The Base Camp

WedaPashi

04:28

Hello Everyone!

WedaPashi

04:50

Hi @Kevin

WedaPashi

06:04

And, being in Asia, I will only have activity here in the second half of the work hours! A plus point I'll say :D

Aravona

06:51

Morning all

Aravona

07:04

We're at a whopping 2.7 for questions now, brilliant. Answer ratio hovering at 2.4 though.

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Paul Paulsen

07:44

wow, thats a nice rise.

good morning everybody

Paul Paulsen

07:54

@WedaPashi I think a collection of pro´s and con´s would be valuable for everyone. Thats why I also voted to reopen. I think its better a question than a chat discussion, at least in the more general and neutral form its now.

Liam

08:05

It's gone up considerably in the last couple of weeks

Anybody see this question

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Q: How can I take duct tape with me backpacking?

I'm going on a backpacking trip later this summer and on the list of things to bring is 3 yards of duct tape. I don't want to bring an entire roll of duct tape because it would be heavy and cumbersome, as well as far too much tape. How can I bring 3 yards of duct tape without it getting stuck to...

It's recieved 1227 hits in about a day for some reason

I think SE tweeted it

I'm tempted to ask a Meta SE question to find out what the policy on this is, where this question, etc.

could help us grow our user base if we understood it

Aravona

Does SE tweet at random?

Liam

(typical programmer, must understand everything)

@Aravona I have no idea

why this question not where

Paul Paulsen

it also got a huge amount of answers. with a nice amount of repeating things. more than half of them is "wrap it around XXX". But this way at least you have something to choose from when voting

Liam

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Q: Why has this question been tweeted?

One of our questions on The Great Outdoors seems to of had a massive(in our terms it's massive in a 24 hour period) surge of hits and has been tweeted by the SE account How can I take duct tape with me backpacking? I'm not complaining (we're all trying to grow our little community right now so...

discussion twitter

Aravona

08:20

It was good that question got a good amount of answers, variants on the same process is never bad either

One thing about the tweeting... when I look through the edita of some posts... including mine... there rabdomly shows up they were tweeted. That's probably why my dog camping question had 1500 hits

Edits*

Liam

Yep, totally agree. I'm just a little confused as to why this question

Aravona

Randomly...* bloody phone keypad is tiny

Liam

So it appears to be based on it reciving a number of hits in a short period of time

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Q: How does the twitter bot work?

I heard that there was a twitter bot which automatically posted questions and asked for questions for specific questions on every site. How do they work? Is there an algorithm for doing this or is it purely random? I know that it doesn't tweet closed questions, but that's it.

support twitter

and it's a BOT so there is no human interaction

Aravona

08:35

Oh interesting

Liam

the weather looks ace this weekend

I'm moving house so I can't go out

:(

Paul Paulsen

I´m going for a hike with my sister

her first one :)

hope she will like it

Liam

Where you going? Anywhere nice

Aravona

I'm meant to be pitching the tent and kayaking this weekend... but its going to be rain and thunderstorms

Never had the unfortunate issue of pitching in the rain... any advice?

Liam

08:50

@Aravona Do it quickly :D

If your tent has a detachable top sheet with it's own poles do this first then put the innner into it

that way you keep the inside dry

If your tent is a bit old school and the inside has the poles and the top sheet attaches to these....do it quickly

:)

Maybe you should ask a question?

Aravona

I might do actually :)

Paul Paulsen

I´m going to a nearby low mountain range, nothing special. Solling is its name.

Liam

@PaulPaulsen Ah solling...The Solling is a range of hills up to 527.8 m above sea level high in the Weser Uplands in the German state of Lower Saxony, whose extreme southerly foothills extend into Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia.

;)

Paul Paulsen

exactly, this one. Never been there, but I hope its worth it.

Liam

09:06

@PaulPaulsen I like that kind of walk. The popular places aren't always the best

Something to be said about getting away from the crowds

Paul Paulsen

Yeah, thats true. At this place sure it will be crowdy along the river, the Weser, with cyclists, but probably not too many hikers.

