Timeline for It annoys me that there's an Apple SE but so many Apple questions on SU
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| Aug 10, 2011 at 14:33 | comment | added | James Mertz | @slhck great diagram! | |
| Aug 10, 2011 at 14:33 | comment | added | James Mertz | It's also important to note that apple computer products have hardware issues which would be on-topic here as well. | |
| Aug 10, 2011 at 8:06 | comment | added | slhck | Yeah, the scripting thing is probably difficult. AppleScript is unique to Apple products, therefore probably better for Ask Different / SU, whereas Shell Scripts are a better fit for SU/SO. Don't take this as the holy grail though, just my opinion :) (Would be interesting to define such a diagram once and for all, would it?) | |
| Aug 9, 2011 at 22:31 | comment | added | bmike | That diagram is Perfect in terms of clarity! I have never seen (probably out of ignorance) anyone even try to diagram it out. I've seen the meta and in-practice closing of scripting / programming questions on Ask Different. Thanks so much for that picture - I'll have to mull that over - the "we don't divide" seems a big negative to me. | |
| Aug 9, 2011 at 20:40 | comment | added | slhck | To answer your question: Yes, all Apple questions are equally valid, except for iPhone/iPod. I created a diagram here, which is a very basic guide. Note that scripting in Shell Script or AppleScript would be acceptable on either site, including Stack Overflow, but I've seen most of AppleScript questions on Super User / Ask Different. | |
| Aug 9, 2011 at 20:17 | comment | added | bmike | Excellent comments - I feel this is "inside baseball" and don't ever want to push a user one way or the other unless it's in their best interest. I've commented on several Apple SE questions to hone and re-ask the question on SU after it went unanswered on Ask Different. Nothing should get moved until there was consensus on some general best practice. I guess I'm confused about the hypothetical. Are all apple questions equally perfect to be asked here or there? What is the venn diagram of intended overlap with respect to Mac OS X questions? | |
| Aug 9, 2011 at 20:07 | comment | added | slhck | Concerning migration of old questions: Good idea, but Ask Different would have to want that, and think about the flood of outdated questions that have been abandoned by the users or the possible duplicates already asked over and over again. | |
| Aug 9, 2011 at 20:06 | comment | added | slhck | Note that we don't divide. If a user happens to post it here, and it's on topic, it will stay here, unless the user specifically asked for migration. The same holds for questions on Ask Different. I think you're seeking there line where there is none (except for iPad/iPhone Q's). We have the "problem" that questions might equally belong to either site, so it's up to the user to decide where to post (as long as the question is covered in the FAQ). I think we've agreed that it's also rude to push people around. | |
| Aug 9, 2011 at 19:39 | history | answered | bmike | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
