re: Yet another place to discuss software testing

Shrini — Wed, 16 May 2007 07:53:14 GMT

Hi Alan - nice to see such forum under MSDN ... but make sure that you don't entertain basic newbie stuff and homework and interview question ...

I suggest a policy that the person asking question should have a new or important view point to state and engage the people in debate and discussion ....

without making any effort to understand stuff in testing - one should not be simply allowed to ask questions like "what is test strategy", "what is automation framework" and "what is metric commonly used in testing" ...

software testing yahoo group moderated by Cem Kaner and James Bach has been an excellent example of such forum. There to get a question posted it takes good amount of work and credibility. Both James and Cem, personally screen every question and all basic questions are rejected before being posted

Shrini

Thanks for the feedback Shrini. I noticed that within the first day, someone already posted on the forum that people use wikipedia to look up basic terms before posting questions on terminology.

I'm familiar with the list you mention (I'm on it), and think it does force people to think more before they post. At this stage, the traffic is still relatively light, but we will consider more formal moderation as the traffic increases.

btw - since I didn't catch you on Friday, I'll do a blog post on the question you asked me.

At long last...

notes and rants — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:30:52 GMT

Several months ago, I announced that MSDN now had forums set up for discussing software testing issues.

At long last...

Noticias externas — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:38:08 GMT

Several months ago, I announced that MSDN now had forums set up for discussing software testing issues