On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Gregory Varnum <gregory.var...@gmail.com> wrote: > Some modifications and requested info has been added to: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ask.wikimedia.org_(Q%26A_site) > > -greg aka varnent
There have also been a couple of other proposals on meta along these same lines, and perhaps something useful could be merged from the other ones as well: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Proposed_projects_-_Q&A Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) > On Apr 6, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> 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> >> 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> wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 3:45 AM, Jan Kučera <kozuc...@gmail.com> 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 >>>> 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 >> >> >> >> -- >> Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 >> 4266 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l