Aravona

Hmm struggling with wording a suitable title.

Paul Paulsen

Which is a good thing since we´re going to do some not strictly legal camping ;)

Liam

@PaulPaulsen Love a bit of not strickly legal camping

@Aravona Pitching a tent in the rain?

@PaulPaulsen I think these laws are generally in place to stop people abusing the situation. Providing your considerate it's fine. It's illegal to stop 30 people with a stereo turning up building a bonfire and getting drunk

Aravona

Oh yeah... duh... I'm lost in a world of T-SQL as an MySQL user... brain is not working

Paul Paulsen

09:14

Yeah, I am pretty relaxed about it. When I was younger we did it with my scout group all the time. However, getting a little older it kind of gives some tension at times ;)

Aravona

We are so close to 3 questions a day

Liam

@Aravona Whoop whoop

Aravona

@Liam will be pleased when answer ratio gets to an Excellent as well!!

Rory Alsop

09:35

@Aravona I like the tent one. Due to living in Scotland, I have had to pitch (and strike) tents in the rain a lot. I don't know of a 'best' way, but I'll pop up an answer later with things I have learned from doing it.

Aravona

@RoryAlsop that sounds brilliant thank you... and thanks @Liam as well I didn't know that was the reasoning for the tent structure change either!

Paul Paulsen

So, I am off for lunch. See you later!

Aravona

09:51

Lucky... lunch is ages away fir me :(

Rory Alsop

@Aravona time for elevenses :-)

Aravona

@RoryAlsop ... can of coke... cricket is up in a tab to read... I have a scone for lunch... reading project spec documents... it's all good

Liam

10:08

@Aravona Has cook actually manged to score any runs this time?

Aravona

@Liam we are bowling first.. won the toss

Wicket ... 11-1

Liam

10:36

@Aravona Yeah, I could of checked that, but where's the fun

Aravona

@Liam lol true... atm anything is a good distraction from this massive document I'm reading

Liam

@Aravona Our thrid party software provider is writing sh*t code again...distractions may stop me from killing someone

Aravona

@Liam Was it me? My code is usually shit lol! I'm working on someone elses home made mvc and it is a pain. I do not do T-SQL and I am stuck fixing it... it's been about two weeks since I started

Liam

@Aravona MVC's my thing. I'm a C# developer. I doubt it's you code unless your based in romania?

Aravona

@Liam haha nope... and I'm PHP myself :)

Aravona

11:01

Ok so the pitching in the wet is going down very well! Better than my last question :) fab

WedaPashi

11:18

Hi folks!

@PaulPaulsen Thanks mate. Much appreciated..

WedaPashi

11:30

@Liam @Aravona : I didn't know if we had cricket fans over here.. Cheers! I am on india's side!

Aravona

I'm English so go England... but @WedaPashi if India play a better Test then they would deserve a win!

Shame that there is a bit of tit for tat arguing going on outside the pitch :( very silly all round but hopefully won't affect the Test atmosphere!

WedaPashi

@Aravona: referring to yesterday's chats: Thats my pet. She is sleepy beauty!

@Aravona: I always say: Lets the best team win! Anyways I am a huge fan of Ian Bell, and also school-mate of Ajinkya Rahane :D

Aravona

@WedaPashi ... she is a beauty!

WedaPashi

@Aravona: And She says "Thanks" :)

Aravona

@WedaPashi She is welcome! ;) back after lunch!

Liam

11:41

@Aravona I'm welsh...It's the english AND WELSH cricket board..?!:P

@Aravona Boycott was talking about this, this am. Saying how it's all got out of hand

WedaPashi

@Liam: Ahh, you are from Wales. Great! May be fan of Ryan Giggs, living in Liverpool!

@Liam: I am huge fan of Liverpool. Wanna certainly watch a game at the Anfield.

