Stack overflow seems to use the same software and is highly active. This seems to be updated? Can't we update as they do?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions /Andreas On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 9:34 AM Tobias Wrede <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > we have several channels in OSM to facilitate discussions and support. > First touch point for new users is often help.openstreetmap.org. > Questions relating to mapping in general, tagging, editors, development, > OSM based applications are asked there and get answered in most cases. > > The site is based on OSQA, a software which has not been maintained in > some time. Some application errors have surface in the past but had to > be ignored since no fixes are coming from OSQA any more. Until now we > could live with that. They were annoying but not critical. There are > open tickets on OSM github to move the help site to some other framework > (https://github.com/openstreetmap/operations/issues/149, > https://github.com/openstreetmap/operations/issues/377) but there isn't > exactly an abundance of volunteers to take care of that. > > Usability of help.openstreetmap.org has now seriously worsened over the > past few days with some js error popping up for longer and longer times > ( > https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/74831/why-does-the-add-a-new-comment-button-sometimes-not-work). > > Buttons to support formatting questions and answers are gone, comments > cannot be added and moderation functions (reporting, converting > questions to comments etc.) are not working anymore. > > If this continuous we can shut down the site soon. Even if this problem > got resolved somehow it's only a matter of time until a new problem > arises. The site provides a low entry hurdles place to ask questions > that can be solved by simple answers. I'd hate so see it gone. > > I'm neither a programmer who could help out on the technical side nor am > I involved in OSM organization and politics to have an idea on how this > could be sorted out. Question around: Can we find someone to take care > of the technical side? Can we involve any of the OSM organizations to > find, maybe pay, someone? Does the community even find it worthwhile > keeping the site? > > cheers, > > Tobias > > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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