On the Shoulders of Giants

We have a room!

King Shimkus

First!

Wait, no I wasn't.

9:03 PM

lol, you were first to write a smiley

um silly question - is the private beta starting yet? I have not had an invite

nevermind :) answered my own question!

9:35 PM

Yes I think it has started :-)

indeed... I have written 2 questions

9:48 PM

So excited for this SE!!!

Hi @Omen

Hiya

Nice to see you here too

I'm about to write a meta question to lay out my vision for tagging :D

(and I asked a question about gauge theories)

I've just asked a meta question about tagging - how should we tag peoples' names?

I certainly think we should not tag people's names

As I said, I'll lay out my vision ;)

Actual names are way too specific

You need to keep in mind that a tag should get ~50+ questions usually

Maybe Einstein, or Newton, but even then I'd vote against using a name tag to remain consistent

But if the question is about someone or someone's theory. Okay my Thomas Digges might be a bit obscure, but we've already had Pythagoras and Fermat

9:57 PM

well, done my first answer...

@winwaed Still, I think they should be tagged by (1) field of research (2) more specific topic (if it applies) (3) historical context

perhaps some exceptions for really famous people, but I'm hesitant

I think it is absolutely essential to avoid overly specific tags at all costs

(see bigger SE's to get an idea of what works)

perhaps write a meta post about that

yes

I'm doing it

will be big though

so willl take a while

in the meanwhile I"m retagging

meanwhile I am writing answers and questions

everybody wins ;D

10:05 PM

approved your edit of my light question @Danu

@Omen thanks :)

hmmm 2Q's and 1A... cracks knuckles... falling behind my own schedule...;p

hey @Danu

can you see the irony of an answer to a question about zero having a vote score of zero hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/4/…

!spooky

@Omen so meta

lol

i think I have upvoted everything so far...LOL

Going by the questions, it looks like we have a lot of mathematicians!

Perhaps I should start asking some questions about the early days of the Geological Society (of London) :-)

10:16 PM

I might start asking some atmospheric physics questions....oh...... OH YEAH!!!

go for it!

sorry, getting a bit excited here

Franck Dernoncourt

I'm very glad this SE got finally created, looking forward to reading Q&As!

it is awesome so far

I am writig 2 more questions then I will need a cup of tea

@FranckDernoncourt I'm having a hard time coming up with an easy way to classify your question!

10:22 PM

@omen: the problem is I have to think of the questions. Hopefully be able to come back tomorrow or the day after with a few

I had a cupof tea, it gave me inspiration

boom 3rd question written

10:35 PM

4Q's and 1A.... need a cup of tea and some toast