Timeline for Appropriate question: What diesel SUVs are available in NA?
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| Dec 3, 2012 at 0:41 | comment | added | Brian M. Hunt | latest stat (17 months later), Dec 2, 2012: 2.4 q/day, 95% answered, 122 avid users, 1.9 answer ratio, 2,556 visits/day. | |
| May 5, 2011 at 14:37 | comment | added | Brian M. Hunt | For posterity: May 5, 2011 statistics: 2.1 q/day, 88% answered, 30 avid users (41 w/200+ rep), 2.0 answer ratio, 149 visits/day. | |
| Apr 12, 2011 at 23:43 | comment | added | Brian M. Hunt | Unfortunately, the Area51 metrics for mechanics (area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1321) is deteriorating: 2.9 questions per day, 27 avid users, 2 answers per question, 126 visits per day. I'm posting this for posterity, but also to reiterate my concerns that the policy of deletionism I encountered is dangerous because of this potential consequence. | |
| Mar 24, 2011 at 2:11 | comment | added | Brian M. Hunt | Most of the key metrics on Area51 (questions/day, avid users, answer ratios, and visits/day per area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1321) show mechanics falling short in all these areas. The metric for "answered" is the only metric meeting the suggestions (93% given a 90% is "healthy"). Of course, it's still early beta (16 days in), so the other metrics may come up, but it would certainly benefit the site to consider questions of the sort in this discussion (though I think the stronger argument is the Stackoverflow analogy, and that the content is appropriate). | |
| Mar 23, 2011 at 19:59 | comment | added | Brian M. Hunt | @Robert: Thanks for the comment. This issue has been discussed to quite some degree on Area51 (discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/questions/533). Note that the Area51 consensus seems to be that another auto site would be a duplicate of this. See e.g. area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7435/autos; see also: discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/questions/595 | |
| Mar 23, 2011 at 19:42 | comment | added | Robert Cartaino | @Brian M. Hunt: The phrase "DIY enthusiast" is to disambiguate that you do not need to be a certified, professional mechanic to use this site. Avid enthusiasts and wanna-be experts are welcome with their expert-level questions, too. But this site is dedicated to the field of "Maintenance & Repair" and not a general car enthusiast's site. There should definitely be one, though. | |
| Mar 23, 2011 at 18:50 | comment | added | Brian M. Hunt |
@Robert: Thanks for the answer. According to the faq this is an enthusiasts site (i.e. for mechanics and DIY enthusiast owners of cars, trucks, and motorcycles), much like Stackoverflow is for professional and enthusiast programmers. If this is the criteria for the target audience (and the faq seems the only canonical reference) my analogy remains unequivocal, and in my humble but correct opinion there is no value from the boundary you've suggested and it will do great harm to the site. I am open to being persuaded otherwise, of course.
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| Mar 23, 2011 at 18:33 | history | edited | Robert Cartaino | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 23, 2011 at 18:24 | history | answered | Robert Cartaino | CC BY-SA 2.5 |