Also, be sure to communicate to everyone that they need to "upvote" the questions, after they have been created. Each person gets 5 upvotes it seems, perhaps depending on reputation or something similar.
See here for some more metrics on another topic http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/55053/data-science Not so sure we could generate 5 questions per day? Regards, Jason On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Jason Pickering < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Matthieu, > Sounds good to me. The process to get it setup seems rather involved but > given the supposed number of people out there , we should have little > problem gathering enough supoort. > > Regards, > Jason > On Oct 10, 2014 6:59 AM, "Matthieu Pinard (UiO)" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> after discussing with web Lars and with the enlightenment of Mark we came >> up with the following consensus after going back to the initial needs to be >> addressed in this thread: >> >> *How to make it easier for the users, developers and implementers to look >> for an answer for a given question?* >> >> For that matter *Stackexchange* seems to be a very good option. >> Paraphrasing Ubuntu we can say that Stackexchange should become the site >> for DHIS2 users, implementers and developers can collaboratively edit >> question and answer them. >> "Instead of posting a mailing list, this site would work by you >> repeatedly editing your question with what you’ve learned about your >> problem, and then users can rate the quality of the questions and answers >> by voting" (Source: >> http://community.ubuntu.com/help-information/finding-help/support/). >> >> *Discourse* serves another purpose, which will be very useful for the >> DHIS2 Community as well: a place where to discuss about the latest news of >> DHIS2, discuss ideas etc. We will put that in place later on. >> >> So in a step-by-step approach, let's start with *Stackexchange* to serve >> the most urgent need. Once the community has adopted it we can continue >> providing new tools, namely *Discourse*, for our community to grow and >> engage (and vice versa). >> >> So let's back Jason's initiative and *start posting* on >> http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/77757/dhis2/ >> >> *NEXT STEP:* Diffuse this initiative to the info mailing list explaining >> the goals and steps to make this initiative a success. >> If you agree, Jason, web Lars and me could be assigned to this task. >> >> *Question: Do you agree?* >> >> Cheers, >> Matthieu >> >> PS: Interesting link that we will proudly imitate: >> http://community.ubuntu.com/help-information/finding-help/support/ >> >> Matthieu Pinard >> DHIS 2 Academy & Community Coordinator | University of Oslo >> >> On 10 October 2014 12:25, Halvdan Grelland <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Discourse seems to strike a great balance between power and user >>> friendliness. +1 >>> >>> 2014-10-10 11:20 GMT+02:00 Lars Kristian Roland <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Here's another one I like: >>>> >>>> http://www.invisionpower.com/features/ >>>> >>>> (not that I don't like the ones Matthieu mentioned) >>>> >>>> Lars >>>> >>>> 2014-10-10 11:07 GMT+02:00 Matthieu Pinard (UiO) <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> Hi guys, >>>>> >>>>> I'm glad to read that people with technical know-how are on this topic >>>>> as well :). >>>>> Forums being a fundamental building block of our (web) community >>>>> choosing the right tool is key: >>>>> >>>>> The right tool for me means a tool that: >>>>> - is easy to use for non-techies, as the community grows fast behind >>>>> it's early adopters >>>>> - encourages interaction though a good UX >>>>> - helps the community to highlight what are the current hottest topics >>>>> - enables "easy" moderation >>>>> - can be used on different screens >>>>> - ...and well... are open source ;) >>>>> >>>>> So far I see two tools: >>>>> - the Ubuntu Discourse http://www.discourse.org/ >>>>> - as we are using the CMS Drupal for our website, we can simply >>>>> activate the forum (limited) or better probably go the the Harmony >>>>> Core <https://www.drupal.org/project/harmony_core> that is part of >>>>> the Commons distribution <https://www.drupal.org/project/commons> >>>>> >>>>> So far from a user perspective I favor Discourse >>>>> <http://www.discourse.org/>. BTW Ubuntu is using it. I can only >>>>> encourage you to give it a try <http://try.discourse.org/> and tell >>>>> me. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Matthieu >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Matthieu Pinard >>>>> DHIS 2 Academy & Community Coordinator | University of Oslo >>>>> >>>>> On 9 October 2014 22:39, Lars Helge Øverland <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Does anyone know about any other existing forums that could be >>>>>> potentially more suitable? >>>>>> >>>>>> If not I'm all for giving this a try. I think going for a forum that >>>>>> is well-known has more legs than starting our own. >>>>>> >>>>>> Lars >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Lars Kristian Roland >>>> Research Fellow, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo >>>> Email: [email protected] - [email protected] >>>> Phone: +47 90733036 >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs-core >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs-core >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>> >> -- Jason P. Pickering email: [email protected] tel:+46764147049
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