[ros-users] answers.ros.org is the hell

[Claudio Carbone]

Ever since I joined the ROS community I've felt Answers to be pretty 
unsuitable for the work.
I guess it all comes down to expectations and overview (which WG has 
much wider than mine).

I can't stop thinking that a forum would be a lot better though: you can 
have subforums tailored to the specific argument (eg: building which 
would cover build systems and package/stack structures; transformations 
which would cover urdf models, joints, publishers; Communications which 
would cover the ROS API, topics, services, etc...), tags  wouldn't go 
away as modern forums have them too, you can moderate a lot more 
effectively, people can cluster into the subforum they feel more at home 
with (maybe I'm an expert on building, or cameras), and searching would 
be a lot more useful as people would be naturally inclined to phrase 
their topic title according to the subforum argument.

It probably would be some more work to maintain, but I can see a lot 
more use in such a platform.

Noob question now: what does "make this page a wiki" really means?
What happens to /wikied/ questions?

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