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 <monom...@gmail.com> 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...@gmail.com <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.var...@gmail.com<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...@gmail.com<javascript:;>> >> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 3:45 AM, Jan Kučera >>>>> <kozuc...@gmail.com<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@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> >>>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> foundation-l mailing list >>>> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org <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@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > > > -- > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l