Aravona

@Liam very true ;)

Paul Paulsen

I have to admit: While it was sometimes a little sad to see that little activity on the site, it was also quite convenient. After 2-3 days offline you could easily check what had happened. Now it´s a lot more stressful to stay updated.

WedaPashi

@PaulPaulsen: Changes are myriad!

Liam

11:59

@WedaPashi I am an Evertonian I'm afraid Weda

@PaulPaulsen ha ha

WedaPashi

@Liam: Aww.. Never mind..

Rory Alsop

@Liam I'm Scottish...but I am a member of our local cricket club (mainly because it is just over 40 metres from my front door, and has exceedingly cheap bar prices)

but I'm more a fan of sports that involve sails or engines, than anything involving kicking or hitting a ball

WedaPashi

@RoryAlsop: Motorsports did you mean?

Rory Alsop

@WedaPashi Yep. Rallying, karting, racing anything on a track; or anything in the sea. Or even on snow, to be honest

Liam

@RoryAlsop I am officially the worlds worst footballer

Like it's embarrassing to watch :D

Rory Alsop

12:03

@Liam heh. I actually enjoy playing 5 a side, but I don't enjoy watching other people playing football at all.

Aravona

@WedaPashi in regards to tge dark / light clothing thing my knowledge is mostly experience a d my PLE

Rory Alsop

In fact, in my family, only my middle daughter likes football - and she is very passionate about watching and playing it

Liam

I used to have a season ticket at goodison, but it took up too much of my time

and got more expensive every year

WedaPashi

@Aravona: Okay. I have never seen a case of PLE. Upvoted your comment there.

@RoryAlsop: Obviously, Most of the people would love playing than watching, apart from Wrestling and Boxing.

Off to a meeting.. Catch you later!

Aravona

@WedaPashi it effects 10-15% of people... I will post a link later

WedaPashi

12:10

@Aravona: I'll be glad.

Paul Paulsen

I don´t like watching sports that much. Had a great time during the football worldcup where everything in germany was about football... Hate times like this.

whats PLE?

Aravona

@WedaPashi @PaulPaulsen nhs.uk/conditions/polymorphic-light-eruption/Pages/…

@PaulPaulsen it's an immune reaction to the sun. I get a rash mostly on my hands / arms and sometimes thighs if I'm in shorts, where my body has had an immune response to the sun (I get it where it looks like: nhs.uk/conditions/erythema-multiforme/Pages/Introduction.aspx) it's disappears for me quite quickly but can alst 2-3 days if I'm exposed to UV a lot...

For the cricket fans we are 73-2

Paul Paulsen

@Aravona Ah thanks. My mum has this in a light form.

Aravona

@PaulPaulsen oh really? Very interesting. They assumed I had prickly heat but I have no issue with sweating which is a common issue with PH. Talked to a nurse about PLE and she said I had that... it's common in women apparently

Liam

12:27

@Aravona Is it this weekend your doing your walk?

Aravona

12:42

@Liam nope, 16th August. This weekend is our prep the tents weekend (basically the only time we are all free to do it)

Paul Paulsen

12:54

@Aravona You have a tent where your car fits in? With how many people do you use it?

Aravona

@PaulPaulsen two! But it's for car camping... one week in one location... I am suprised no one googled the tent lol

This time there will be four people. It's a four man tent. But it's tall enough to stand up in with space.

Good mixed advice. Consodering UK campsites are basically bare fields (especailly down south) it's a shame we can't use the tarp option.

Paul Paulsen

impressive.

Aravona

We like it. Makes car camping very easy. We want a Vango Halo 300 as well and that is tiny in comparison. Lightweight too

87-3 on the cricket

Paul Paulsen

Is it normal in cricket that the results are so high and differ that much?

Liam

@PaulPaulsen ha ha, thats one score! It's 87 runs for 3 wickets!

