@RoryAlsop - You have been in the SE community a while, how does the Music Practice and Performance beta compare to others that you have been apart of?

@Dom Quite similar at this stage. Better than a couple, in that here we have some guys who really know their stuff (unlike me), but we do seem to attract more than our fair share of folks who don't read the welcome page

@Dom That said, because of the ***ing Heartbleed vulnerability, Security.SE is currently attracting a horde of folks who all think their Heartbleed question is new and unique. 110 questions and counting - all dupes of maybe 5 or 6

Music does have a challenge in that it is so wide/subjective. At least with Security we have quite a strict set of rules. Personal Productivity.SE is a nightmare though - much more difficult than Music: so many people asking entirely offtopic questions like, "how can I make it easier to get out of bed" and "I haven't studied at all, but my exam is next week, what do I do"

:-P

@RoryAlsop do you think since the community has grown since the beginning of the beta and since the subject matter of the site is very broad yet easy to go off topic we should have a discussion about what is on topic and what is off topic?

@Dom I reckon we should have that discussion any time the community wants it :-)

@RoryAlsop I think it's slightly overdue especially since it seems every other week people are strongly debating whether or not a question should be closed.

It is one of those things that is simpler/less confrontational for a non-mod to lead, as we tend to get viewed as forcing our views, but I'm all for facilitating, and helping the views of the majority of active members be supported. (We will always get the odd view that is widely different)

This chat never get lot of people in, huh?

@aldy505 not really.

Although it isn't bad for a beta site

Chat tends to take off after graduation

In saying that, all chats are low at the moment - Easter holidays really hit numbers hard

Oh

Last time, when I check down here, nobody's online.

But, everybody out at the main site.

@aldy505 Chat on most sites (if we exclude the trilogy, the comms room and a couple of the big ones) is a bit asynchronous

I have about 20-odd chats I'm currently in, and only 6 are really active

Some get a couple of folks in most weeks

Some get none!

@Dom Do you want me to raise a meta question on this?

Which question?

@RoryAlsop I'm not sure. I think it needs to be discussed, but I also feel it will do as much harm as good if not worded correctly.

@aldy505 What should be on-topic and off-topic on the site.

You can raise that.

@Dom Which is why it might be better raised by a non-mod - helps us stay out of it and just facilitate, and then once decisions are made, mods just support the results

(we'll get blamed for any disagreements anyway, but at least the definitions of on and off topic are community led) :-)

You can make clear the noobs.

@aldy505 make clear the noobs?

I think I'll post something in the next day or two about it. I don't want to post it without having the time to word it correctly.

I don't really speak english, so..

Make the newbies know what they can ask or you know..

@aldy505 ah, got you. Thanks

There is the set of pages in How to Ask and How to Answer which should help a lot