Re: [Foundation-l] help.wikimedia.org - Q&A site

Take a look at toolserver.org/~mono/qua On Friday, April 6, 2012, Gregory Varnum wrote: > Some modifications and requested info has been added to: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ask.wikimedia.org_(Q%26A_site) > > -greg aka varnent > > > On Apr 6, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com<javascript:;><javascript:;>> > wrote: > >> Great! Could you two please revise the current dormant proposal at >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiAnswers >> >> And note that one of the active uses of the site would be a channel >> dedicated to Q&A about using the Wikimedia projects and MediaWiki? >> >> I think it is simpler and easier to say "let's start a Q&A site, and >> focus on building a help channel there". >> As long as the site is up and maintained, you could answer other >> questions there as well. The WP:RefDesk has never been an ideal >> formal for answering questions or, more importantly, for aggregating >> and organizing answers over time so that it develops into a permanent >> reference resource. >> >> SJ >> >> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Gregory Varnum <

> wrote: >>> I would be interested in helping with this project from a third-party > wiki and MediaWiki developer perspective. >>> >>> -greg aka varnent >>> >>> >>> >>> On Apr 6, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com<javascript:;>

> wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 3:45 AM, Jan Kučera <kozuch82@gmail.com<javascript:;>

> wrote: >>>>> Hi there, >>>>> >>>>> new projects suck, because there are (close to) none >>>>> asked some time ago already with few positive replies >>>>> >>>>> bug was already filled at > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29923 >>>>> is there someone who can help move on? >>>> >>>> It looks like a good idea to me. Do you have any experience running >>>> one of those sites? >>>> >>>> As with any new project, a set of people signed up to help administer >>>> it / be initial contributors and editosr would be useful. So I

>>>> it's still valuable to create a page about it on meta as a 'new >>>> project' even though we haven't cleaned up the new project process >>>> there recently. >>>> >>>> SJ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> foundation-l mailing list >>>> foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> <javascript:;> >>>> Unsubscribe:

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