Remeber this is a game that takes 5 days to play

Thats only the first days score from india

england haven't even batted yet

Aravona

13:09

Yes. The larger number is runs... the smaller is outs... so India has gained 87 runs and we have knocked three of their team out of play

Liam

A good test side will score 300 odd runs in an innings so thats 600 a match

Aravona

Yup. Test cricket is brilliantly long compared to a Sunday match at a local club :)

Liam

@Aravona I quite like listening to the cricket while I work

It's so irrelevant

Paul Paulsen

wow. seems like a lot of running.
thats something nice about a community that international - you learn a lot about all the things off-topic as well.

Is it called "test" because these are test matches before the actual cups and competitions?

Aravona

Lol yeah @Liam I find defocusing a bit actually helps me work... I dont have a zone...

Liam

13:14

@PaulPaulsen No, teams play tests all year. A test is typically 5 matches over 5days for one test

so you'll only play a couple of tests a year

sometimes you'll go to (say aus) sometimes the match will be played here

The tournaments (world cup, etc.) are typically not test matches

they're one day (shorter) games

It's complicated

very british

Aravona

Is it really so weird I have such a big tent btw...? I feel like it's odd now!

Liam

@PaulPaulsen news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/rules_and_equipment/…

Sorry wtrong person

Paul Paulsen

interesting, thanks.

Aravona

lol np.

2.6 now on questions :(

Liam

@Aravona TBH, I think the fact that there are people on the site and using the chat room for the first time is very, very positive.

I remember being really excited when I noticed this SE

but I got disillusioned because it wasn't as busy as SO

But I still enjoy answering and asking questions

it's something I'm very passionate about

@Aravona You listening to Tes match special? I love blowfelt

Aravona

13:26

Lol @Liam reading not listening... and yeah I just was so pleased to see 2.8 today lol I love this site and I use it the most out of all the SO sites. Is there a cap to SO Betas?

Liam

They've just had a discussion on one of the bowlers hair colour, is it ginger or blonde. That's the kind of thing that could only happen during a cricket match

WedaPashi

What a spell Anderson has bowled so far! Sheer Class!!!

@Aravona: Thanks for the link

109 for 3!

Aravona

Ok so one problem I'm going to face picking and answer for the pitch in the wet question is so far all the answers are good.... I will have to just pick one that matches my personal situation best...

Rory Alsop

@Aravona definitely not. I currently have a 12 man tent as my main family one, but also a 6 (which we use when guaranteed good weather, for one or two nights), and a 4 and a 2 (we use together - 2 kids in the small one, us + our youngest in the bigger one)

The 12 is good as it has a living room, kitchen, 2 sleeping wings, a porch and a garage area to park the car in :-)

so it works for car camping

WedaPashi

@Aravona: The one by @Liam makes sense to me!

This answer by @Vorac really isn't bad either. Definitely deserves more upvotes. outdoors.stackexchange.com/a/4824/2303

Liam

13:43

@Aravona This is a pecularity of outdoors.SE I think. There are often several, very relevant answers all of which contribute

Not sure what the answer is

Aravona

@RoryAlsop good to know! I love out big one... I've a habit of calling it Sandringham Hall... 'oh yes we are spending a week at Sandringham Hall...' no one knows its just a Eurohike Sandringham tent haha

Liam

Which one do you find most useful?

@Aravona ha ha, I did chuckle at the name a little

Wicket...

Doni didn't get the best reception coming on

Aravona

To be honest they are all good... for different situations... I wouldn't be able to use a tarp... so in this case I would go for the most general advice.

WedaPashi

We are down to 4

@RoryAlsop : A 12 man is too big to carry when you are not car camping

Liam

My girlfriends always complaining that my tent is too small. It's how I like to travel though.

Paul Paulsen

13:51

@Aravona I don´t think you have to feel bad for a big tent.

WedaPashi

@Liam: I too love to pack light

Paul Paulsen

I never went car-camping (don´t have a car, don´t have a license) so I wouldn´t be able to use a tent this big.

Liam

@PaulPaulsen nope, Totally. It's preference

Paul Paulsen

Also, I kind of like using very basic equipment.

