Conversation started Jul 14, 2016 at 5:08.
Pandya
Pandya
Jul 14, 2016 05:08
I've recently found askubuntu.com/q/798071 at hot network questions and @terdon 's excellent answer. [I have been finding since a long such questions on AU] I think that our community (unix.se) is missing such questions from Ubuntu Users because of AU welcomes such questions. But I think AU help-center should encourage such questions to be posted at U&L (strictly speaking such questions are not Ubuntu specific!!).
So, What can we do to encourage people to use and contribute to U&L for such questions?
@terdon you're now moderating both communities, so you can understand better what I want to say
@terdon Should I discuss this matter on Meta of U&L or AU?
 
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cas
cas
Jul 14, 2016 07:07
@Pandya we get lots of questions like that
 
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terdon
terdon
Jul 14, 2016 09:59
Yeah, @Pandya, I don't really see what you're asking. We get many, many such questions have a look at the text-processing tag.
 
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Pandya
Pandya
Jul 14, 2016 12:43
@terdon I know that we get many such questions. But many questions that U & L deserve but AU get.
...(Not all but ) Many are of (from AU popular tags) command-line, scripts, etc.
terdon
terdon
Jul 14, 2016 13:01
@Pandya I don't understand what you're suggesting.
Pandya
Pandya
@terdon I mean there are many questions that AU get but that are not Ubuntu Specific and our community deserve such questions. You can check questions that are tagged command-line and scripts on AU
terdon
terdon
@Pandya All of those are on topic on AU.
Just like all of ubuntu are on topic here.
There are also loads of text manipulation questions on Super User, Stack Overflow, maybe even Ask Different.
Pandya
Pandya
I want to say that many of that questions are more suitable on U & L than AU :p
terdon
terdon
Why do we "deserve" them more?
Pandya
Pandya
@terdon Because it is worthy for U & L and more suitable on U & L
Pandya
Pandya
Jul 14, 2016 13:18
The reason why AU get those is because Ubuntu Users use AU and may be unaware of U & L!
check my some old questions. You'll find most of them more suitable on U & L but I posted on AU because (I was Ubuntu user and) I was not active on U & L that time.
@terdon ^^
terdon
terdon
I don't agree that they're more suitable for one or the other @Pandya. AU and UL have overlapping scopes. There are things that are on topic on AU and not on U&L and vice versa, but these questions are equally on topic on both sites.
It is up to the OP to choose where to post them.
Pandya
Pandya
I just discussed it because I realized that our community is missing traffic of such questions.
terdon
terdon
We still get many more such questions than AU
And we can't do anything about it. Consider that Stack Overflow has 70383 bash questions.
Pandya
Pandya
Users should be encouraged to post shell scripting on U & L (from on-topic you'll find shell scripting nicely mentioned)
I think we should post something like "When to use U & L instead of AU"
Thanks
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Conversation ended Jul 14, 2016 at 13:34.