Re: Any interest / use in a Perl-Work section?

[ysth]

1. I'd guess there's a lot of interest in such discussion.
2. Meditations is an appropriate area, by my reading of Where should I post X?.
3. I'd like to have fewer areas, less specialized, not more, more specialized. But having such discussions in the existing areas doesn't seem outside PM's core purpose to me.

Update: rephrased point 3 to make my meaning more clear

[tye]

I disagree. The important (and successful) sections at PerlMonks are not split up by subject matter. They are split up by intention. Which section you post to on the subject of the work/business side of being a Perl coder depends entirely on your intention when posting.

If you are seeking wisdom regarding your work/business environment or if you are meditating (that is, sharing some realization you have come to) about work, then you'd post to the obvious (I hope, given my phrasing) section based on that intention.

Which reminds me that I'm tempted to rename SoPW to SoW because I still see too much "not really a Perl question" whining. The site is here for Perl coders to interact. It'd be right boring if the only questions people could ask had to be "really" Perl questions, especially given how some people seem to interpret that.

[Eliana]

I don't know enough about site dynamics to have anything of value to say on the main issue, but your comment about SoPW caught my eye, and I hoped you might be able to clarify where you and ysth diasgree.

1) This might seem hopelessly trivial, but I the name as it stands has a flair to it that SoW lacks.

Might there be another way to reduce the whining? I'm too clueless to suggest a how or where, but could there be a clarification (somewhere!?) that the questions don't *have* to be "real" Perl questions (perhaps) that it is, as you say on the core topic, more an issue of intent - that one needs to be seeking the wisdom of Perl people.

2) If I'm out of order, I'm sorry, but I am not sure I understand where you and ysth disagree. Could you tell me if I'm on Pluto? As I see it:

The OP asked 3 questions, but they key one was whether there should be another category/section/??? added specifically for work questions.

ysth opined that work questions are not outside the core purpose of PM and said there should be 'fewer less specialized areas, not more more specialized ones'. I thought he was saying there should not be a separate section. (ysth, love, could you clarify?)

I got the impression that it was that last part you were disagreeing with, but you also seem to be saying that there should not be a separate section, so I must be misunderstanding one (or both!) of you.

Eliana

[tye]

I see that ysth has gone and ammended his node to say "Meditations is an appropriate area" instead of "Meditations is the appropriate area" so I can no longer disagree with what he stated, just comment (though I still disagree with the implication). And, no, it could not be that I simply misread his words earlier, I assure you.^*

I certainly agree with his third point (and I have no comment on his first point).

As to your first point, I find "SoPRW" even more appealing and also find "Seekers of Perl-Related Wisdom" an even better title. It gives that nudging hint that questions need not be "really" Perl questions (merely "Perl-related questions") while also not allowing people to get the impression that wildly off-topic (re PerlMonks) questions are appropriate.

I'm pretty sure that there are already clarifications that questions don't have to be "really" Perl questions. As to what other places those clarifications are doesn't really matter beyond that they are, in fact, other places, and so, clearly, are often not read.