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Are software recommendation questions in scope? There is one question in main at the moment:
* [Software to compose separate models into an articulated model](http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/411/software-to-compose-separate-models-into-an-articulated-model)
That basically amounts to a software... |
Are questions about software recommendation in scope? |
We now have several question asking whether specific things are on-topic but nothing in the [on-topic help page][1].
What should be written there?
[1]: http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic |
What should our on-topic page look like? |
Questions and answers are often edited following a query in a comment to expand or clarify something. This is clearly a good thing. What I want to discuss here is that sometimes this is edited prefixed with "Edited to explain..." or "Edited following the comment from...". For example, [this answer].
To someone readi... |
I made some edits to [this answer] and since I was editing anyway, I changed some text from quote blocks to headings to make it clearer that they were not quoting from anywhere, but simply providing highlighting of the text.
In case anyone is unfamiliar, during writing or editing quote blocks are indicated in markdo... |
Should use of quote blocks be restricted to quotations? |
In [this meta question] markdown is displayed along with the resulting rendered output for comparison. The markdown is displayed by putting it in a code block (adding four spaces in front by pressing ctrl-K), to prevent it from being converted.
This works as intended, but the syntax highlighting adds colour to some ... |
Is there a way to display markdown without code syntax highlighting? |
I made some edits to [this answer] and since I was editing anyway, I changed some text from quote blocks to headings to make it clearer that they were not quoting from anywhere, but simply providing highlighting of the text.
In case anyone is unfamiliar, during writing or editing quote blocks are indicated in markdo... |
[This question] asks how to complete an artificial task that is unlikely to be useful in a practical graphics setting, but is part of learning the basics about a graphics library. Does that make it on topic as part of learning, or off topic as a homework problem with no practical application?
Where should we draw th... |
How should we respond to "homework questions"? |
[This question] has 2 downvotes at present, but no close votes. There is a comment suggesting that the question is unclear, which is a valid close reason, but I don't know whether both the downvotes are for this reason.
Perhaps it would be useful to have a discussion about downvotes and close votes and the purpose o... |
Downvotes but no close-votes - what does this mean? |
[This question] includes a copy of a page from a copyrighted book. Credit is given to the original source, but there is no indication that the author has given permission for this use. Searching for this book on Google Books does not permit viewing the page concerned, suggesting that the copyright holder does not wish ... |
As recently [discussed in chat], we have a relatively small number of users with sufficient reputation to process the review queues for close votes and low quality posts, and a smaller number still who are actively engaged in the review queues. This means that items are stuck in the review queues for far longer than is... |
Do we need temporarily lower rep privilege levels? |
As recently [discussed in chat], we have a relatively small number of users with sufficient reputation to process the review queues for close votes and low quality posts, and a smaller number still who are actively engaged in the review queues. This means that items are stuck in the review queues for far longer than is... |
As recently [discussed in chat], we have a relatively small number of users with sufficient reputation to process the review queues for close votes and low quality posts, and a smaller number still who are actively engaged in the review queues. This means that items are stuck in the review queues for far longer than is... |
Is computer vision considered computer graphics? If not are these questions within scope here. We currently have a question about image recognition here:
* http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/1549/real-time-number-plate-localization-object-detection
Then we have questions on 3d reconstruction from... |
Is computer vision in scope? |
Is computer vision considered computer graphics? If not are these questions within scope here. We currently have a question about image recognition here:
* http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/1549/real-time-number-plate-localization-object-detection
Then we have questions on 3d reconstruction from... |
As of the previous meta question http://meta.computergraphics.stackexchange.com/q/152/127 we seem to agree on that such questions should be about the content and not the article itself.
Thus I'd like to rephrase at least the question titles and their respective first paragraph to match this and to prevent these ques... |
[This question] has been edited to add a second part. It is a homework question and the second part follows on from the first, so they are related but seem like distinct questions. The second part was added after an answer came in for the first part.
When is a multi part question acceptable in a single post, and whe... |
[This question] has been edited to add a second part. It is a homework question and the second part follows on from the first, so they are related but seem like distinct questions. The second part was added after an answer came in for the first part.
When is a multi part question acceptable in a single post, and whe... |
There are some Meta questions that were relevant during private beta, but do not apply now that we are in public beta. For example, [Do you know more experts?] refers to the invitation box that appears during private beta, that no longer exists now that our site is public. This means following the link leads to the pub... |
Meta meta: Should we delete old meta questions that no longer apply? |
[This question] asks for the second directional derivative in a volume, which sounds vaguely connected to working in 3D but isn't obviously related to computer graphics. Since the question is asked without a graphical context, it's hard to judge whether it is on topic here.
