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[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.  
[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 [https://discourse.org Discourse].


== Communicate ==
== 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". Best is to follow the [[Ask_fedora_guidelines|guidelines]] when you post your questions.
If you have any feedback on Ask Fedora, you can directly post a comment or question to the site in the [https://askbeta.fedoraproject.org/c/site-feedback Site feedback] category. You can file tickets here on our [https://pagure.io/fedora-join/Fedora-Join/issues?tags=C%3A+AskFedora Pguare instance] also.


You can also join us at #askbot [[How_to_use_IRC|IRC]] channel in irc.freenode.net or post to [https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/infrastructure.lists.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora infrastructure] mailing list.  Do read the [[Ask_Fedora_SOP|standard operating procedure]] if you want to help with infrastructure of Ask Fedora.
You can find us using [[How_to_use_IRC|IRC]] on  {{fpchat|#fedora-ask}}.


== Admins and Moderators ==
== Admins and Moderators ==


Admins and moderators of Ask Fedora are at expected to be logged in at [http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=fedora-ask&uio=d4 #fedora-ask on Freenode]
Admins and moderators of Ask Fedora are at expected to be logged in at {{fpchat|#fedora-ask}}.
 
( please use your ask.fedoraproject.org logins below )
 
=== enabled languages ===
 
* English
* Spanish - <echevemaster>,<gomix>, <aeperezt>
* Brazilian Portuguese - <wolnei>,<dbruno>, <kusterjr>
* Indonesian - <Sentabi>, <Jurankdankkal>, <Ekoikhyar>, <dheche>
* Greek - <b10n1k>, <giannisk>, <axilleas>, <mitzie>, <skaftanis>
* Simplified Chinese - <alick>, <mosquito> , <Tonghuix>
* Traditional Chinese - <zerng07>, <freedomknight>
 
=== pending languages ===
 
None at the moment.  If you want language support enabled for any other languages,  find a team of volunteers (preferably, long term Fedora contributors) to act as moderators for that language.  Ideally we will need atleast three moderators for each language community.  If you need help, file a ticket at https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ or if it is urgent, get in touch with Kevin Fenzi, Fedora infrastructure team (nirik in #fedora-admin, Freenode) if you need help.


== Guidelines for Ask Fedora users ==
== Guidelines for Ask Fedora users ==


* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ask_fedora_guidelines
* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ask_fedora_guidelines


== Participate ==
== Participate ==


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 [[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.
You can participate by asking questions or answering them in http://ask.fedoraproject.org,  


= History =
= History =

Revision as of 18:45, 9 March 2019

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 Discourse.

Communicate

If you have any feedback on Ask Fedora, you can directly post a comment or question to the site in the Site feedback category. You can file tickets here on our Pguare instance also.

You can find us using IRC on #fedora-ask[?].

Admins and Moderators

Admins and moderators of Ask Fedora are at expected to be logged in at #fedora-ask[?].

Guidelines for Ask Fedora users

Participate

You can participate by asking questions or answering them in http://ask.fedoraproject.org,

History

Rahul Sundaram has explained the history of the project here. He initiated an 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. The following are for historical record.