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| A Railway Q&A Site awaiting to be launched 28/04/2013 at 15:20 #44124 | |
alvinhochun
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There is a proposal of a railway Q&A site on Stack Exchange. This site is currently still in the "Definition" phase. As it currently states, it still needs:
to move to the next phase. Since I believe this site, if successfully launched, will be a great platform to I believe there will not be a conflict of interest with SimSig, since here we are more focused on the UK signalling simulation program - SimSig. Click the following image to reach the proposal page!  For those unfamiliar with format of Stack Exchange sites, here is a simple description:
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| A Railway Q&A Site awaiting to be launched 28/04/2013 at 15:30 #44125 | |
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clive
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So 10 misled laymen can outvote one expert?
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| A Railway Q&A Site awaiting to be launched 28/04/2013 at 16:13 #44126 | |
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SPADmad
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So does it go on the same sort of principal as sites like 'yahoo answers'?
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| A Railway Q&A Site awaiting to be launched 28/04/2013 at 17:35 #44131 | |
GeoffM
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" said:This site is currently still in the "Definition" phase. As it currently states, it still needs:What kind of timescale is that likely to be - imminent or could take years? " said: So 10 misled laymen can outvote one expert?Such is life on the web! Actually the SO subwebsites do tend to be pretty good with information and corrections, mostly self moderating too (by peers). " said: So does it go on the same sort of principal as sites like 'yahoo answers'?Sort of... but without the juvenile answers. I just hope SO doesn't go the way of Experts-Exchange which went from being mostly unpaid to a paid site and couldn't maintain the userbase. Interestingly it has a "bad" WebRep rating too, though I'm aware those are easily manipulated. SimSig Boss Log in to reply |
| A Railway Q&A Site awaiting to be launched 04/05/2013 at 09:50 #44302 | |
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alvinhochun
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" said:What kind of timescale is that likely to be - imminent or could take years? It could take years if nobody is willing to help. However, I believe there are members on SimSig forum who are enthusiastic in railway stuff and some of them join the proposal to help, which can help speeding up the progress! Also, if some members see this and promote this to other railway-oriented sites/forums, it can help attract more people to join! So I am quite optimistic (hopefully) :) " said: So 10 misled laymen can outvote one expert? Not if more railway experts join the site  Actually, as Geoff pointed out, the community will usually be able to determine which answers are good and which answers are bad. Even if this fails, there will usually be some "experts" with high reputation who will stand out and correct us :) We learn from each other B) Log in to reply |
| A Railway Q&A Site awaiting to be launched 05/05/2013 at 19:10 #44346 | |
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ralphjwchadkirk
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What's the point of a railway Q&A site? Surely the plethora of rail forums out there more than provide an adequate service.
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| A Railway Q&A Site awaiting to be launched 05/05/2013 at 23:47 #44350 | |
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vontrapp
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All the answers are here but it's how one interprets them: http://www.rgsonline.co.uk/default.aspx Adrian Log in to reply The following user said thank you: postal |
| A Railway Q&A Site awaiting to be launched 06/05/2013 at 03:21 #44360 | |
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alvinhochun
249 posts |
" said:What's the point of a railway Q&A site? Surely the plethora of rail forums out there more than provide an adequate service. There are tons of programming discussion forums pm the internet, yet StackOverflow.com is still very successful, mainly due to it operating in a Q&A format. I would say that a railway Q&A site would provide a better opportunity for people to ask questions and get answers. Log in to reply |