Is Stack Overflow's implementation available for in-house use (à la MediaWiki)? I'm thinking my company could really benefit from the kind of service Stack Overflow provides, but the entire implementation would have to be kept in-house to protect company IP, etc.
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Is the Stack Exchange engine that powers Stack Overflow available to download or install internally for an enterprise or company?  I think Stack Exchange's engine is very great and could be very cool to use for internal enterprise patterns and practices, like the engine of Wikipedia.
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A lot of mention has been made of the seriousness of Stack Overflow (and presumably Server Fault). Would it be a good idea to turn  :-) into actual images as per  in questions and answers?
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has several discussion comments going back and forth about whether the question belongs on SO or Meta.  The question is asking about how a specific feature of the site is implemented from a coding perspective (so that the OP might duplicate it in their own implementation), which can make it a legitimate programming question.  According to the Meta FAQ: "If your "question is about ... Stack Overflow / The core Stack Exchange engine", it should be asked here.  Here are some similar example questions on Meta:         Where do these questions belong?
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Update 2014-04-17 04:47 UTC: Stable, with some odds and ends to clean up      The main MSO/MSE sites are stable, but there are plenty of corners left to sweep. For details, see:    Not all of them mind you, just Meta Stack Overflow into Meta Stack Exchange.  I'll have you know, factually, that we really did believe this would take place in six-to-eight weeks when it was , but we've finally got a tentative date established.  If things go according to plan, we'll begin the operation shortly after 8:30 PM EDT on the 16th, completing everything within a few hour window. Ideally, all service disrupting endeavors will be completed within the first hour, which include:   The availability of Meta Stack Overflow The availability of Stack Overflow (more on this shortly) The availability of Chat on Meta Stack Overflow   As you know, we'll be bolting on a standard issue per-site meta on Stack Overflow, while breaking the link between what will have become Meta Stack Exchange and Stack Overflow. There's some irritable innards in that particular region, so we'll be asking folks to expect the unexpected during the maintenance window. Affected sites will be in and out of read-only mode, or quite possibly just down for maintenance while we're doing the actual break.  I'll be posting a system message on both Meta Stack Overflow as well as Stack Overflow itself 24 hours before we begin the actual work.   Did I say tentative in a six-to-eight-something time frame again? Why yes, I did - we're currently running some tests on the dev tier to simulate the split as closely as possible, so that we can better anticipate quirks that we need to address prior to actually doing it.  Once the sites have actually been stood up functionally on the production tier, we're going to get to work on finishing touches. This will include things like site settings (which determine bits of text you see in the question prompts, rep thresholds, etc) and all sorts of other fine tuning.  Once we're done:   Stack Overflow will have a blank, empty child meta site just like every other site The new Meta Stack Exchange will be up and running All rooms on Chat Meta Stack Overflow will be moved to Chat Meta Stack Exchange  I'll send over about 150 - 200 questions from MSE to MSO, most of which will be tag or SO-specific feature related posts that got buried by the network stuff without resolution.   If the tentative date moves, I'll update this post with the new date. However, we do not anticipate this happening any later than Saturday, April 19 - in the case that we see down time we can't mitigate and need to do it on a weekend.  The ground work is basically done, we're finishing up sanity now with a great deal of confidence, and we're pretty certain that we'll hit between those dates, if not directly on the tentative 16th.  Questions? Kvetch? Anonymous confessions? Answer below, and I'll address each in comments.
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Has the Stack Overflow crew considered partnering with other existing, more traditional forums to support open ended discussion?  I understand Stack Overflow is strictly a Q&amp;A site. We all know the drill. We also all know that when a more 'discussion-y' question is asked it's either coerced into Community Wiki mode or out right closed by the moderators. And that's fair enough I suppose but sometimes a question is open ended or spawns many, many comments. With Stack Overflow's lack of threads it can be difficult to follow anything of length. So, on to the my feature request!  Partner with other forums such as Reddit (stackoverflow.reddit.com?) so if open discussion is wanted it can happen easily. And by easily I mean provide a link on each question page saying something like "Open an official discussion at $forum_name", or if the discussion was already opened then "Join the official discussion at $forum_name". And of course on the forum posts provide a link back to the SO question for reference. When clicking the outgoing link a bunch of heavy lifting is automatically taken care of such as signing into the forum (As who? Obviously that will have to be figured out) and filling in the various post fields with data from the question and submitting it.  As to which forums would be official partners I only came up with Slashdot and Reddit as possible candidates but I imagine that there should be a number to choose from depending on the topic of the question. Select the best forum for the topic.  The key part is to still let SO be really good at Q&amp;A and still let the various forums be really good at being forums while providing a little bit of official integration between the two. Additionally if the discussion devolves into nothing worth while then it's only related to SO and not actually a part of it. No harm, no foul.  So at the risk of making this sound too 'discussion-y', what do you people think? ;)  PS, And on second thought maybe this would be better implemented as a browser plugin or Greasemonkey script. :P  PPS, Or perhaps the focus should be a little narrower. One of the options for closing a question could be to migrate it to a forum area. That way the Q&amp;A isn't polluted with discussion questions and the actually discussion could be isolated to a discussion area.
