[Foundation-l] Start "questions and answers" site within Wikimedia

[Oliver Moran]

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.

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 at 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 at 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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