Can people with more in depth knowledge of... |
Is this second derivative of a volume question a computer graphics question? |
[This question] asks for the second directional derivative in a volume, which sounds vaguely connected to working in 3D but isn't obviously related to computer graphics. Since the question is asked without a graphical context, it's hard to judge whether it is on topic here.
Can people with more in depth knowledge th... |
***Note that the specific question has since been removed by the author.***
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[This question] asks for the second directional derivative in a volume, which sounds vaguely connected to working in 3D but isn't obviously related to computer graphics. Since the question is asked without a graphical context, it's ha... |
Throughout the beta, we need members from the site whose focus is to engage the community, both in community-building issues and site management. That's why we select a few members from each community to act as temporary, provisional moderators. You can read about the program here: [**Moderators Pro Tempore**](http://b... |
I'd like to bump this discussion along with stating my own opinion about homework questions. Not because I'm a moderator now, but rather because I've recently seen a close vote reason on a homework-style question stating that it should be closed because it is a homework question (and nothing more).
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I think, m... |
We currently have 2 questions tagged [tag:space-filling]. The first is a [question] about *[space filling curves]*. The second is a [question about] GPU fill rates.
Without a tag wiki it is not clear which of these uses the tag should fulfill. It seems unhelpful for a tag to have two conflicting meanings.
How sho... |
What should the tag "space-filling" be used for? |
Here is my first draft on what could be written there:
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**Computer Graphics Stack Exchange** is for computer graphics researchers and programmers.
If your question covers...
* math related to computer graphics,
* a specific graphics programming/[debugging](http://meta.computergraphics.stackexchange.com/... |
I have been browsing lots of those lately, many that apparently manage realtime framerates for things such as fully shadowed volumetric textures, impostors, etc., or multiple bounce global illumination, all on GPUs 5+ years old, but a lot of it flies far above my head, and, as much as I hate to admit it, I don't have t... |
Is this site a good place for "can someone explain this paper to me in approachable language" style questions? |
The question http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/1783/liang-barsky-line-clipping-algorithm asks for an extension to n dimensions, but does not specify how the extension will be made, leaving the potential for ambiguity.
Is it clear to answerers that only one of the potential interpretations makes sen... |
Is this question too ambiguous? |
The question http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/1783/liang-barsky-line-clipping-algorithm asks for an extension to n dimensions, but does not specify how the extension will be made, leaving the potential for ambiguity as Nathan Reed points out in a comment.
Is it clear to answerers that only one of ... |
Please scope your questions well, Is there something we could do to make this better? |
It is very easy to expand the scope of your question by too much. This is especially true on this site because the complexity of subjects is easily so high. As a result of this complexity we will easily suffer from the [bikeshedding effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_law_of_triviality) where people talk ... |
It is very easy to expand the scope of your question by too much. This is especially true on this site because the complexity of subjects is often high. As a result of this complexity we will easily suffer from the [bikeshedding effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_law_of_triviality) where people talk and ... |
You may have seen that Stack Exchange sites are to change from using CC BY-SA 3.0 for all parts of posts, to using CC BY-SA 3.0 for non-code parts of posts, and a modified MIT licence for code parts of posts (the modification being that attribution is not required except in certain circumstances, the meaning of which s... |
The question [What is the state-of-the-art on using computers to “clean-up” images?] has a comment to say:
> This question is about image / signal processing, which is not within the scope of this site. However, there is a SE for signal processing here: [dsp.stackexchange.com]
This question does indeed appear to ... |
Is this graphics or image processing? Is there an overlap? |
On the main site, we have the tag [tag:algorithm] and I'm a bit confused about the purpose of this tag.
On one hand, while currently 25 questions have this tag ([rank #5](http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/tags)), I fail to see what they have in common with respect to *algorithms*. On the other hand, when loo... |
What is an [algorithm], and how should it be used? |
[This question](http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/q/1903/16) made me wonder whether questions about creating simple 2D plots are considered on topic or not. They don't seem to require very specialised computer graphics knowledge, so they'd probably get a decent answer on SO as well. Yet, they're undoubtedly abo... |
Are questions about plotting graphs on topic? |
Possibly, it may depend. Asking for how to implement a graph library drawing internals is almost certainly on topic.
Another thing is: Is it constructive to ask this here? Thete are forums that most certainly would answer faster in this case. |
[This meta question] establishes that reproducing a work without building on it means that it does not qualify as fair use. The question mentioned at the time reproduced a page from a book without adding anything to it. As a result the question was deleted.
[This question] reproduces a series of related questions fr... |
Is there an exception for past papers or does this question need to be deleted? |
Possibly, it may depend. After some thinking this must be offtopic. Asking for how to implement a graph library drawing internals is almost certainly on topic.