In my scout group, of course we had really big tents, but the were for up to 30 or 40 persons and came in a lot of separable parts, so everyone could carry his bit.

WedaPashi

I never went car-camping (don´t have a car, don´t have a license) so I wouldn´t be able to use a tent this

Aravona

13:53

I think we would end up with several tent sizes for different occasions

WedaPashi

Ahh, re-usability!

Aravona

We did Eurocamp this year... they have are big tents.

Liam

I love this approach

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A: Pitching a tent in the rain?

There are all kinds of people who put up the fly first, then crouch under it putting up the inside. It's generally a very unpleasant experience from all I have heard, what with the crouching, crawling, and being rained on at least while getting the fly up. I handle it completely differently, beca...

Just hang a tarp and pitch a hammock

lovely

115-4

Aravona

@Liam good when not in a field ;) I wa impressed by that answer and the images provided

Rory Alsop

@WedaPashi My 6 man can fit in a rucksack along with food, clothes and first aid kit

WedaPashi

14:00

@RoryAlsop: Yeah it should. But 12 is tough

Rory Alsop

@WedaPashi yup - it needs two people to carry it. Very light for its size, but for anything more than about 4 or 5 miles it isn't worth it

Aravona

@RoryAlsop our 4 man is several KG lol... hence wanting a light weight 3 man

Liam

I once saw this awesome tent, I had total tent envy. It was like a big wigwam with a fire pit in the middle when the sun went down they all went inside opened this hole in the middle and lit a fire in the middle of the tent

:O

Aravona

Oh wow...! Thats awesome @Liam

Liam

I think this is how traditional wig wams works.

Paul Paulsen

14:13

we used yurts with the scouts, where we would also light fires and cook inside

Liam

Is wig wam the right word, or is that one of them made up John wayne film words

tipi?

It was one of these I think

tauntonleisure.com/tentipi-safir-9-cp/p5938

WedaPashi

@RoryAlsop: Absolutely agreed!

Liam

Anyone got £2000 spare...

Aravona

123 - 5 ...

WedaPashi

Aww Bad.. we are 5 down :(

Liam

14:16

@Aravona Missed that

@Aravona doni for one too

Aravona

@WedaPashi it's due to rsin this weekend too

Liam

Jadeja getting booed too

Paul Paulsen

These are the ones i was talking about: http://www.kohten.com/pics/kohten-jurten/grossjurtendach.jpg
And for hiking we would use smaller ones for about 4-7 persons, called "Kothe":
http://www.kohten.com/pics/554/kohte52.jpg?wb_8312_session_id=8a242fcbcdbe3e4980e50bf720dd6e48

Liam

@PaulPaulsen Cool

@Aravona Your question has been very popular

It's a good question

Paul Paulsen

@Liam they are great, especially for groups, but quite heavy and are only water-repellent, not -proof

but when you´re young (or romantic), you don´t mind :)

Liam

14:23

It's turning into a total batting collapse

WedaPashi

@Liam: I don't think so, these are due to poor shot selection of batsmen

@Aravona: Yeah, its a good question. Just a few hours since it is posted and look at the number of views it has got!

Aravona

Ok so I've up voted every answer but chose one based on the fact he also mentioned clothing and tools... I just wish I could have chose everyones answer!

WedaPashi

@Aravona: hehe

Paul Paulsen

@Aravona wow, that are really a lot of answers. Congrats!

Aravona

(plus a bit of support for a new guy)

WedaPashi

14:33

@Aravona: (plus a bit of support for a new guy) ? Didn't get this

53.2 overs and just a single no-ball. Nice bowling by Englishmen. :)

Thats pretty rare

Aravona

134 - 6

@WedaPashi I meant I also chose an answer ftom a new user :)

WedaPashi

Ahh, Okay

@Aravona: Good!

Aravona

Hopefully he will feel encouraged

WedaPashi

He should. We are doing good with questions/day ratio :)

Liam

@Aravona I think this one was my favourite

3

A: Pitching a tent in the rain?

