Isn't this rather a replication of the trial Discourse forum at https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ ? (Which, unfortunately, is offline for an upgrade at the moment!)
But anyway, sounds like an interesting idea. :-) What software is it using? On Thu, 9 Nov 2017, at 06:10 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > All, > > > > Right now, all methods of getting support for and general discussion > about MediaWiki fall flat in many areas. > > * This mailing list is good for long-form questions and answers, > but is difficult to search leading to multiple duplicate questions. The > nature of the list also makes things like embedding screenshots > difficult. > * [[Project:Support desk]] on mediawiki.org is serviceable, but > long-form questions or answers require a large amount of scrolling due to > the narrow content width in Flow, and again attaching screenshots to > illustrate problems is difficult. > * The #mediawiki channel on IRC (and related channels) are not easy > for newbies to discover or use, and many organizations block IRC meaning > that we cut off this support method from those at such organizations who > have MediaWiki questions. Like the other support methods, screenshots are > also difficult. > > > > As such, I have launched a new support forum for MediaWiki[1]. It aims to > make it easier to not only ask for and receive support compared to the > methods I outlined above, but also hopes to serve as a hub where people > who run their own MediaWiki installations can connect, share tips, and > network. To my knowledge, there is no such “MediaWiki Users Group” > outside of mailing lists at this time. The service is ad-free and content > posted is available under CC-BY-SA 3.0 so that particularly good answers > can be used to bolster documentation on mediawiki.org. > > > > I encourage anyone that is interested to check it out, and please let me > know if you have any feedback, suggestions, or questions about it 😊. > > > > Regards, > > Skizzerz > > > > [1] https://mwusers.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
