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What is Drupal Answers?Drupaldelphia 2013
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Who is the guy talking?
Matthew DonadioLead Developer at Night Kitchen InteractiveModerator at Drupal Answers
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So, what is Drupal Answers?
From the About page:
Drupal Answers is a question and answer site for Drupal developers and administrators. It's built and run by you as part of the Stack Exchange network of Q&A sites. With your help, we're working together to build a library of detailed answers to every question about Drupal.
http://drupal.stackexchange.com/
http://drupal.stackexchange.com/about
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What does that mean?
It’s a website where you can post questions about Drupal and get answers from the Drupal community.
In addition
– You can answer other questions
– You can edit questions and answers to improve them
– You can vote on posts that you think are good
– You can gain reputation points to impress you family and friends
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So, it’s just another forum?
No, it’s not a forum
– Forums tend to be free form and are designed around discussions
– DA is just about questions, their answers, and comments to get clarity
Anybody can edit questions and answers to improve them
– Eliminates posts that just fix simple mistakes
The community votes on questions and answers
– This help you determine what is really helpful
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Does it replace the Drupal groups, forums, and issue queues?
The groups and forums facilitate discussion, which is needed to hash out some topics
The issue queues provide a central place to manage their project (bug reports, patches, feature requests, etc.)
– However, questions about modules are a good for DA
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Is it official?
It isn’t part of drupal.org or under the umbrella of the Drupal Association
However, several core contributors participate, as well as many module maintainers
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OK, how do I ask a question?
Just goto the website and ask away
http://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/ask
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Seriously?
Mostly, but keep a few things in mind
– You can create an account so you can gain reputation
– There are good ways to ask questions, and bad ways
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What is a good question?
A good question is
– Something that hasn’t already been asked and answered
– It demonstrates that you have put some effort into solving the problem yourself
– It gives enough detail about your problem, but doesn’t go into minutiae
– If it is a code problem, it shows the code you are having trouble with
– It is on-topic for the site
http://drupal.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-ask
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What do you mean by on-topic?
The question has to be about Drupal, or a Drupal tool It can’t be a bug report about a module It can’t be a general PHP or server administration
problem It can’t be open ended It can’t be a general request for tutorials or other
online resources It can’t be a request for something that is primarily
opinion based
http://drupal.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic
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My question has answers, what do I do now?
Comment on the answers to get clarification
Vote up good answers, and vote down bad ones
If one of the answers helped you, you can mark it as accepted.
– This shows future readers who may have the same issue that this solved your problem.
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I already know everything about Drupal, what can I do?
Answer questions!
Edit questions and answers
Vote on questions and answers
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How do I answer a question?
Write up a detailed response, but don’t write a novel
Provide links to references (especially modules and API calls), but don’t just post a link to another site
http://drupal.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-answer
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What is this reputation thing?
Reputation is a rough measurement of how much the community trusts you
You earn reputation by– Asking good questions
– Providing good answers
– Making good edits to posts
You lose reputation by– Asking bad questions
– Providing bad or incorrect answers
http://drupal.stackexchange.com/help/whats-reputation
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I have a similar problem to a question I found, but I don’t understand an answer. What do I do?
Don’t post an answer to ask another question or to get clarification
– It will get deleted
Do post a comment
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My question didn’t get answered, what can I do?
You can edit your question to add additional details, or to clarify your problem
You can offer a bounty
– You trade some of your reputation to give your question more visibility
– This traded reputation goes to a user you pick who helped you out
http://drupal.stackexchange.com/help/no-one-answers
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I keep hearing about moderators. Who are they and what do they do?
Everyone is a “moderator” on the site.– Based on you reputation, you have the ability to edit and
vote on content that isn’t a good fit for the site
– Posts can be flagged for attention by someone who has more privileges than you do
The “diamond” moderators have a few special privileges– They keep things civil and clean up the mess
http://drupal.stackexchange.com/help/site-moderators
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How do I learn more?
Learn by participating
Visit the help center
– http://drupal.stackexchange.com/help
Ask a question on the meta site
– http://drupal.stackexchange.com/help/whats-meta
– http://meta.drupal.stackexchange.com/