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

[Jan Kucera (Kozuch)]

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 at 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 at 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 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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