[chef] Re: Cross-posting questions

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Le 2014-11-21 07:08, Noah Kantrowitz a écrit :

On Nov 20, 2014, at 10:02 PM, Brad Knowles <
 
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On Nov 20, 2014, at 11:45 PM, Noah Kantrowitz < "> > wrote:

Please don't double-ask when you know people are answering you on StackOverflow already.

Hmm. That brings up a good question. IMO, it is reasonable to assume that there would be a lot of overlap between those communities, but I think it is also reasonable to assume that there might be a fair number of people who are in one group or the other but not both. So, what would be the appropriate netiquette be for the case where you do want to tap into both groups, without being excessively annoying with your double-post? Would it be okay to post the question on SO, and then come here and reference that post, but not try to include a lot of details on this list? Or would it be better to post here first, and then reference that post in your question on SO? Inquiring minds want to know! ;-)

I will admit I'm possibly the only person that actively monitors all three of IRC, SO, and the mailing list. My issue is generally with splitting the effort of the community to answer a question. Getting 2x (or 3x) the number of people answering when others are already spending the time and effort to do so is not cool in my book. If you ask on one channel and no one responds then by all means move on to another, but cross-posting when someone is already engaged with helping you is disrespectful of their time IMO.

--Noah

My 2cts, I agree with Noah.

For the path to follow I would vote for SO first and then (if no moves on SO) referencing it here;

Because its easiest to show recipes/code and output on SO than here, I admit I had redirect people from SO to IRC or here because of some generic questions which are off topic for SO... 

Referencing a mail thread on SO sounds bad too me, but it's just a feeling.