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
