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Closed as unclear by scottbb on Mar 5, 2021 at 00:59
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Following from the previous related question, Migrate posts in?, and from the site proposal, we have decided to be selective about which questions, or at categories of questions, to import from Photo-SE.
So, let's start figuring out what to import. I suggest let's figure out types of posts (by subject, tag, etc?). I anticipate that there are several "singleton", important posts that might not fit a category. In those cases, let's just identify them as the singletons, and perhaps start to list them.
I'm not sure the Q&A format will work well to list the several tens or hundreds of posts, but's let's start here and see how it goes.
Edit (several months later):
In retrospect, I'm glad questions weren't migrated in from Photo-SE. Instead, perhaps lists in the answers below could be examples of the types of questions we might want to consider writing for FAQs. Just a suggestion.
Astrophotography / Eclipses / Moon How do I set the proper exposure for nighttime moon photos? How to get the best …
4y ago
Specific Suggestion: What do all those cryptic number and letter codes in a lens name mean? I suggest this question b …
4y ago
Which posts or types of posts to migrate in? None of them. For this site to be successful, it needs to have activi …
4y ago
Gear (not suggestions) How much do lens lineups vary across DSLR platforms? How do lens lineups vary across Mirror …
4y ago
Lighting In portrait photography, what is 'broad' lighting? What is 'short' lighting? What is Rembrandt lighting, …
4y ago
Fundamentals / Basics What is the “exposure triangle”? What is “ISO” on a digital camera? What is bokeh, exactly …
4y ago
Technique What are the best techniques for photographing overweight people? How and why do you use an image histog …
4y ago
History & Learning What historic reasons are there for common aspect ratios? Why is “The Steerage” hailed “one of …
4y ago
Singleton/Canonical Posts These are the highest-valued, often-referenced, no-need-to-rewrite questions and answers. H …
4y ago
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Which posts or types of posts to migrate in?
None of them.
For this site to be successful, it needs to have activity here. Copying posts from SE only creates the illusion of activity, then becomes worse than useless when people realize after reading the whole question, that it was was asked and answered years ago.
For people to come here, the site needs to be better than elsewhere. Obviously copying content from elsewhere doesn't achieve that.
This site is dying due to lack of activity. If you want to save it, create some real activity. Invite people interested in photography to come here, and to spread the word that this is a good place to get answers. Have the experts you invite each write a few home-grown canonical questions to get things started. These can be similar to those they have written elsewhere, but re-writing gives the opportunity to clean them up, clarify a little, etc.
I was already here on Codidact for other reasons. I keep checking this site, but it's been feeling more and more like a waste of time. The latest activity in most catagories is days to weeks old.
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