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 <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> This is a good idea. They are using OSQA, yes? SJ > >>> > >>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Jan Kucera (Kozuch) <[email protected]> > 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 > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> foundation-l mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> 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 > >>> [email protected] > >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> foundation-l mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
