Timeline for Change the name of Programmers to something that more accurately reflects the site scope?
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| May 23, 2017 at 12:40 | history | edited | Community Bot |
replaced http://stackoverflow.com/ with https://stackoverflow.com/
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| Apr 12, 2017 at 7:31 | history | edited | Community Bot |
replaced http://programmers.stackexchange.com/ with https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/
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| Mar 17, 2017 at 8:26 | history | edited | Community Bot |
replaced http://meta.programmers.stackexchange.com/ with https://softwareengineering.meta.stackexchange.com/
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| Mar 17, 2017 at 8:26 | history | edited | Community Bot |
replaced http://meta.programmers.stackexchange.com/ with https://softwareengineering.meta.stackexchange.com/
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| Apr 22, 2016 at 9:03 | comment | added | Toby | Who reads FAQs anymore? Seriously - if there's one major con of the rise of Q&A sites it's how literal the usage is, i.e. Q & A = I have a question, gimme my answer, I don't want to trawl through questions someone else has deemed important - fix my codes for me! People preaching the content of the FAQs while others are complaining that people don't read the FAQs is a futile exercise. On another note I have read the FAQ's and related posts, etc, and I'm still not 100% sure what question I could ask here that I couldn't also ask on SO. | |
| Jun 26, 2012 at 16:39 | comment | added | jmort253 | My point exactly. The name of the site may inadvertently be putting otherwise intelligent, though-leaders into a different mode of thinking, one where it's okay to ignore the faq and one where it's okay to shoot from the hip when it comes to Q&A, because that's what a perceived "programmer" does. I don't have hard evidence, it's more of a feeling, so I'm not sure my assessment really helps the cause. :( | |
| Jun 26, 2012 at 15:03 | comment | added | Thomas Owens Mod | @jmort253 Most of the answers to that question all tend to support a name change. The answers indicates a programmer is someone who is only involved in coding while developer is involved in the whole lifecycle. | |
| Jun 26, 2012 at 14:14 | comment | added | jmort253 | [cont'd] - There is of course no data to back this up, at least none that I have, but it's funny that when a company wants to change it's image of itself or its product, it oftentimes starts with the name. :) | |
| Jun 26, 2012 at 14:13 | comment | added | jmort253 | This might further support the allegation that the name is the problem: programmers.stackexchange.com/a/3333/12611. If other people think programmer == code monkey as opposed to developer == super cool awesome, smart person who gets things done, then it's possible that developers think programmer == code monkey too. Maybe developers are more likely to read the documentation, whereas programmers just blindly hack away at what's in front of him/her. A more professional, modern, and appropriate name could be helpful to force everyone to change their image of what the site is about. | |
| Jun 26, 2012 at 13:07 | history | edited | Thomas Owens Mod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 26, 2012 at 13:01 | history | edited | Thomas Owens Mod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 26, 2012 at 12:17 | history | answered | Thomas Owens Mod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |