Personally I don't mind the dumb questions. I've done enough of them myself but also I have noticed that this also helps develop a new generation (I'm getting old) of users who have the confidence to answer these questions.
I'm for this as it is a way to spread knowledge. What I don't like about stackoverflow is when researching something myself I often see people berated for their question in which the berator could have answered in less time than it took to er... berate them. Also I have had to read all this to find out my question isn't answered. I'm all for quality questions and I'm for not fragmenting the list, but I'm not for having a list that discourages newbies on finding their feet in a forum. I know I have sometimes given a short comment but it's not something I'd mean to do. I think quality answers are the key. There, a reply of length that even Henrik might be proud of ;) Howard > On 25 Feb 2016, at 10:08 pm, Nathan Rusch <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have to agree with Frank as well. I love StackExchange, and keep an eye on > the 'nuke' tag on StackOverflow (among other things), but I don't think the > community would really benefit from being any more fragmented, even if it > would be adding a really nice platform to the mix. People already post the > same questions to both StackOverflow and the Foundry forums on occasion, > which means answering them sometimes turns out to be a waste of time. > > I also have to agree that many people's use of the community resources don't > align with the StackExchange ethos of doing your due diligence before asking > questions. Rather we get the same basic questions repeated (and answered) > over and over again because people can't be bothered to do a little leg work. > > I think it would be great if the existing community forums were migrated to > StackExchange, but I'm not very optimistic about something like that > happening. > > > -Nathan > > > From: Frank Rueter|OHUfx > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 7:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Nuke-users] Nuke Stack Exchange Proposal > > I love StackExchange and it's self monitored nature and set of rules ensure > high quality questions and answers, and an easy way to find the answer to a > question that has already been posed. > People that are too lazy to do their own homework/research and expect spoon > feeding from others instead will have a hard time there, which helps improve > the quality of questions/answers immensely. > StackExchange is far superior to the current forums/mailing lists for sure. > > However, my main concern would be to have another parallel community to the > user list and forum, and thus dilute information flow further (the reason I > refused to have a forum on Nukepedia even though I was badgered plenty of > times to do it). > > Ideally I'd love a stack exchange type of quality in the official forum, but > right now we are already struggling with having a mailing list and forum > parallel to each other, with only the forum being the "official" channel, > which has already caused loss of information along the way. > > So, ironically, I'd recommend posting this on the "official" forum rather > than the mailing list, to see if the Foundry have thoughts on this as well. > It would be awesome to reconcile the community channels into one > StackExchange format. > > Thanks for bringing this up! > > frank > > >> On 25/02/16 12:37 pm, aaron barclay wrote: >> Hey Nuke list, >> >> There is an effort going on to get a Stack Exchange site off the ground for >> Nuke. If you are familiar with Stack Exchange you might agree it is a pretty >> good fit for a home of technical questions (and answers) and could be a >> great resource for nuke in the future to complement those already out there. >> >> Those not familiar may wish to check out some of the other sites in the >> stack exchange network to get a feel for what they are. >> >> Some examples: >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/ >> >> http://video.stackexchange.com/ >> >> http://blender.stackexchange.com/ >> >> http://math.stackexchange.com/ >> >> Read the stack exchange wikipedia: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Exchange >> >> Right now the proposal is in definition stage and needs some people to >> follow the proposal as well as join in shaping questions and voting. The >> whole thing needs an active community to get it going. If you think this >> might be useful jump in and get involved and pass it on! >> >> No one person owns or controls this site, the types of questions and topics >> it covers is up to the community. It can cover all levels, beginner to >> advanced. It is completely open to mould the types of questions that are >> relevant. C++ Ndk? Compositing technique? Python API? Colour questions etc. >> >> Its a cross between reddit, wikipedia and forums. >> >> The FAQ is worth reading because the process is a little confusing. >> >> http://area51.stackexchange.com/faq >> >> The site is not real at the moment, the questions are hypothetical. It is a >> proposal, in definition stage where the questions and votes that are made >> now shape the general direction of the site, and none of the questions >> should actually be answered just yet. However, if enough people think this >> might have value and get involved we can jump to interesting part of >> answering the questions. >> >> And the site is here. >> >> http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/95622/visual-effects-compositing-using-foundry-nuke?referrer=3ZW-oXGJPA-HpP1YR-b4RA2 >> >> Visual effects compositing using the foundry nuke. >> >> Yes, I think the name is terrible as well. Sign up and start a discussion to >> get it changed. >> >> aaron. >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > > -- > > vfx for storytellers > > vfx compositing | workflow customisation & consulting > > W E L L I N G T O N | N E W Z E A L A N D > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users
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