On Sat, 25 May 2013 00:25:37 +0200 Anders Logg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 09:43:49PM +0200, Jan Blechta wrote: > > On Fri, 24 May 2013 21:15:05 +0200 > > Anders Logg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 08:55:13PM +0200, Jan Blechta wrote: > > > > On Thu, 23 May 2013 22:58:03 +0200 > > > > Anders Logg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:24:45PM +0200, Nico Schlömer wrote: > > > > > > Not everyone seems to be too happy with FEniCS on > > > > > > scicomp, you may also want to provide feedback: > > > > > > > > > > > > [1]http://meta.scicomp.stackexchange.com/questions/353/thoughts-comment > > > > > > s-and-reactions-about-the-fenics-experiment > > > > > > --Nico > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the pointer, I hadn't seen this - the meta page was > > > > > not in my feed. > > > > > > > > > > I'd like to take this opportunity to remind all FEniCS > > > > > developers and power users to take an active part in > > > > > answering questions on StackExchange. Please consider > > > > > answering both FEniCS specific questions and take an active > > > > > part in the wider scicomp.stackexchange community. Only a few > > > > > people seem to have found their way there so far. > > > > > > > > > > We used to get emails whenever someone posted a question on > > > > > Launchpad. This doesn't happen with StackExchange, so > > > > > developers and users must find a way to monitor the stream of > > > > > questions. I use the "RSS Feed Reader" plugin for Chromium > > > > > that Garth recommended a while back. I find it very useful. I > > > > > can easily check for new posts by clicking a small button in > > > > > my browser and I get popup notifications for new posts. Try > > > > > it! > > > > > > > > > > And please look at the worries expressed by one of the > > > > > moderators at StackExchange: > > > > > > > > > > http://meta.scicomp.stackexchange.com/questions/353/thoughts-comment > > > > > > > > > > and think about how we can make a better impression on > > > > > StackExchange. > > > > > > > > Discussion which FEniCS questions are appropriate on scicomp is > > > > still running, but in the case that large portion of them will > > > > need to be redirected elsewhere, it would be worth considering > > > > returning to launchpad with questions, I think. From user point > > > > of view it is now quite complicated algorithm how to dispatch > > > > question. On launchpad it was quite simple and good-working. I > > > > guess it is also more motivating users to search old questions > > > > than mailing-list solution. > > > > > > I agree that we need to move somewhere else if we constantly need > > > to worry that the questions are not suitable. Better with one > > > single forum (for us) where all questions are allowed. > > > > > > I don't think we should return to Launchpad and definitely not a > > > mailing list now that I've seen how good the StackExchange > > > platform is for posting and answering questions - the voting > > > mechanism and the other features are very well thought out. > > > > StackExchange platform is attractive. There is a possibility to > > propose creation of fenics.stackexchange.com. Check > > http://area51.stackexchange.com/faq for details. It would simply > > required great participation of all involved people to prove > > legitimity of its existence. > > Yes, I've actually thought about this option. > > It would be a very good platform for us, we could define our own > labels (installation, boundary conditions, cfd, ufl, python, c++ etc) > and would not need to worry about questions that don't fit it. > > The challenge will be to meet the criteria. They seem to be quite > high. We could probably meet the necessary volume (say 10 new > questions per day), get a good answer rate (say 90%) and such. But I > wonder if we can get the required number of users and superusers.
Consider that there were about 200 users in teams on launchpad. Plus askers which were not on team. > > See here for some data on what's recommended and how well > scicomp.stackexchange does in those categories: > > http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/28815/computational-science > > -- > Anders > _______________________________________________ > fenics mailing list > [email protected] > http://fenicsproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fenics _______________________________________________ fenics mailing list [email protected] http://fenicsproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fenics