Assuming you don't have an outer first tent pitching in the rain comes down to planning and practice. It is actually possible to stay fairly dry if you're organised. There is no sure fire method but there are a few tricks which can help you keep the inner dry. Don't wrap the tent poles up insi...

Not to disuade you obvs

Aravona

14:46

@Liam, for the answer or the pub remark ;) ?

Liam

@Aravona bit of both

Aravona

@Liam haha... like I said they were all great answers. The one I chose also was location specific to my post which was more helpful for me. As I said if I could accept them all I would!

WedaPashi

@RoryAlsop: I am in a bit of confusion here. I usually flag comments that are not suited. The one by @PaulPaulsen was a welcoming and appreciating comment addressed to the new user who has given a good answer. Shall we keep them there or should they be flagged the way I just did. No offence @PaulPaulsen.

Aravona

Wow that question had 500 views and as far asI can tell wasn't tweeted...

WedaPashi

@Aravona: and @Liam: I am in a bit of confusion here. I usually flag comments that are not suited. The one by @PaulPaulsen was a welcoming and appreciating comment addressed to the new user who has given a good answer. Shall we keep them there or should they be flagged the way I just did. No offence @PaulPaulsen.

@Aravona: 500 views in 5 hours. great!

Paul Paulsen

14:51

I thought it would be good practice to welcome new users. I can quit that, if you think it´s unsuited

WedaPashi

@Aravona: I felt the same when I asked this one here: outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/4346/…

Rory Alsop

@WedaPashi If it is the odd one, I'd let it slide. We are still a beta, so welcoming new folks is probably good. On bigger sites "chatty" is often used when you get lots of comments

WedaPashi

@PaulPaulsen: No, mate. You dont have to quit the habit

@RoryAlsop: Sounds like a good way to handle this. I'll take that in mind before I flag. I hope its perfectly Okay that I asked to clarify this a bit.

Aravona

@WedaPashi clarification is always good!

Plus this chat is not just of on and off topic things, but meta type discussion as well

WedaPashi

@Aravona: Here you go, accepted an answer and an upvote! :)

Aravona

14:56

@WedaPashi thank you! I've gained 87 rep today ...! Mental!

Rory Alsop

@WedaPashi of course. Based on the only one of the sites I mod that has graduated so far, this phase is essential - be welcoming, set scope firmly, but be prepared to move as the community requires, let minor transgressions go with just a word, etc. Once we graduate, there are some changes to a slightly stricter set of practices (due to traffic etc) but at that stage the community gets to vote mods in, rather than just us pro tems

@Aravona That's how it works! If a question gets onto any popular list, it can launch. This includes the hot questions list here on SE, but also reddit, topical sites (eg any outdoors forum) etc

WedaPashi

Yayy.. I crossed 2.5 K!

Liam

@RoryAlsop sounds like a plan

Rory Alsop

@WedaPashi yay!

Aravona

TGO is alive and kicking

140 - 6

WedaPashi

15:00

@RoryAlsop: Sounds like a plan. Nice way to go about it.

Liam

There's bird in the false roof of my office

and haliarity enuses

Rory Alsop

@Liam it does when you spell it like that, anyway!

WedaPashi

@Liam: Open your windows, let it out!

Liam

@WedaPashi It's in the roof!

@RoryAlsop Lolz

Rory Alsop

@Liam Open your roof!

WedaPashi

15:02

It has just started raining here in this part of india, and we had a Viper coiled in out store room a couple of days back. People went nuts!

@Liam: Aww.. @RoryAlsop: LOL @ Open your roof!

Rory Alsop

@WedaPashi I was very pleased at the lack of panic my kids had in the river in Spain last week when 3 water snakes swam past them. My youngest did curl her toes away from them, but remembered there are no venomous snakes in that region.

Liam

Snakes are people too

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@RoryAlsop I'm just arranging to come up your way. We do it every year, watch the rugby in Edinburgh

Last year was fun ;)

WedaPashi

@RoryAlsop: Bravo! I believe thats the way it should be. They are a vital part of ecological system and we as human have no rights to kill them on the go. They indeed are a beautiful species!

