I believ you misinterpreted the use. This tool would only do users EDITing Wikipedia.
On Friday, April 6, 2012, John wrote: > WOW, you guys are bashing the WMF for not supporting a legal nightmare, and > yet another clone of an existing service (answers.yahoo.com). The > legalities and paperwork necessary to avoid the WMF from getting their > asses sued off for bad answers is probably a multi-year endeavor, and a > money sink. How would such a system function without degrading into a crap > pit? And how would that further the goals of the WMF? > > On Friday, April 6, 2012, Mono wrote: > > > Take a look at toolserver.org/~mono/qua > > > > On Friday, April 6, 2012, Gregory Varnum wrote: > > > > > Some modifications and requested info has been added to: > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ask.wikimedia.org_(Q%26A_site) > > > > > > -greg aka varnent > > > > > > > > > On Apr 6, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com<javascript:;> > <javascript:;><javascript:;>> > > > 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 <javascript:;> <javascript:;><javascript:;>> > > > 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<javascript:;> > <javascript:;> > > <javascript:;>> > > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 3:45 AM, Jan Kučera > > > >>> <kozuc...@gmail.com<javascript:;> > <javascript:;> > > <javascript:;>> > > > 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 <javascript:;> <javascript:;> > <javascript:;> > > > >>> Unsubscribe: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> foundation-l mailing list > > > >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> <javascript:;> > <javascript:;> > > > >> 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 <javascript:;> <javascript:;> > <javascript:;> > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> <javascript:;> > <javascript:;> > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > > > > -- > > Sent from my iPad > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> <javascript:;> > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l