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This question was just posted to SO:    The OP admits right off the bat that the question is "more of a career question", which is very clearly off-topic. But I could not match one of our off-topic reasons to this question because they are all too specific:   Questions about general computing hardware and software are off-topic for Stack Overflow unless they directly involve tools used primarily for programming. You may be able to get help on Super User. Questions concerning problems with code you've written must describe the specific problem and include valid code to reproduce it. See SSCCE.org for guidance. Questions asking for code must demonstrate a minimal understanding of the problem being solved. Include attempted solutions, why they didn't work, and the expected results. See also: Stack Overflow question checklist Questions on professional server, networking, or related infrastructure administration are off-topic for Stack Overflow unless they directly involve programming or programming tools. You may be able to get help on Server Fault. Questions asking us to recommend or find a tool, library or favorite off-site resource are off-topic for Stack Overflow as they tend to attract opinionated answers and spam. Instead, describe the problem and what has been done so far to solve it. This question belongs on another site in the Stack Exchange network Other (add a comment explaining what is wrong)    Other can obviously be made to work for any situation, but the question was so far from on-topic that I wasn't really sure how to begin ("wha... you... can't you read?" just didn't seem to fit with the spirit of the new close reasons). Perhaps we need a more general off-topic reason, or at least some language I could copy/paste into the other reason?  As-is, I weant with "primarily opinion-based" which, in this case, seemed to fit just fine.
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Why was Stack Overflow forked into  ? I don't understand this. I think it is stupid ;-)
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Has anyone had any success connecting things like content builder or cloud pages to GitHub? I have been searching far and wide and have come across this amazing repository that almost does what I need (). The reason being as our organization grows and things become more complex we would love the ability to track changes and have reviewers before things are published. Most of my experience comes from GitHub and I am struggling to find any source of versioning within SFMC. Any recommendations would be helpful!
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Beginning to ask a question on Stack&nbsp;Overflow actually helps me debug my problem myself, especially while trying to formulate a coherent and detailed enough question body in order to get decent answers.  Is this common?
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I'm starting to write a book on . Since I've been contributing on this tag for a long time, I had the opportunity to read &amp; answer several interesting threads on Stackoverflow related to this technology.  I would like to discuss some of the interesting cases published on Stackoverflow in my book, and I wonder if I could use the images and code shared on those threads in it.  I'm hoping somebody from StackExchange could clarify about the copyright status of the material shared on Stackoverflow questions/answers.
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How does serverfault, stackoverflow and other stackExchange sites connect together?   Is that does or do? Because I'm talking about multiple items, it would be do. What is more correct?
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I am just wondering about whether there are any rules about chat topics on Stack Overflow?   When I first entered the PHP chat room, people were talking about music.   Does Stack Exchange monitor this?
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Since opinion based questions are not allowed neither here nor on stackoverflow, I would like to ask if any of you, know some other web page (outside Stack* ecosystem), where we can ask questions like:  "Which Java Web framework would you recommend to learn"   or any other, which by nature are opinion based.  EDIT1:  Allow me to explain a bit more - I know there are webgroups, forums and mailing lists BUT most of those are for single programming language or framework and I'm looking for something more generic. Stackoverflow is great because there are experts from all sort of programming languages and frameworks, so if it would be allowed to ask:   "Best web frameworks similar to ASP.NET MVC4"  I would get a lot of opinions, from different languages and frameworks, and that exactly what I'm looking for.
