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 (
) for
software options for Wikimedia:
I made a (very quick) research on open source Q&A systems:
Some software options:
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------------ Původní zpráva ------------
Od: Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com>
Předmět: Re: [Foundation-l] Start "questions and answers" site within
Wikimedia
Datum: 21.7.2011 22:56:08
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On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Oliver Moran <oliver.moran(a)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(a)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(a)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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