Can we get a forum section devoted to documentation? [dox]

[Andre Artus]

On Friday, 16 August 2013 at 18:09:04 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> On 8/16/13 10:56 AM, Dicebot wrote:
>> On Friday, 16 August 2013 at 17:41:19 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
>> wrote:
>>> The converse risk is balkanization. We already have subgroups 
>>> that are
>>> effectively dead, for which similar arguments were made in 
>>> the past.
>>
>> Problem with current subgroups is that they are created on 
>> topic basis,
>> not to solve some specific problems. Such groups become 
>> useless once
>> person who is the driving force behind the relevant project 
>> stops using
>> it. I'd probably favor deleting such obsolete groups (dtl, dwt,
>> debugger?) but it is a different topic.
>>
>> Documentation group has clear target audience (newcomers with
>> questions/proposals about the spec + ones willing to 
>> contribute to
>> dlang.org) and very specific problem to solve (most non-trivial
>> documentation changes are impossible without prior discussion).
>
> The argument is built from a mistaken angle. "Thinking of doing 
> some work on docs in the future, let's create a group for docs!"
>
> Things should happen organically, i.e. creating a specialized 
> group should follow a need substantiated by increased volume of 
> specialized discussion in the general group. At this point 
> there is nothing in that vein.
>
>
> Andrei

I understand were you are coming from. And, while I currently 
feel that it's a bit of a catch-22 situation, I think it is worth 
at least trying out your suggestion of marking document related 
threads with "[dox]".