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At a high level, given the proposed use-cases of canonical FAQs and Wiki categories, this sounds like a somewhat more generic version of SO's documentation feature. What lessons can we learn from t...
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#3: Post edited
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ShowMeBillyJo
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2020-10-06T23:48:52Z (about 4 years ago)
- At a high level, given the proposed use-cases of canonical FAQs and Wiki categories, this sounds like a somewhat more generic version of SO's documentation feature. What lessons can we learn from that experiment, and how can we avoid making similar mistakes?
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- **Edit 6 Oct 2020 @ ~18:40 (UTC-5)**
- Given @Mithrandir24601's points (lightly snipped for brevity)
- > 1. we're putting this functionality in at the start…and 2. … That we're selling ourselves as not just a Q&A site should, I hope, change the expectation of such features
…perhaps it'd be worth exploring the idea of canonical posts as a first-class citizen rather than (essentially) a byproduct of duplicate flags.
- At a high level, given the proposed use-cases of canonical FAQs and Wiki categories, this sounds like a somewhat more generic version of SO's documentation feature. What lessons can we learn from that experiment, and how can we avoid making similar mistakes?
- <hr>
- **Edit 6 Oct 2020 @ ~18:40 (UTC-5)**
- Given @Mithrandir24601's points (lightly snipped for brevity)
- > 1. we're putting this functionality in at the start…and 2. … That we're selling ourselves as not just a Q&A site should, I hope, change the expectation of such features
- …perhaps it'd be worth exploring the idea of evolving the canonical post into a first-class citizen from what's now essentially a byproduct of duplicate flagging.
#2: Post edited
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ShowMeBillyJo
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2020-10-06T23:46:03Z (about 4 years ago)
Propose canonical posts as first-class citizen
At a high level, given the proposed use-cases of canonical FAQs and Wiki categories, this sounds like a somewhat more generic version of SO's documentation feature. What lessons can we learn from that experiment, and how can we avoid making similar mistakes?
- At a high level, given the proposed use-cases of canonical FAQs and Wiki categories, this sounds like a somewhat more generic version of SO's documentation feature. What lessons can we learn from that experiment, and how can we avoid making similar mistakes?
- <hr>
- **Edit 6 Oct 2020 @ ~18:40 (UTC-5)**
- Given @Mithrandir24601's points (lightly snipped for brevity)
- > 1. we're putting this functionality in at the start…and 2. … That we're selling ourselves as not just a Q&A site should, I hope, change the expectation of such features
- …perhaps it'd be worth exploring the idea of canonical posts as a first-class citizen rather than (essentially) a byproduct of duplicate flags.
#1: Initial revision
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ShowMeBillyJo
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2020-10-06T15:00:10Z (about 4 years ago)
At a high level, given the proposed use-cases of canonical FAQs and Wiki categories, this sounds like a somewhat more generic version of SO's documentation feature. What lessons can we learn from that experiment, and how can we avoid making similar mistakes?