Great post Nick ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Chief Architect Instrument Software and Science Data Systems Section (398) NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 168-519, Mailstop: 168-527 Email: [email protected] WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Associate Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-----Original Message----- From: Nick Burch <[email protected]> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 3:22 AM To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Tika questions on StackOverflow >Hi All > >This may be old news for some of you, in which case you can skip the >email, but for others... StackOverflow is a programming-focused question >and answer site, with excellent google-foo, quite wide use, and growing >use. At the moment I'd say there's something like a new Tika question a >day on it, and that number seems to be climbing. (It's quite bursty >though, 2 one day, nothing for the next few) > >Increasingly, new users seem to be turning to StackOverflow to get help >with projects, learn how to use them etc, in place of joining a mailing >list and asking a question. There's also a lot of people out there who >know about Tika, aren't on our lists, but are posting helpful replies >(answers) to questions on how to use Tika. > >(There's also a fair number of useless people asking very basic >questions, >without full information, and without having done any research / checked >existing questions / checked out site / etc. They tend to get moderated >down pretty quickly though, or they learn and edit the question) > >Because StackOverflow gets a lot of newbie traffic, they have some rules, >and can be quite strict on enforcing them. A lot stricted than many of >the >other StackExchange network sites, largely because of that traffic. That >means you will find some restrictions at the start, but they go away >soon. >You do need to be careful to actually answer questions with an answer, >asking for clarifications or saying "can't help, ask on the list" as an >answer won't go down well. > > >If you're interested to see what sort of questions there are, see >http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/apache-tika?sort=newest&pageSize >=50 >for what has been asked recently, and >http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/apache-tika?sort=votes&pageSize= >50 >for the most "popular" > > >There are a few of us on StackOverflow already, but you might want to >join >in too. You certainly don't have to! But you might want to, not only to >help, but also to get bug reports, find out what docs we need to update, >and maybe even spot people answering who we can ask to join the project. > >If you sign up for an account, you can get emails when people ask Tika >related questions, so you can know to go look if it interests you. To do >that, go to > http://stackexchange.com/filters/212512/apache-tika-questions >On the right it should have an "Email Updates" box, where you can >subscribe to get emailed for new questions on a timing of your choice > > >If you have questions on using StackOverflow, I'm happy to do my best to >explain. They have pretty good help/documentation, and they have the >"meta" site to check policies / why reasons / etc. > >You will suffer some restrictions as a new user, but they go away when >your answers get a few up-votes. Let us know your username if you sign up >and answer something, then the few of us who already use StackOverflow >can >up vote you to get you to the minimum rep score to escape them! > >Nick
