On Tue 14 Apr 2020 at 10:19:13 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 13 apr 20, 20:30:45, Brian wrote: > > > A similar, less constrictive, idea has been tried before > > > > http://shapado.debian.net/ > > > > and has failed miserably. > > Sadly this yet another instance where I end up finding better answers > about Debian on non-Debian platforms (like StackExchange), the other one > being the Arch's wiki (significantly better than Debian's). > > For some reasons (missing SEO?) I don't see many hits from > lists.debian.org in DuckDuckGo or Google.
Fortunately, I could remember fragments of the original post on debian -project, so my search didn't take too long. https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2010/09/msg00123.html The shapado.debian.net domain eventually became ask.debian.net. See https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2010/14/#ask > With the help of the Shapado Project, members of the > Debian project started a new user oriented service at > ask.debian.net. It lets users ask specific questions > and find answers, while also providing rating systems > and badges for users. It allows Debian Developers and > other contributors to easily stay in touch with the > community. My recollection is that, after an initial flurry of activity by DDs, the response to questions was left in the hands of a single person. -- Brian.