Hi, just a note to say that a test Discourse instance with a Sandbox for all kinds of tests is available at https://discourse.wmflabs.org/c/Sandbox
This is an instance that Ad Huikeshoven and others set up almost a couple of years ago to explore Discourse as a complement to mailing lists ( https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124690). *This is not the instance where the developers support pilot will be run*, but it is just as good to test Discourse. Thanks to Sam Wilson for resuscitating this instance, and to Ad and other promoters for setting it up in the first place. On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Jan Dittrich <[email protected]> wrote: > I am admin of a discourse community (https://discourse. > opensourcedesign.net/) > and could answer questions about its use, if you are interested. > > Jan > > > 2017-11-20 10:10 GMT+00:00 Florian Schmidt < > [email protected]>: > > > I totally agree, that it's very unlikely, that we can solve the problem > of > > having newcomers ask the same questions over and over again with a > > technical tool, however, it's probably easier for people who _wants_ to > > search before they ask, if they've the possibility to do so. This is most > > likely not all of the newcomers, but isn't it still worth it? :D > > > > Best, > > Florian > > > > -----Original-Nachricht----- > > Betreff: Re: [Wikitech-l] Proposal for a developer support channel > > Datum: 2017-11-19T23:41:29+0100 > > Von: "Brad Jorsch (Anomie)" <[email protected]> > > An: "Wikimedia developers" <[email protected]> > > > > On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Niharika Kohli <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I'd like to add that having Discourse will provide the one thing IRC > > > channels and mailing lists fail to - search capabilities. If you > hangout > > on > > > the #mediawiki IRC channel, you have probably noticed that we get a lot > > of > > > repeat questions all the time. This would save everyone time and > effort. > > > > > > > No discussion system I've ever seen has managed to solve the problem of > > people asking the same question instead of searching for past replies. > I'm > > skeptical that this new one will be any different. > > > > Yes, the existing mailing lists have issues with searchability, although > to > > a large extent that's due to a misguided robots.txt policy preventing the > > archives from being indexed in the first place. > > > > > > -- > > Brad Jorsch (Anomie) > > Senior Software Engineer > > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > > -- > Jan Dittrich > UX Design/ User Research > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 > http://wikimedia.de > > Imagine a world, in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. That‘s our commitment. > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter > der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für > Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- Quim Gil Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
