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Yvette Colomb

12:00

@mfloren @Seanny123 @RobinKramer @Chris @ArnonWeinberg this is a good query to find answers without questions. cogsci.stackexchange.com/…

I'm going to go to the least voted post

I'm also casting delete votes on the closed questions that have no answers and have been closed for a while

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Josh

14:20

@StevenJeuris et al, I'm really sorry, I had a personal situation come up yesterday and was unable to attend. I'm reading through the transcript now and will post comments

@YvetteColomb thanks, I'm glad you think that's a good example. I will note that I posted that question as somewhat of a "seed" question early on, designed to help bootstrap the site. (It was a legitimate question, but also something I crafted specifically from a source I thought might attract Google questions, I.E. Dr. Eric Kandel speaking on the Charlie Rose Brain Series)

Yvette Colomb

@Josh yw, and yes, I understand why the questions are there. Private and early beta

Josh

Also, while I was a mod on the site, I'm not a professional, just very interested in the topic

Yvette Colomb

Are you the same Josh who used to be mod

Josh

I am, yes

Yvette Colomb

we used to be friends :)

Josh

14:26

I remember :) How are you?

Yvette Colomb

I'm well - mentally well thank you :)

much better

how are you?

Josh

@mfloren to your point, in the case of that question I knew there was a name, because Dr. Kandel was talking about it, and he just failed to mention the name before changing topics. But you make a good point, "Is there a name for x?" questions can be a slippery slope

@YvetteColomb glad to hear it. I'm doing OK thanks, the past 3+ years have been crazy for me!

Yvette Colomb

@Josh well I'm sorry to hear that, I knew you had some things going on

Josh

Ah, it's all good. New job, new house, etc. Things keeping me very, very busy!

Yvette Colomb

ah cool

Josh

14:36

@ArnonWeinberg I agree with this point, and that's part of why I personally have wanted this to be an all-incluside site. The other wise of this, that I saw as a mod, is that being popular attracts pseudo-science which is definitely a red flag for experts

That's why I think the Incubation question is good -- it's based on a real phenomenon, it's asking for more information so further research can be done on that phenomenon, it's popular, and it's a hobbyist/non-expert question which attracts visitors, but has an expert answer

@StevenJeuris to this point, you and I spoke a number of times about ways to attract that audience. Being all-includisive didn't seem to do it, but if we get more closed, we need to look at ways to advertise the site to experts. Outside programmers, very few people seem to know about Stack Exchange (though that's growing)

Flyers in universities, advertisements to TAs and undergrads, etc might help. If we could get a few professors onboard that might rally help. This is an area I can't help with at all, not being in the field

@mfloren Agreed -- Any question across the stack exchange network that can be answered by a LMGTFY link should probably be closed, they don't add value. A good Stack Exchange question becomes the top result in Google, not the other way around.

@Chris The more time I spent as a mod, the less I got concerned with the fact that we're still in beta. Despite my initial panic that many betas were shut down, it also seems like many betas just stay beta for a long time; CogSci is one of them

I have a meeting for work, so I will finish reading/responding to the transcript later

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Robin Kramer

15:57

I've summarized the meeting. If people have any additions or changes, feel free to make an edit :)

mfloren

16:19

@YvetteColomb Thank you! :) Definitely be using it! I do the same.

Yvette Colomb

@mfloren cool :)

@RobinKramer can I be lazy and ask for a link please :)

mfloren

@RobinKramer Thank you!

@YvetteColomb I think it is here: cogsci.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2195/…

Robin responds to the question with summaries of our discussion (I think)

Yvette Colomb

@mfloren thank you :)

mfloren

:) Of course!

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Meta Cognition

18:36

Q: Question on hold for a different reason to the reason I gave

This is in relation to How does this Anamorphic illusion work? I noticed there were several votes to close for an "unclear question" and when I voted, I voted to migrate to PhysicsSE. However when I submitted my close vote, it attached my name to "unclear question" and not that it is a better f...

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Bio Neuroscience Questions

20:24

Q: What ions are used by neurons?

I'm familiar with several cations that the brain uses in ion channel condutions: potassium ($\mathrm{K}^+$), sodium ($\mathrm{Na}^+$), calcium ($\mathrm{Ca}^{++}$), and protons ($\mathrm{H}^+$). In my intro neurologoy class the only anion they mentioned was chlorine ($\mathrm{Cl}^-$). Do magnesiu...

neuroscience action-potential

Seanny123

Flyers in universities is something I haven't considered before. I wonder if StackExchange would help me cover the printing costs...

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Meta Cognition

21:56

Q: Advertising in meat-space: posters on campuses

Riffing on my previous efforts to make a t-shirt and the need to attract more users, would it be possible for StackExchange to fund a poster run across various campuses? List of possible campuses (edit as needed): Wilfred Laurier: Seanny123 University of Waterloo: Seanny123 University of Ottaw...