Another thing is: Is it constructive to ask this here? There are forums that most certainly would answer faster in this case.
Anyway what we do need is so... |
I would like to nominate myself.
Some relevant user flairs on this and other sites:
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<img src="http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/users/flair/16.png" width="208" height="58" alt="profile for Martin Büttner at Computer Gr... |
I'll step up. My rep here is not super-high just yet, but in my defense I only stumbled upon the site a few days ago (and somehow slipped into the private beta, perhaps due to my Area51 rep or maybe my overall site rep). And I hope to contribute (and learn) a great deal here.
I'm active on several sites and have bee... |
I'll step up. My rep here is not super-high just yet, but in my defense I only stumbled upon the site a few days ago (and somehow slipped into the private beta, perhaps due to my Area51 rep or maybe my overall site rep). And I hope to contribute (and learn) a great deal here.
I'm active on several sites and have bee... |
I'll step up. My rep here is not super-high just yet, but in my defense I only stumbled upon the site a few days ago (and somehow slipped into the private beta, perhaps due to my Area51 rep or maybe my overall site rep). And I hope to contribute (and learn) a great deal here.
I'm active on several sites and have bee... |
I'll step up. My rep here is not super-high just yet, but in my defense I only stumbled upon the site a few days ago (and somehow slipped into the private beta, perhaps due to my Area51 rep or maybe my overall site rep). And I hope to contribute (and learn) a great deal here.
I'm active on several sites and have bee... |
[This question] asks for definitions of two terms commonly used in computer graphics. Is this a type of question that we want to see here? There are plenty of online dictionaries and encyclopedias, but on the other hand many terms have a more specific meaning in computer graphics (or in some cases even a counter-intuit... |
Should we allow word definition questions? |
I would not be completely against such questions, however they should be different than the one you linked.
That question is asking for the definition of two words that are indeed used in the CG context but not in counter-intuitive ways. A dictionary is enough to answer that question. If not, a ***very*** quick Goo... |
[This answer] consists solely of the abstract copied and pasted from the paper that is linked in the comment beneath it. The paper is behind a paywall and the abstract seems to hint at the existence of an answer, rather than answering this specific question.
Is this sufficient to be a valid answer? Do we want to see... |
Is the abstract from a paper an answer? |
I'll step up. My rep here is not super-high just yet, but in my defense I only stumbled upon the site a few days ago (and somehow slipped into the private beta, perhaps due to my Area51 rep or maybe my overall site rep). And I hope to contribute (and learn) a great deal here.
I'm active on several sites and have bee... |
I broadly agree with Nero on this, but I'd like to clarify one point. I don't think it's necessarily clear at the outset when a question is "about specific code" and when it's a matter of general understanding. And ratchet freak is correct that with next-generation graphics APIs, a "minimal example" may not be very min... |
I'll step up. My rep here is not super-high just yet, but in my defense I only stumbled upon the site a few days ago (and somehow slipped into the private beta). And I hope to contribute (and learn) a great deal here.
I'm active on several sites and have been a (l)user of SO for over 4 years. ([SO](http://stackoverf... |
Are software recomendation questions in scope? There is one question in main at the moment:
* [Software-to-compose-separate-models-into-an-articulated-model](http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/411/software-to-compose-separate-models-into-an-articulated-model)
That basically amounts to a software ... |
Are questions about software recomendation in scope? |
In my opinion the question you linked is off-topic because it is about modeling, which afaik is not in the scope here.
As for software recommendation questions in the CG area: Such questions *could* attract opinionated answers and/or spam. So we should carefully define how should questions should be asked and answe... |
## My answer is *sometimes*
I think recommendation questions should reflect our scope.
Questions about *using* animation and modelling software are not in scope, so asking for a recommendation for such software should be off topic.
Questions about *writing* software and working with APIs and GPUs are in scope,... |
In my opinion the question you linked is off-topic because it is about modeling, which afaik is not in the scope here.
[Edit: If you look at it from the point of view [Martin described in his comment](http://meta.computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/141/are-questions-about-software-recomendation-in-scope#co... |
Is modelling on topic? |
## My answer is *sometimes*
I think recommendation questions should reflect our scope.
Questions about *using* animation and modelling software are not in scope, so asking for a recommendation for such software should be off topic.
Questions about *writing* software and working with APIs and GPUs are in scope,... |
I would not be completely against such questions, however they should be different than the one you linked.