@RoryAlsop: How old are you btw?

Rory Alsop

@Liam good plan! Murrayfield?

Paul Paulsen

@Liam: I like that :) We stumbled upon a hell otter in sweden two years ago. Was rolled in and sleeping deeply. You could really see it giving a jerk when we startled it

Rory Alsop

15:09

@WedaPashi early forties...

Aravona

@WedaPashi a snake? cool! I saw a grass snake out in my local forest last year... it was tiny! Also saw a young buck holding his patch of ground in the forest - he only had little antlers bless him - wouldn't leave, we got about 20ft from him!

WedaPashi

@Aravona: Thats the right thing to do.

Aravona

It was funny... my other half said it was a tree stump, to which I replied... 'Tree Stumps Don't Move!'

WedaPashi

@Aravona: Haha.. That is what happens most of the time. Few of them have such a great camouflage that you don't really notice till you get too close.

@Aravona: That is probably the reason behind my first snake bite. I didn't see it, it didn't miss!

Aravona

Oh you know yesterday I saidrwe have a lot of Karrimor gear? ... add walking poles and mats to that list... goodness

Liam

15:14

@RoryAlsop Yeah, Last year was hilarious. (the match was in in Cadiff but we went to edinburgh anyway) Walked into a bar and got told that if scotland win we get a free drink (all wearing wales shirts) 10 mins in scotlands best player gets sent off, we all returned our free drink vouchers to the manager...he was not amused

Aravona

@WedaPashi this snake was probably thinner and not much longer than a pencil

@Liam @WedaPashi 149-7

Paul Paulsen

One last cricket question, before I am off for today

WedaPashi

@Aravona: My schoolmate is still batting! #Glad!

Paul Paulsen

you want the first number to be high and the second low, right?

WedaPashi

@PaulPaulsen: You got it!

@PaulPaulsen: The second can't get into double digits for that inning. The first can (shaluld) go 3 figures.

@Aravona: There are species which are that small. Check this out: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echis This buddy is known for bad in india

Rory Alsop

15:19

@Liam hahahaha. Well, in Edinburgh we always assume Scotland will lose but plan to party anyway. When we win the whole city goes mental.

WedaPashi

(shaluld) >>> *should

Paul Paulsen

@WedaPashi Okay, thanks for the explanation

I am off, have a nice weekend!

Liam

@PaulPaulsen enjoy!

WedaPashi

@PaulPaulsen: Wish you the same. Enjoy!

Aravona

@PaulPaulsen have a good weekend!

Paul Paulsen

15:24

thanks, and bye!

Aravona

@Liam in regards to the event idea ... the idea of possibly putting a rep bonus to the best question would be cool, but is it feasible within the scope of what SE can do?

Liam

@Aravona You can award bounties?

For example

5

Q: Selecting a hammer drill for bolting climbs

Setting up a (sport) climb, requires a good cordless hammer drill (SDS shank compatible). Besides the price-tag, things to consider, for selecting such a tool, are its weight, its shape and the handling experience. Besides these, which make life easier while hanging on the wall, Which are the i...

equipment climbing

This comes out of someone's rep

Aravona

@Liam I know but that sort of defies the ppint of it being an event with a prize in my mind

Plus doesn't reward the question just the answer

Liam

@Aravona I'm not 100% sure. Our moderator (@RoryAlsop) will likely be able to answer better than me

@Aravona ah right, I get ya

Rory Alsop

We do do events. Let me grab a couple of links for you. Security had one for graduating (I think, or maybe 1st anniversary of graduation)

this one was proposed competition stuff

oops - here is the official post:

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Q: Official Security Stack Exchange Anniversary Competition

As Security Stack Exchange has just passed its 1st anniversary of graduation, we are going to follow in the tradition of other sites and run a competition. With prizes! Cool ones! Obviously in order to deserve these prizes you'll need to put in some effort, but I know you will rise to the chall...

discussion competition

Aravona

15:40

@RoryAlsop ooh that looks interesting!

