You might want to warn stackexchange ;-) Tom Morton
On 6 Apr 2012, at 21:44, John <phoenixoverr...@gmail.com> wrote: > WOW, you guys are bashing the WMF for not supporting a legal nightmare, and > yet another clone of an existing service (answers.yahoo.com). The > legalities and paperwork necessary to avoid the WMF from getting their > asses sued off for bad answers is probably a multi-year endeavor, and a > money sink. How would such a system function without degrading into a crap > pit? And how would that further the goals of the WMF? > > On Friday, April 6, 2012, Mono 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:;><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:;><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:;> >> <javascript:;>> >>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 3:45 AM, Jan Kučera >>>>>> <kozuc...@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@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> <javascript:;> >>>>>> Unsubscribe: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> foundation-l mailing list >>>>> foundation-l@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@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> <javascript:;> >>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> foundation-l mailing list >>> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> <javascript:;> >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from my iPad >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > 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