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I was thinking about meaningful content that can be migrated (+ improved) from Stack Overflow. These categories pop into my mind: closed questions: we know Stack Overflow is very picky when it co...
#2: Post edited
by
Alexei
·
2020-09-09T09:55:16Z (over 4 years ago)
- I was thinking about meaningful content that can be migrated (+ improved) from Stack Overflow. These categories pop into my mind:
- - closed questions: we know Stack Overflow is very picky when it comes to some matters ("primarily opinion based") and some questions are easily closed despite being very useful (lots of views, upvotes and great answers). Examples I have already migrated with an updated answer are [How to upgrade a recent (>= 8) Angular CLI?](https://software.codidact.com/questions/277436#answer-277437) and [Is it recommended for ASP.NET Web API actions to always include a CancellationToken?](https://software.codidact.com/questions/277946).
- questions with great, but almost invisible "late" answers: SO acknowledges the value of late answers (Necromancer badge), but in practice they are rarely visible and folks will often use the most upvoted answer which is not always the best / up to date.I am thinking about migrating some of these questions + what I think is the best answer as I stumble across such cases. However, I am also looking for a community feedback if such an effort makes sense. Personally, I would gladly migrate some of my own late answers, as I sometimes use (and maybe update) them for current projects.
- I was thinking about meaningful content that can be migrated (+ improved) from Stack Overflow. These categories pop into my mind:
- - closed questions: we know Stack Overflow is very picky when it comes to some matters ("primarily opinion based") and some questions are easily closed despite being very useful (lots of views, upvotes and great answers). Examples I have already migrated with an updated answer are [How to upgrade a recent (>= 8) Angular CLI?](https://software.codidact.com/questions/277436#answer-277437) and [Is it recommended for ASP.NET Web API actions to always include a CancellationToken?](https://software.codidact.com/questions/277946).
- - questions with great, but almost invisible "late" answers: SO acknowledges the value of late answers (Necromancer badge), but in practice, they are rarely visible and folks will often use the most upvoted answer which is not always the best / up to date.
- I am thinking about migrating some of these questions + what I think is the best answer as I stumble across such cases. However, I am also looking for community feedback if such an effort makes sense. Personally, I would gladly migrate some of my own late answers, as I sometimes use (and maybe update) them for current projects.
#1: Initial revision
by
Alexei
·
2020-09-09T09:54:47Z (over 4 years ago)
Strategy to migrate meaningful content from Stack Overflow
I was thinking about meaningful content that can be migrated (+ improved) from Stack Overflow. These categories pop into my mind:
- closed questions: we know Stack Overflow is very picky when it comes to some matters ("primarily opinion based") and some questions are easily closed despite being very useful (lots of views, upvotes and great answers). Examples I have already migrated with an updated answer are [How to upgrade a recent (>= 8) Angular CLI?](https://software.codidact.com/questions/277436#answer-277437) and [Is it recommended for ASP.NET Web API actions to always include a CancellationToken?](https://software.codidact.com/questions/277946).
- questions with great, but almost invisible "late" answers: SO acknowledges the value of late answers (Necromancer badge), but in practice they are rarely visible and folks will often use the most upvoted answer which is not always the best / up to date.
I am thinking about migrating some of these questions + what I think is the best answer as I stumble across such cases. However, I am also looking for a community feedback if such an effort makes sense. Personally, I would gladly migrate some of my own late answers, as I sometimes use (and maybe update) them for current projects.