21 Mar
2011
21 Mar
'11
2:58 p.m.
On Mar 14, 2011, at 11:33 AM, Andreas Hahn wrote:
Am 14.03.2011 09:16, schrieb Vincent Massol:
[snip]
Well, stackoverflow.com is one global site for all questions, it's not a tool you can
install or host.
It's part of stackexchange which is list of Q&A sites.
FYI, I've contacted the guys just to check what is the process to get such a site and
here's their answer:
"
All of our sites are created through a process we call Area 51. It is the staging area to
propose Stack Exchange sites to the community and, if it gains enough support, we create
the site. Stack Exchange sites can only be created via the democratic, community-driven
process at Area 51. You can read more about that process here:
http://area51.stackexchange.com/faq.
"
Thanks
-Vincent
On Mar 13, 2011, at 10:00 PM, Andreas Hahn
wrote:
For my own FOSS project I'm hoping to start soon - I'll be going with
http://stackoverflow.com. Providing support means checking the site for tagged questions a
couple of times a day. It's just one mouse click. For me it makes no real difference
in getting mails or checking a forum as long as you have a one-click list of open topics.
Am 10.03.2011 17:39, schrieb Paul Libbrecht:
I'm not sure how to read your last 2 paragraphs.
Just note that fro my POV there's no "you" and "me" here.
There's only a global community and you're part of it. That said at some point
some people are going to need to work to make it happen, this is where the distinction
will happen. How far are you willing to help? Maybe a first step would be that you help
find either a forum software that fits the bill or a hosted service that would work for
us.
Please contradict me!
Paul,
actually - how could I do this ?
I'm not an expert in forum software so I'd to go for the naive approach
- comparing features e.t.c.
I was hoping for some insight that it is beneficial for the whole
project to encourage users first to browse and then to participate -
even if it means for you and the others around here to give up beloved
habits.
Anyway - I'm not going to push you guys back to the future of Web 2.0.
Given the lame participation when compared to the survey 4 years ago it
seems to me that quite some people have already left the boat and it may
not matter anymore. From the people who answered so far my feeling is
that:
* people seem to agree in general that at least for users a forum would be
nicer
* since xwiki committers provide a substantial amount of answers to the user list as of
today it would be nice that they can continue to have the information coming to me