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

Fri Apr 6 21:07:18 UTC 2012

Wasn't there a proposal a while back for a Stack Exchange [1] site
like this? It seems like the ideal software for it.

Although IMO if MediaWiki discussions are too confusing for new users,
we should be concentrating on fixing that (*cough* LiquidThreads
*cough*) rather than going to a different platform.

Peter

[1] http://stackexchange.com/

On 6 April 2012 21:58, Mono <monomium at gmail.com> wrote:
> Possibly, but maybe more trouble that it's worth.
>
> On Friday, April 6, 2012, Gregory Varnum wrote:
>
>> Is there a more "wiki" like version of that platform available - or would
>> development of such a platform be feasible and of interest to our volunteer
>> developers?
>>
>> -greg
>>
>>
>> On Apr 6, 2012, at 4:30 PM, Mono <monomium at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > 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 at 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 <
>> gregory.varnum at gmail.com <javascript:;><javascript:;>>
>> >> 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 at gmail.com<javascript:;>
>> <javascript:;>>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 3:45 AM, Jan Kučera <kozuch82 at gmail.com<javascript:;>
>> <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
>> think
>> >>>>> 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 at lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> <javascript:;>
>> >>>>> Unsubscribe:
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> _______________________________________________
>> >>>> foundation-l mailing list
>> >>>> foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> <javascript:;>
>> >>>> Unsubscribe:
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Samuel Klein          identi.ca:sj           w:user:sj          +1 617
>> >> 529 4266
>> >>>
>> >>> _______________________________________________
>> >>> foundation-l mailing list
>> >>> foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> <javascript:;>
>> >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> foundation-l mailing list
>> >> foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> <javascript:;>
>> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Sent from my iPad
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > foundation-l mailing list
>> > foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;>
>> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> foundation-l mailing list
>> foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;>
>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>>
>
>
> --
> Sent from my iPad
> _______________________________________________
> foundation-l mailing list
> foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l