http://stackoverflow.com/questions/674232/could-stackoverflow-work-for-other-fields-closed
Unfortunately, I'm still curious to hear what people think. Here is my original question:
"Pick the specialty: medicine, law, science, finance, cars, home improvement...any field that has specialized 'domain knowledge'.
Could someone build a successful forum, like SO, for other areas of expertise? Is there something different about programming that makes this site work exceptionally well?"