That question is asking for the definition of two words that are indeed used in the CG context but not in counter-intuitive ways. A dictionary is enough to answer that question. If not, a ***very*** quick Goo... |
This question (http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/416/are-there-any-gltf-example-datasets-available) asks about some downloadable models in a specific format. Do we consider questions asking for off-site resources on-topic?
Other sites commonly have a close vote reason like
> Questions asking us t... |
Are questions asking for off-site resources on topic? |
I posted a ["Share Your Knowledge" question and answer](http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/405/how-to-produce-simple-2d-illustrations-to-accompany-geometry-answers) about how to use Postscript (and tools) to produce an image to accompany answers.
But should it be on the Main Site, since the subject... |
"Simple 2D illustrations" question <- main or meta? |
There are currently 3 close votes on my question "http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/405/how-to-produce-simple-2d-illustrations-to-accompany-geometry-answers". One for Off-Topic, One for Too Broad, And One for Too Subjective.
This suggests to me that there are multiple problems I might address, but... |
"2D Illustrations Question" - help crafting the question? |
I'd like to nominate [Nathan Reed].
<a href="http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/users/48/nathan-reed">
<img src="http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/users/flair/48.png" width="208" height="58" alt="profile for Nathan Reed at Computer Graphics Stack Exchange, Q&A for computer graphics researchers an... |
Last Friday, I noticed a question with a title *Is this a mistake in the Wikipedia article for ...?*, which already was the second question in this style.
1. http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/361/is-this-a-mistake-in-the-wikipedia-article-for-lambertian-reflectance?s=2|0.5008
2. http://computergra... |
Is this a mistake in the Wikipedia article for *? questions |
I'm going to prefix what I say by nothing that I actually agree with Nero. A good question asks a specific question about the content (e.g. "Why is there a cosine factor?" in the case of the Lambertian reflection question). If the questioner believes there to be a mistake in Wikipedia, then by all means bring this up a... |
I'm going to prefix what I say by nothing that I actually agree with Nero. A good question asks a specific question about the content (e.g. "Why is there a cosine factor?" in the case of the Lambertian reflection question). If the questioner believes there to be a mistake in Wikipedia, then by all means bring this up a... |
I'll step up. I only stumbled upon the site just at the turn of public beta, but I've been an enthusiast ever since playing *Chuck Yaeger's Air Combat* on my 286 at age 12. And I hope to contribute (and learn) a great deal here.
I'm active on several sites and have been a (l)user of SO for over 4 years. ([SO](http:/... |
[This question] on our site is a reposting by the original poster from [another Stack Exchange site] following a recommendation that our site would be a good place to ask.
[This migrated question] on our site has been moved from Blender Stack Exchange by the official migration process.
Migration means there is st... |
Migration or reposting? How to treat questions reposted here? |
In the past there was a feature where x amount of edits automatically turned posts into community wikis. Is this feature on for the beta? or did I accidentally make a post a community wiki. I thought that was globally turned off.
I dont think a site like this benefits from such rules anyway. Atleast it does not fit ... |
StackOverflow is constantly battling tag-granularity issues. Things like [tag:jquery-ui] vs [tag:jquery], etc.
How fine-grained should CG.SE's tags be?
- [tag:buffer] vs [tag:depth-buffer] + [tag:stencil-buffer] + ...
- [tag:shader] vs [tag:fragment-shader] + [tag:vertex-shader] / [tag:hlsl-shader] + [tag:glsl-s... |
How fine-grained should tags be? |
Example:
* [How can i make my ice cubes look real?](http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/177/how-can-i-make-my-ice-cubes-look-real)
First off, are questions like this on topic? They have a potential of being less than useful for others. Also quite subjective. Should we have some restrictions?
I ... |
> "Is this enough of a reason to justify making an exception to "show what you have tried"? "
Yes.
I think probably the lack of screenshots (or other results) in the question you refer to is due to the lack of a working implementation that the asker would have achieved.
Sometimes, you might have very f... |
In the past there was a feature where x amount of edits automatically turned posts into community wikis. Is this feature on for the beta? or did I accidentally make a post a community wiki. I thought that was globally turned off.
* [how do i accurately compute coverage of overlapping analytical curves](http://comput... |
Do we want questions where the asker doesn't have a specific problem, just wants feedback on a finished image?
For example, they could ask whether their attempt at a photorealistic image has any problems that make it obviously not a photo. Or they could ask about an image that does not attempt to be photorealistic. ... |
Do we want critique/review questions? |
There are several questions related to computer graphics on Stack Exchange sites, mainly on Stack Overflow and Game Development.
I saw in the past questions being moved from an S.E site to a more relevant one, but I do not know what are the rules and etiquette for this kind of procedures.
Will we be able to move a ... |
Will we move questions from other S.E sites? |
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