Rory Alsop

@Aravona the prizes were very cool

The Arqade has had two so far, I think

I think I only won one prize, but it was the Corsair USB key - incidentally the one I even take on sailing holidays, as it is 100% waterproof and it floats

maybe I got the USB key separately - looks like I won the t-shirt... hmmm, can't remember

Liam

@RoryAlsop where do the prizes come from?

Rory Alsop

@Liam Stack Exchange

Liam

@RoryAlsop How do we get them involved or is it down to them?

Rory Alsop

We basically had a fair amount of chat between the mods and SE, we came up with proposed prizes and a basic scoring system, then SE let us know which prizes they could support and confirmed they could measure the metrics we defined (which meant they had to change them slightly)

Liam

15:44

this has been mentioned a couple of times now

I think it's a good idea. I also think we've gained a little traction the last week or so and it'd be good to keep that traction moving forward

An "end of summer" event could be good. We are an outdoors site?

I suppose summer is relative though...?

Aravona

Agreed. Sounds like a good plan :)

Liam

the USB would be perfect for outdoor web site

(as a prize if you see what I mean)

Rory Alsop

@Liam For things like 1st anniversary of graduation it was an easy sell - I think they are almost official. Before that it is a bit trickier - although it appears to be standard practice to provide some swag for the top 1 or two pages of users on graduation.

WedaPashi

Ok then, Its 9.30 pm here. End of Day! Gonna cycle down a good 10 mile distance to home! See ya tomorrow! God Bless! Good Night!

Rory Alsop

Step one though - let me ask in the Teacher's Lounge

Liam

15:50

@RoryAlsop Well that's fine 24th Jan

@RoryAlsop yep...see how we go

Rory Alsop

@Liam we haven't graduated yet...

Liam

@RoryAlsop So it's post graduation?

I'm tempted to award some bounties based on best answer to a good question. Spread a bit of love about

It's only magic unicorn points...

Bit unofficial but it'd be quick an easy to do

@WedaPashi See ya weda

Aravona

Right all... time for me to scoot. Cya tomorrow

Rory Alsop

@Liam yes - but I'll still ask

Liam

@Aravona Word up

Rory Alsop

16:07

Okay - so. Timeline:

Pitching in with some bounties - always good. As long as we set criteria for what deserves bounties. Even better if a few high rep folks pitch in

Competitions - if we can get a lot of interest, and can pull together a good overview of what the competition should be and possible prizes, then SE may be able to do something. The focus is on raising activity/quality/membership etc - so working out how to do this and reward it can be appropriate.

At the end of the day it has to be a value add for SE, but in principle we have a yes, pending details

It gets simpler after graduation, as then there is a design etc, but at this stage, there are a few options

If you have a read of not only that security competition page, but also others like the Arquade competitions, you'll see what sort of measurements can be made

But remember, the focus should not be on the swag - but what will make a positive benefit to the site

Liam

@RoryAlsop sounds like a plan

@RoryAlsop Meta question? or something we should discuss here?

Rory Alsop

I'm away to meet t'wife for dinner - but will look at how we take this forwards later on. A lot of the initial activity will be in here, need to ensure all the mods are on board to support, then meta q

the more community members on board, the better too

Liam

16:23

@RoryAlsop sound, enjoy dinner

EverythingRightPlace

16:56

@Liam This question was a Hot Network Question: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11602/what-formula-should-be-used-to-determine-hot-questions

So there were e.g. a lot of hits at the beginning and it was declared as a HNQ which made people look at the question and answer for the first time and so on. Those questions are pretty nice to attract people and traffic for us. I was also surprised when I got so many upvotes here, because it was also a HNQ...http://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/5695/what-is-the-point-of-hiking-boots-versus-any-comfortable-walking-shoes/5696#5696

EverythingRightPlace

19:39

Recently lots of fishing questions. Already at 2.9 Q/day :)

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