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Ask Fedora is a community knowledge base and wiki and designed to be the primary place for community support in Fedora.  It is powered by [[Askbot]].   [[User:Sundaram| Rahul Sundaram]] has explained the history of the project [https://mether.wordpress.com/2011/07/16/the-case-for-ask-fedora/ here].  We are currently running a [http://ask.stg.fedoraproject.org/ staging instance] for your feedback.  Ask Fedora will have a soft launch by end of September and will do a full launch in [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/16/Schedule sync] with Fedora 16 release schedule.  
[http://ask.fedoraproject.org Ask Fedora] is a community knowledge base and support forum and designed to be the primary place for community support in Fedora.  It is powered by [[Askbot]], Django based web application. [[User:Sundaram| Rahul Sundaram]] has explained the history of the project [https://mether.wordpress.com/2011/07/16/the-case-for-ask-fedora/ here].  


== Communicate ==
== Communicate ==


If you have any feedback on the Ask Fedora, you can directly post a comment or question to the site and tag it as "meta".  You can also join us at #askbot [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_use_IRC IRC] channel in irc.freenode.net or post to [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/infrastructure Fedora infrastructure] mailing list.  Do read the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ask_Fedora_SOP standard operating procedure] if you want to help with infrastructure of Ask Fedora.   
If you have any feedback on Ask Fedora, you can directly post a comment or question to the site and tag it as "meta".  You can also join us at #askbot [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_use_IRC IRC] channel in irc.freenode.net or post to [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/infrastructure Fedora infrastructure] mailing list.  Do read the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ask_Fedora_SOP standard operating procedure] if you want to help with infrastructure of Ask Fedora.   


== Participate ==
== Participate ==


You can help by [http://ask.stg.fedoraproject.org/questions/ testing] the staging instance,  [https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/199 designing] a logo or a mascot or developing [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Askbot#Feature_wishlist features] for Askbot
You can participate by asking questions or answering them in http://ask.fedoraproject.org,  [http://ask.stg.fedoraproject.org/questions/ testing] the staging instance,  [https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/199 designing] a logo or a mascot or developing [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Askbot#Feature_wishlist features] for Askbot.  Askbot is a Django based web application and if you are a Django/Python programmer, we would love to have your participation.


= History =
= History =

Revision as of 16:06, 8 November 2011

Ask Fedora is a community knowledge base and support forum and designed to be the primary place for community support in Fedora. It is powered by Askbot, Django based web application. Rahul Sundaram has explained the history of the project here.

Communicate

If you have any feedback on Ask Fedora, you can directly post a comment or question to the site and tag it as "meta". You can also join us at #askbot IRC channel in irc.freenode.net or post to Fedora infrastructure mailing list. Do read the standard operating procedure if you want to help with infrastructure of Ask Fedora.

Participate

You can participate by asking questions or answering them in http://ask.fedoraproject.org, testing the staging instance, designing a logo or a mascot or developing features for Askbot. Askbot is a Django based web application and if you are a Django/Python programmer, we would love to have your participation.

History

Rahul Sundaram initiated a earlier effort for editors to interface with developers and directly answer user questions as part of the Fedora Weekly News. This effort didn't scale and is now defunct.