======= > > We create a Shapado for computational chemistry (QC, MD and similar) > which > > answers any questions (not just those on Open Source). [I am assuming > this > > does not already exist]. The Openness comes from the Open discussion and > the > > desire to create Open practices and resources but it should follow the SO > > practice that any codes, any data, any workplace is welcome. (Product > > information in response to genuine questions is allowed but not product > > placement - advertising). It must be Open in that the site should not be > > "closable" later as happens with many free-as-in-beer sites. I am > assuming > > that it will have a good membership of BO+Q members but anyone can play. > > I think Noel had initiated a proposal on StackOverflow for a new Q&A > site for comp chem. > Look forward to hearing Noel's views > But, doesn't the CCL fulfil this need, albeit in a clunky way? > > I don't by default want to *compete* against CCL and Jan has done a useful service to the community. However there are some features and styles in CCL which are very different from what we are proposing. There is a difference in a mailing list run by a single person (CCL is a for-profit site) and a community driven site. The list does not allow searching (you have to use Google) and (unless I have missed it) there is no way to follow the discussion after a question has been asked. There is also a lot of stuff which isn't relevant to questions (meetings, product announcements, etc.). I would expect that an SO-like site would bring in new people and make it easier to find and browse answers to and comment on questions. My motivation also includes: * something that helps to grow and promote a community * something that helps to spread Q and BO to a wider audience. P. -- Peter Murray-Rust Reader in Molecular Informatics Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry University of Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK +44-1223-763069
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