<p>There has been <a href="http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/106/conversation/r-specific-se-sites">discussion</a> over how more of the R community could be brought into the StackExchange fold. (See also this <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/100541/programming-language-specific-stack-exchange-sites">Question</a> on SO Meta.)</p>

<p>If I were to sum-up feelings expressed thus far, we are split between proposing a new, all encompassing SE site for R (R.SE) or finding a bigger home here on CV. @mbq suggested that much of what we might do on R.SE would be perfectly at home on CV.</p>

<p>Ideas for the R.SE site include (but are not limited to):</p>

<ul>
<li>Using/deploying R in a variety of situations (teaching, research etc)</li>
<li>Using the various interfaces to R, questions on RStudio, RevolutionR, Rapache, ... etc...</li>
<li>Domain specific Qs on R packages</li>
<li>Using R in a very general sense (not programming per se)</li>
<li>(anything covered by R-Help, R-Devel, and the SIG list, but we might off-load statistical Qs to CV and R programming to SO, where they were clearly a better fit.)</li>
<li>Allow the more open style of Q</li>
</ul>

<p>What do the users/mods of CV think about this? Would such questions find a welcoming home on CV or would we run the risk of drowning out the statistical Qs?</p>

<p>Any comments gratefully received, either way. At the moment we are deciding upon the best course of action, so anything you do say will help inform that.</p>
