What are the etiquette involved when cross-posting programming questions on StackOverflow and GameDev.StackExchange? Or is it a case of "don't do it?"
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1\$\begingroup\$ This has come up with other site pairs before, and the answer is don't do it. \$\endgroup\$– Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'Mar 12, 2011 at 18:15
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I think that this would be a good case for don't do it.
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I'm going for one or the other.
- Wasting peoples' time on both ends.
- Likely indicates it doesn't belong here (programming with a slight gamedev issue).
And not just SO - I've seen many questions on here and on Gamedev.net, with post times ~5 minutes of each other.
answered Oct 30, 2010 at 14:25
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\$\begingroup\$ The case of an opener asking the same question in 2+ boards is not much different from a user answering 2+ different answers to the same question on 2+ different boards. The latter could be a direct consequence of the first, and both makes no sense. Even more with a largely shared user base and a lot or repetitive questions. \$\endgroup\$ May 27, 2012 at 21:14
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Another vote for SO xor GDSE. As another argument against both, we've had at least one case of a question getting migrated from SO to here after being asked both places, leaving us with a duplicate.
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\$\begingroup\$ However, migrated questions can be merged, especially if answers are good on both ends, or deleted entirely. \$\endgroup\$– RicketMar 8, 2011 at 23:20
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As others have said and I'm sure you've realized by now, I would not do it either as it wastes people's time.
But I do wish the two sites were merged/combined - because points are divided, and the very issue this question raises.
