This is a interesting proposal, but I'd suggest taking the idea to Meta. There is already a Symptom checker at WebMD, but it could potentially upon a legal can of worms for WM to get involved in medical troubleshooting. ________________________________ From: Yao Ziyuan <yaoziyuan(a)gmail.com> To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tue, May 4, 2010 12:58:31 PM Subject: [Foundation-l] New project proposal: wiki-based troubleshooting Possible names:  WikiTroubleshooting/WikiWizard/WikiWiz/WikiSolve/WikiFix/... Motivation: Wikipedia provides factual knowledge (e.g. 7th-grade geometry) but not problem-solving capabilities (e.g. helping a visitor solve his geometry problem). Solution: A hypertext system like a wiki can implement a step-by-step wizard (as seen in Windows XP's Troubleshooter help system; screenshot: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/i/tr/cms/contentPics/multimon-e.gif) that lets a visitor incrementally select symptoms of his problem, and finally the wizard leads to a wiki page that shows possible causes for and solutions to his problem. Any problem in life can be included in this wiki. For example, the visitor can start at a "Troubleshooting Your Health Problem" portal, and the portal lets the visitor select a body part that feels uncomfortable, and subsequent wizard pages let him select more specific symptoms, until enough symptoms are specified so that a final wizard page can show possible diseases and their causes and solutions. Like Wikipedia, WikiTroubleshooting should cite credible references. Best Regards, Yao Ziyuan http://sites.google.com/site/yaoziyuan/ _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l