Proposal for a Stack Exchange site for Documentation

Subject: Proposal for a Stack Exchange site for Documentation
From: Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>
To: "mbaker -at- analecta -dot- com" <mbaker -at- analecta -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 06:38:54 -0700

As long as categories are fluid and can be easily segmented so technical
issues, style and grammar issues, production issues, and other types of
issues could be separated and spun off when needed, stack overflow should
be a good exercise.

-Tony

On Sunday, 24 July 2016, <mbaker -at- analecta -dot- com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mbaker -at- analecta -dot- com');>> wrote:

> There has been a proposal made to create a Stack Exchange site for
> Documentation. Considering the impact that Stack Overflow has had on the
> way
> technical information is created and shared, I think every technical writer
> should be aware of how it works, and having out own site seems like the
> perfect way to learn how it works. Not to mention that it could help raise
> the profile of the profession among stack exchange users, which would be no
> bad thing.
> <
> http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/101439/documentation?referrer=GTZ
> J5sVYXPGMTJXchGF6KA2
> <http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/101439/documentation?referrer=GTZJ5sVYXPGMTJXchGF6KA2>
> >
>
> http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/101439/documentation?referrer=GTZJ
> 5sVYXPGMTJXchGF6KA2
> <http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/101439/documentation?referrer=GTZJ5sVYXPGMTJXchGF6KA2>
>
>
>
> Have a look and add your votes and sample questions for the site.
>
>
>
> Mark
>
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Proposal for a Stack Exchange site for Documentation: From: mbaker
Re: Proposal for a Stack Exchange site for Documentation: From: Robert Lauriston

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