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Has a Stack Overflow YouTube channel or a stackoverflow.tv site ever been contemplated, in doing so taking advantage of a medium where the Stack Overflow experience could be expanded and extended beyond reading material and the (nonetheless proven) Q&amp;A format?  EDIT: I'm not talking about  or that  that has the one video, I'm talking full-fledged  style but a lot wider in terms of technologies.  Beyond the (undoubtedly enormous) challenges, there are also enormous potential rewards.  I'm convinced this has, at least at some point, been on the table and would be interested to hear what made it an unsuitable medium to further explore.  To clarify the question, I can easily imagine that:   digging into the audio-visual market would be easy for a site that has already reached a certain standard, status and reputation there are a lot of very smart people on Stack Overflow who are not only celebrated authors but also experienced public speakers who, given the chance / asked / coerced could bring a wide range of topics in their respective fields of expertise to a wide audience this might be a cash cow in terms of ad revenue (I could be way off here, I have no idea how that "world" works...) there could be a standard in terms of audio-video quality and content that I sometimes miss on YouTube ...
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I'll start with  which sparked my thinking cap. It's becoming extremely overwhelming with the great number of new users who seem to think that Stack&nbsp;Overflow is a forum, that they can ask whatever they want, ignoring the FAQ and the strict guidelines we have here. It seems that anyone who has a simple question can come create a new account here, throw their entry-level question up, and expect a bunch of people to tell them exactly what they need. Unfortunately, that's of course not how these sites work.  Imagine a new user who's never used any Stack&nbsp;Exchange sites, and doesn't know how it works, coming to Stack&nbsp;Overflow for the first time. They are new to programming, and have a lot of learning to do. They create a new account, and ask their question such as "How to write a web hook with a third-party API?". Now imagine how critical people will be to them. That user will cringe and start fighting back in the comments with "Why do you have to be so mean?"  Now, imagine a new user, same as before, coming to Stack&nbsp;Overflow for the first time. When they go to register, first of all a page will show with a message explaining that Stack&nbsp;Overflow is not a forum, and doesn't work like the rest of the sites they might be used to. Make this mandatory for them to read and approve before even creating an account. Then, once they've registered, require that they go through a short but thorough step-by-step tutorial to understand how they should contribute to the site. Make sure they understand how everything works before they dive into it.  I personally work for a software company which has troubles getting our clients to understand how to use our software, and they always mis-use it. Kind of like selling someone a 747, but instead of flying it, they strap a bunch of mules to the front and sit on top with a whip. It's very huge and complex (inventory/point-of-sale) and there's a lot to know before using it. Well, Stack&nbsp;Overflow works in the same precise manner, and it's expected that people follow by the rules of how it was designed. So now I'm making training videos for them.  Currently, when you sign up, there is nothing that really forces you to read and accept before using the site. I signed up for an account a short while ago, and I did not face anything which really made sure I knew how the site worked before letting me in. Sure, there's a first question guide, but it's just one single step, kinda like a terms &amp; conditions checkbox, which everyone tends to ignore anyway. This needs to be a step-by-step (not all in one page) tutorial. And a clear warning before they even create an account. It really sucks when you sign up for something all excited, then when you finally get to ask your first question, you're faced with terror. It's a lot better to tell someone the truth up front before they begin than to lure them in and once they're here we practically say "Oh, by the way, your questions probably will not be answered."  It's simple. We educate the newbies.
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Suppose I'm doing an academic paper, journal article, or other professional presentation.  Would you say that it would be possible to use Stack Overflow as a reference?    Of course I'm pretty sure that the answer here would be "yes."   So here's the follow up: When, if ever, would it be a good idea to cite a Stack Overflow question as a reference in an professional paper/presentation of some kind?
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I know Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky are the owners or creators because I came by the site from reading their blogs.  Who else works for Stack Overflow in here?  Does Jon Skeet? There's also a fair number of 100k+ users now.  The answers from them are quite informative. It seems that to get that many points in such a short amount of time (the site's only been online for 2-3 years?), you would need to be spending quite a lot of time, regularly on here, so either they   Have a ton of spare time either at work or outside of work Are unemployed (seems unlikely given their breadth of knowledge) Work for Stack Overflow and their job is partially to post answers.   These guys seem too knowledgeable so reason 1 or reason 2 seem unlikely, so I suspect reason 3.