Timeline for Where to Ask Too Basic Questions?
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| Apr 6, 2011 at 9:42 | comment | added | Kaveh Mod | @Akash, that is not strange, users not familiar with cstheory may make such suggestions, I think replying in a comment that cstheory is for research level questions should be a sufficient answer for them. | |
| Apr 5, 2011 at 4:12 | comment | added | Akash Kumar | @Kaveh - I have had in past some basic TCS questions which (of course) not being research level, I asked on Math.SE. The first response that came up suggested me to ask that question here. I do not know if this is the general trend for the questions of the level I had; but my guess is that we really can benefit from a stackexchange dedicated to this purpose. | |
| Apr 4, 2011 at 23:31 | comment | added | Kaveh Mod | @Sadeq, why don't you ask them on Math.SE? It seems to me that they consider TCS as a part of Mathematics. Contrary to that, some Math.SE users feel that a non-research TCS is already included in their scope and therefore another such site is not good idea. | |
| Apr 4, 2011 at 19:30 | comment | added | Sadeq Dousti | That's shame :( If they don't like the idea of a new proposal, do they want to degrade this site to include non-research-level questions? | |
| Apr 4, 2011 at 15:22 | comment | added | Suresh Venkat Mod | I dn't disagree. but the SE community appears resistant to this, and I don't know how to fix that problem. | |
| Apr 4, 2011 at 10:32 | comment | added | Sadeq Dousti | I see. But what I really want is some place where even an undergrad can ask an learn non-research-level questions. Years ago, when my university didn't offer 'complexity theory' (really!), I had to learn it from the books. For months, I couldn't figure many basic questions. Even if CSTheory existed back then, I wouldn't be able to ask such questions on it. PS: Situation is more or less the same now, but that's a story for another day. I think it's a good idea to have a site for beginners! | |
| Apr 3, 2011 at 20:26 | history | answered | Suresh VenkatMod | CC BY-SA 2.5 |