Something like www.reddit.com/r/openstack has the reputation, promotion and FAQ capabilities. I'm not sure what software they use. DL
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Stefano Maffulli > Sent: 02 December 2011 22:37 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Openstack] Cloud Computing StackExchange site proposal > > On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 08:17 -0800, Stefano Maffulli wrote: > > Leaving aside naming the tools, what would be the most important > > features to have? > > Here is the list of requirements we gathered: > > * good search engine > * ability to promote question and best answer to FAQ > * good looking and nice to use > * custom domain (like ask.openstack.org) > * layout customizable, to give it the "openstack.org look" > * use Launchpad login > * Tagging > * Use of a reputation system to encourage participation and get a better > handle on authoritative answers > * a method or process for flagging topics which should migrate into > documentation and/or the wiki. In details: (1) a way of flagging a question or > discussion as a doc bug, a potential enhancement, or even a product bug. 2) A > way of closing the loop, and updating the question to indicate the issue is > resolved/fixed, and no longer relevant. > * a way to assign a question to a particular version (or milestone) in order > to > better mark questions (and answers) as obsolete > > I would add an extra requirement: that the tool itself must be 'free as in > freedom' software. > > I'm assuming we want all of these requirements satisfied. We should start > talking about tools now. > > What tool do you know that allows us to satisfy these requirements? Help me > build a list of tools to evaluate. I'm especially interested in seeing > whether we > can improve upon the tools we already have. > > thanks > stef > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
