Cool, but let's have fun with a quality perspective, and the reality of needs sometimes...

Girl:  <>I need an answer for why birds have hard beaks.
Wikianswers:  <blank> - We know all birds have hard beaks, but do not know the reason why.  Perhaps you know the reason and can type this in?
Boy:  <typing>  Because... Mom said... God made them that way.
Wikianswers:  Thanks!
Boy: <puzzled and still no answer> OK, let me try Google.

I personally think folks appreciate much more when they don't have to participate so much when they want answers, but often are quite content to clarify their questions to get a quality answer.
The reverse is not often true.



On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 2:20 AM Adam Sobieski <adamsobieski@hotmail.com> wrote:

Abstract Wikipedia,

 

Hello. I am pleased to share a new project proposal: Wikianswers (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikianswers).

 

Like similar projects, users will be able to receive one or more answers to their questions from artificial intelligence question-answering systems, but, unlike other projects, they will subsequently be able to edit these answers and any provided justifications using wiki technology. User-corrected content could later be utilized to retrain consulted question-answering systems, resulting in continual improvement.

 

The proposed project would greatly benefit end-users and would create a valuable resource for the training of artificial intelligence systems.

 

As broached in the proposal’s technical discussion section (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikianswers#Technical_discussion), components and features which could add value to Wikianswers could also add value to Wikifunctions: server-side document-processing, annotations, and client-side user interface topics. With these components and features, in a manner resembling an IDE, users could receive informational, warning, and error messages when working with source code, e.g., Python, in a wiki document context.

 

Thank you for any ideas, comments, questions, or suggestions with which to improve the project proposal.

 

Thank you for taking the time to express your support for or opposition to the newly proposed project.

 

 

Best regards,

Adam Sobieski

http://www.phoster.com

 

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