+1 to Jonathan Bohren On 16 August 2012 13:51, Jonathan Bohren wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:38 AM, Marcus Liebhardt < > marcus.liebhardt@yujinrobot.com> wrote: > >> The recent notification about a robotics Q&A site on StackExchange made >> me remember an old question on ROS answers: >> http://answers.ros.org/question/12386/is-ros-answer-able-to-join-stackexchange/ >> >> It raises the question about the possibility of moving ROS Answers >> to StackExchange, but unfortunately it didn't get many answers. It is >> mentioned, that "our" site is not compatible with StackExchange and that >> some people are not happy with how things are handled over at StackExchange >> (e.g. user control). >> >> I'm still curious why we actually created our own Q&A site and/or why we >> don't move our site over to StackExchange. >> I see the following benefits in case of migrating: >> * less(no) maintenance work >> > * ROS gets more visible (and thereby attracting more users) >> * convenient for people already using other StackExchange sites, such as >> StackOverflow >> >> If this has already been discussed in the past, please point me to the >> respective information (and/or write a corresponding answer on ROS >> answers). Thank you! >> > > I think having a site that's ROS-specific decreases the noise, and helps > the community support itself more efficiently. I don't think it would be a > good idea to try to merge ROS answers with another support site, especially > one as generic as "robotics". > > -j > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > > -- *Arkapravo Bhaumik* E-mail : arkapravobhaumik@gmail.com Website : www.mobotica.com Twitter : @abhaumik Facebook : arkapravo@facebook.com Skype : arkapravo