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Erik Funkenbusch
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This whole topic makes no sense to me. How is running and operating a web site any different from what is provided by Server Fault? It sounds like Webmasters is intented to be about network administration relating specifically to websites. That seems awfully specific and would probably rule out 50% of what webmasters do.

Webmasters run and operate sites, but they are almost always web site designers as well. If they don't design sites, then they're just a network administrator (not that NA's are "just" anything, but Webmasters are a specialized superset).

To say that HTML and CSS are not part of a webmasters duty is unreasonable in my mind. In many ways, I think it's more important for webmasters to have a site like this because they're more likely to need help with HTML and CSS issues because their job descriptions are often more jack of all trades and will need more help with specific skills.

Webmastes makes sense to me as a specialization because being a webmaster does require a lot of different skills. But to say that some of thsoe skills aren't appropriate for this site makes it questionable as to why the site then exists.

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I'm looking at the front page of PW, and basically it boils down to this:

  • A bunch of closed questions, either moved to other sites, or closed as off topic
  • A bunch of questions that, according to this line of reasoning SHOULD be closed
  • A bunch of quesitons that belong on Server Fault, or SO
  • About the only topic i can find that would be actually on-topic is maybe SEO topics. Even then, that's largely about HTML.

Honestly, I can't seem to figure out what is on topic here.

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As for the suggestion to use Doctype... The site has almost no activity. As of right now, the last asked question was over a day ago. The last answer to a question was 22 HOURS ago. The question before that was asked 2 DAYS ago.

Seriously? We're supposed to get answers from the 5 people a day that seem to use the site?

This whole topic makes no sense to me. How is running and operating a web site any different from what is provided by Server Fault? It sounds like Webmasters is intented to be about network administration relating specifically to websites. That seems awfully specific and would probably rule out 50% of what webmasters do.

Webmasters run and operate sites, but they are almost always web site designers as well. If they don't design sites, then they're just a network administrator (not that NA's are "just" anything, but Webmasters are a specialized superset).

To say that HTML and CSS are not part of a webmasters duty is unreasonable in my mind. In many ways, I think it's more important for webmasters to have a site like this because they're more likely to need help with HTML and CSS issues because their job descriptions are often more jack of all trades and will need more help with specific skills.

Webmastes makes sense to me as a specialization because being a webmaster does require a lot of different skills. But to say that some of thsoe skills aren't appropriate for this site makes it questionable as to why the site then exists.

EDIT:

I'm looking at the front page of PW, and basically it boils down to this:

  • A bunch of closed questions, either moved to other sites, or closed as off topic
  • A bunch of questions that, according to this line of reasoning SHOULD be closed
  • A bunch of quesitons that belong on Server Fault, or SO
  • About the only topic i can find that would be actually on-topic is maybe SEO topics. Even then, that's largely about HTML.

Honestly, I can't seem to figure out what is on topic here.

This whole topic makes no sense to me. How is running and operating a web site any different from what is provided by Server Fault? It sounds like Webmasters is intented to be about network administration relating specifically to websites. That seems awfully specific and would probably rule out 50% of what webmasters do.

Webmasters run and operate sites, but they are almost always web site designers as well. If they don't design sites, then they're just a network administrator (not that NA's are "just" anything, but Webmasters are a specialized superset).

To say that HTML and CSS are not part of a webmasters duty is unreasonable in my mind. In many ways, I think it's more important for webmasters to have a site like this because they're more likely to need help with HTML and CSS issues because their job descriptions are often more jack of all trades and will need more help with specific skills.

Webmastes makes sense to me as a specialization because being a webmaster does require a lot of different skills. But to say that some of thsoe skills aren't appropriate for this site makes it questionable as to why the site then exists.

EDIT:

I'm looking at the front page of PW, and basically it boils down to this:

  • A bunch of closed questions, either moved to other sites, or closed as off topic
  • A bunch of questions that, according to this line of reasoning SHOULD be closed
  • A bunch of quesitons that belong on Server Fault, or SO
  • About the only topic i can find that would be actually on-topic is maybe SEO topics. Even then, that's largely about HTML.

Honestly, I can't seem to figure out what is on topic here.

EDIT:

As for the suggestion to use Doctype... The site has almost no activity. As of right now, the last asked question was over a day ago. The last answer to a question was 22 HOURS ago. The question before that was asked 2 DAYS ago.

Seriously? We're supposed to get answers from the 5 people a day that seem to use the site?

