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

[phoebe ayers]

Jan -- thanks for your work exploring systems -- I think it's
definitely worth trying out for a test and agree it's worth trying to
support participation. You note in the bug that there could be
different sections for the different projects -- I've also always
wanted a meta-focused Q&A site for all those questions about how
Wikimedia itself works :)

best,
Phoebe

2011/7/21 Jan Kucera (Kozuch) <garbage5 at seznam.cz>:
> 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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