Timeline for What can be done to improve the Emacs Development Tools question?
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| Nov 4, 2014 at 16:06 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | @SeanAllred Having many upvotes on an unanswerable question (and hence a question that is undesirable here) is a classic phenomenon. Up and down votes don't help determine whether a question is answerable, which is why there is a completely separate mechanism for that (closure). The number of upvotes (which isn't even that large, actually) demonstrate interest in the question, but history on Stack Overflow and other sites demonstrates plenty of interest in questions that are off-topic, useless (“favorite programmer cartoon”), etc. My constructive advice is to move this to the Emacs wiki. | |
| Nov 4, 2014 at 13:44 | comment | added | Dan Mod | I see both points: I upvoted the question because I think it's a neat idea, but also think the question is probably too broad for this site. @Gilles provided a useful link to a SE blog post on community wikis that was a helpful read on what they're for. I wonder if the question and answer could be migrated over to the Emacs Wiki, but I suspect it might kill it off. | |
| Nov 4, 2014 at 13:18 | comment | added | Sean Allred | I simply don't think this is true. The number of upvotes the question has received stand testament to the community's desire for a resource like this on the site. I'm asking for constructive ideas, not hopeless absolutes. Perhaps the question can be converted to an FAQ for emacs (or general) development, with separate questions / answers for each end you describe. Suggestions like that… | |
| Nov 4, 2014 at 11:17 | history | answered | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |