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  Re: Community Involvement Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-08-04 10:04 -0700
    Re: Community Involvement "Rhodri James" <rhodri@wildebst.demon.co.uk> - 2011-08-04 22:31 +0100

#10864 — Re: Community Involvement

Steve Holden wrote:
> We would ideally like the last project to to be something that 
> demonstrates at least some minimal involvement with the Python 
> community. Something like "get a Python answer upvoted on 
> StackOverflow", for example, or getting a question answered on c.l.p. At 
> the same time it shouldn't be anything that places a burden on the 
> community (otherwise the hundredth student would be abused and the 
> thousandth murdered).

The problem I see with either of those is making the student's academic 
standing dependent on the actions of strangers.  Having said that...

Posting a question to c.l.py is fine if you have a real question, but if 
you don't...

Of the two, I like the StackOverflow option better -- but keep in mind 
that at this moment, about 6,600 unanswered Python questions remain. 
(I've made it to page 23 of 132 over the last week.)  Getting an answer 
upvoted can be pretty hit-and-miss.

Perhaps the thing to do is have a wide range of options, any one of 
which will satisfy the requirement -- some will have questions to post, 
others may have a bug to file or, even better, a patch for a bug, others 
can go the StackOverflow route, someone may have a module to put on 
PyPI, etc., etc.

Hope this helps!

~Ethan~

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On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:04:48 +0100, Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>  
wrote:

> Of the two, I like the StackOverflow option better -- but keep in mind  
> that at this moment, about 6,600 unanswered Python questions remain.  
> (I've made it to page 23 of 132 over the last week.)  Getting an answer  
> upvoted can be pretty hit-and-miss.

The other thing that may affect this is that anything posted to SE is  
subject to the Creative Commons license.  This may be an issue for  
academic purposes, I don't know.  (It's certainly an issue when you come  
across J*ff!)

-- 
Rhodri James *-* Wildebeest Herder to the Masses

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