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Erik Funkenbusch
Erik Funkenbusch
  • 198
  • 6

This whole topic makes no sense to me. How is running and operating a web site any different from what is provided by Server Fault? It sounds like Webmasters is intented to be about network administration relating specifically to websites. That seems awfully specific and would probably rule out 50% of what webmasters do.

Webmasters run and operate sites, but they are almost always web site designers as well. If they don't design sites, then they're just a network administrator (not that NA's are "just" anything, but Webmasters are a specialized superset).

To say that HTML and CSS are not part of a webmasters duty is unreasonable in my mind. In many ways, I think it's more important for webmasters to have a site like this because they're more likely to need help with HTML and CSS issues because their job descriptions are often more jack of all trades and will need more help with specific skills.

Webmastes makes sense to me as a specialization because being a webmaster does require a lot of different skills. But to say that some of thsoe skills aren't appropriate for this site makes it questionable as to why the site then exists.

EDIT:

I'm looking at the front page of PW, and basically it boils down to this:

  • A bunch of closed questions, either moved to other sites, or closed as off topic
  • A bunch of questions that, according to this line of reasoning SHOULD be closed
  • A bunch of quesitons that belong on Server Fault, or SO
  • About the only topic i can find that would be actually on-topic is maybe SEO topics. Even then, that's largely about HTML.

Honestly, I can't seem to figure out what is on topic here.

This whole topic makes no sense to me. How is running and operating a web site any different from what is provided by Server Fault? It sounds like Webmasters is intented to be about network administration relating specifically to websites. That seems awfully specific and would probably rule out 50% of what webmasters do.

Webmasters run and operate sites, but they are almost always web site designers as well. If they don't design sites, then they're just a network administrator (not that NA's are "just" anything, but Webmasters are a specialized superset).

To say that HTML and CSS are not part of a webmasters duty is unreasonable in my mind. In many ways, I think it's more important for webmasters to have a site like this because they're more likely to need help with HTML and CSS issues because their job descriptions are often more jack of all trades and will need more help with specific skills.

Webmastes makes sense to me as a specialization because being a webmaster does require a lot of different skills. But to say that some of thsoe skills aren't appropriate for this site makes it questionable as to why the site then exists.

This whole topic makes no sense to me. How is running and operating a web site any different from what is provided by Server Fault? It sounds like Webmasters is intented to be about network administration relating specifically to websites. That seems awfully specific and would probably rule out 50% of what webmasters do.

Webmasters run and operate sites, but they are almost always web site designers as well. If they don't design sites, then they're just a network administrator (not that NA's are "just" anything, but Webmasters are a specialized superset).

To say that HTML and CSS are not part of a webmasters duty is unreasonable in my mind. In many ways, I think it's more important for webmasters to have a site like this because they're more likely to need help with HTML and CSS issues because their job descriptions are often more jack of all trades and will need more help with specific skills.

Webmastes makes sense to me as a specialization because being a webmaster does require a lot of different skills. But to say that some of thsoe skills aren't appropriate for this site makes it questionable as to why the site then exists.

EDIT:

I'm looking at the front page of PW, and basically it boils down to this:

  • A bunch of closed questions, either moved to other sites, or closed as off topic
  • A bunch of questions that, according to this line of reasoning SHOULD be closed
  • A bunch of quesitons that belong on Server Fault, or SO
  • About the only topic i can find that would be actually on-topic is maybe SEO topics. Even then, that's largely about HTML.

Honestly, I can't seem to figure out what is on topic here.

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Erik Funkenbusch
Erik Funkenbusch
  • 198
  • 6

This whole topic makes no sense to me. How is running and operating a web site any different from what is provided by Server Fault? It sounds like Webmasters is intented to be about network administration relating specifically to websites. That seems awfully specific and would probably rule out 50% of what webmasters do.

Webmasters run and operate sites, but they are almost always web site designers as well. If they don't design sites, then they're just a network administrator (not that NA's are "just" anything, but Webmasters are a specialized superset).

To say that HTML and CSS are not part of a webmasters duty is unreasonable in my mind. In many ways, I think it's more important for webmasters to have a site like this because they're more likely to need help with HTML and CSS issues because their job descriptions are often more jack of all trades and will need more help with specific skills.

Webmastes makes sense to me as a specialization because being a webmaster does require a lot of different skills. But to say that some of thsoe skills aren't appropriate for this site makes it questionable as to why the site then exists.