Re: Missing perlmonks

If you have questions in other languages, have you tried Stack Overflow? The Monastery it ain't. But it is a lot better than most forums out there.

On Perlmonks, I have long maintained that having a good focus helps maintain the culture we have. For that reason I wouldn't want to make this Everymonks. And I say this even though I've encountered situations where I want to know about something that I have nowhere good to ask and missed the Monastery as well...

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Re^2: Missing perlmonks by jvector (Friar) on Apr 04, 2009 at 21:49 UTC
On Perlmonks, I have long maintained that having a good focus helps maintain the culture we have. Amen to that. Best signal to noise ratio I have found in a site. And I say this even though I've encountered situations where I want to know about something that I have nowhere good to ask and missed the Monastery as well... I hang out on a local LUG (Linux User Group). It's a friendly place. And people aren't afraid to put posts like `"[OT]WinXXX blah issue: whatever: Sorry for the OT post but I know there are some very knowledgeable people here..."` - and nobody minds. But if that were to happen it would alter the experience of PM. This signature two errors.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Missing perlmonks by Gavin (Archbishop) on Apr 05, 2009 at 09:56 UTC
"But if that were to happen it would alter the experience of PM." Why should the experience on your local Linux User Group be any different to PM? It has been suggested before that one method of maintaining seemly behaviour would be to limit access to the OT node to users who were logged in. Perhaps we need a Poll.	[reply]
Re^2: Missing perlmonks by Gavin (Archbishop) on Apr 04, 2009 at 17:24 UTC
Why would one want to go elsewhere and post when the font of knowledge is at hand, if one was only allowed to ask. Like BrowserUk has already pointed out there is the CB albeit with restrictions, and given that you know that a specific Monk has the desired knowledge there is the Private Message method. But I like the idea of an 'Off Topic node' where a question would be open to others suggestions I do hope others feel the same and this Off topic Node becomes a reality.	[reply]
Re^2: Missing perlmonks by SilasTheMonk (Chaplain) on May 06, 2009 at 20:51 UTC
I was quite liking stackoverflow. However I made the mistake of asking a "configuration" question and got told it was not a "programming" question.	[reply]