Stack Exchange is nice, has an acceptable CC-BY-SA license too, but I would host the content ourselves. Looks like SE uses OSQA anyways. Please see my bug 29923 (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29923) for software options for Wikimedia:
I made a (very quick) research on open source Q&A systems:
Some software options: - http://www.osqa.net/ (Python) - http://www.question2answer.org/ (PHP 4.3+, MySQL 5) - http://shapado.com/ (Ruby) - http://www.lampcms.com/ - http://pligg.com/ - http://askbot.org
Kozuch
------------ Původní zpráva ------------ Od: Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com Předmět: Re: [Foundation-l] Start "questions and answers" site within Wikimedia Datum: 21.7.2011 22:56:08
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Oliver Moran oliver.moran@gmail.com wrote:
I would absolutely recommend Stack Exchange. The software is far more suitable
for community Q&A than Mediawiki. The Stack Exchange network of sites also share much of the free content and community spirit of Wikimedia. For example, Q&As are licensed under CC-BY-SA and the sites are community run.
True. But we don't need to use proprietary software for this.
OSQA shares the stackexchange workflow http://linuxexchange.org/
And Question2Answer is the most actively used & updated free-software platform, also php: http://www.question2answer.org/directory.php
SJ
Thanks for the heads up, Tom. I wasn't aware of this proposal. For others, the
link is:
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/13716/wikis-and-wikipedia
The promise to "commit" to the project doesn't require you to log in. The
"commitment" is as follows:
"I commit to participate actively in Wikis and Wikipedia for at least three
months, especially during the private beta, and to ask or answer at least ten questions."
Best, Oliver
On 21 Jul 2011, at 21:03, Thomas Morton wrote:
There was a push to launch a stackexchange site relating to Wikipedia a few months back. It's currently in the commitment phase - needing people to commit to seeding it.
SE is a proven QA platform; so worth considering.
Tom Morton
On 21 Jul 2011, at 21:00, Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com wrote:
This is a good idea. They are using OSQA, yes? SJ
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Jan Kucera (Kozuch) garbage5@seznam.cz
wrote:
Hi there,
I propose to start a Q&A system within Wikimedis. We need a central place
for help. Getting an advise is too complicated now if a person has very diverse questions, he/she needs to look for various wiki discussion pages. Not very easy for newbies. Could be inspired by the help site of OpenStreetMap.
Following bug was filled: "Install Q&A system at help.en.wikipedia.org" https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29923
Discussion and hopefully creation of the site is more that welcome.
Thanks for your support!
Cheers,
Kozuch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kozuch
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