[OSM-talk] talk Digest, Vol 189, Issue 24

[Tom Hughes]

I don't believe you can migrate to StackExchange - we would have to
start over if we went that route.

You definitely can't pay for a StackExhange site - they specifically
say that they no longer offer that.

Tom

On 20/05/2020 22:17, Allan Mustard wrote:
> Simon, et al, if money is required from the OSMF, could not one of the 
> working groups submit a funding request for migration to a new platform 
> like StackExchange?  Microgrant is probably not appropriate for 
> something like this.  Just my two cents' worth.
> 
> apm
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>> To: Tobias Wrede<list at tobias-wrede.de>
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>> May 20, 2020, 09:28 bylist at tobias-wrede.de:
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>>> Can we involve any of the OSM organizations to find, maybe pay, someone?
>>>
>> The question is about the plan. Life support for this specific platform?
>>
>> It sounds like an endless pit that can consume plenty of resources,
>> but maybe I am too pessimistic.
>>
>> Migrate to Stack Exchange? Even assuming that this company will agree
>> it has plenty of potential issues.
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>> Wait for someone to volunteer and fix? It would be nice, but not sure what
>> are chances of that.
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>> Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 15:12:58 +0100
>> From: Tom Hughes<tom at compton.nu>
>> To: Mateusz Konieczny<matkoniecz at tutanota.com>, Tobias Wrede
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>> On 20/05/2020 14:48, Mateusz Konieczny via talk wrote:
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>>> Migrate to Stack Exchange? Even assuming that this company will agree
>>> it has plenty of potential issues.
>> They have a public process for proposing new sites:
>>
>>     https://area51.stackexchange.com/faq
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>> So long as enough people are interested it shouldn't be an issue. I've
>> been through the process with another site.
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>> Tom
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