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=== Timeline of improvements to Discussion Tools made by their dev team === | === Timeline of improvements to Discussion Tools made by their dev team === | ||
Have a lock at the three links, especially the second and third one to get an understanding how discussions with discussion tools work in Wikipedia. | |||
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project/Feature_summary | *https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project/Feature_summary - Described summary | ||
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project/Usability | *https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project/Usability - Visual explanation of features | ||
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Talk_pages_project/Usability - Discussion Tools extension in action. | |||
== Alternatives == | == Alternatives == | ||
=== <u>Forums</u> === | === <u>Forums</u> === | ||
The alternative for an open work environment to discussion tools are forums. | |||
Forum discussion threads could be linked at the respective article at the top. | |||
Advantages over Discord are making discussions easily visible for everyone without the need of creating an account + making them "more persistent". | |||
Criteria for forums: Ability to subscribe, notifications, mobile friendly, emoji reactions | |||
(Limitation: Having discussions on the MediaWiki is probably more Seo friendly?? - There is [https://blog.discourse.org/2021/11/discourse-forum-seo/ SEO on Discourse] ) | (Limitation: Having discussions on the MediaWiki is probably more Seo friendly?? - There is [https://blog.discourse.org/2021/11/discourse-forum-seo/ SEO on Discourse] ) | ||
==== Consideration ==== | ==== Consideration ==== | ||
* Discourse - Every single large crypto project is using Discourse. Some [[mediawikiwiki:Discourse|advantages]] over traditional forum. | * Discourse - Every single large crypto project is using Discourse. Some [[mediawikiwiki:Discourse|advantages]] over traditional forum. All of the above criteria full filled | ||
==== Not now ==== | ==== Not now ==== | ||
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We could achieve some level clearness in discord by having more threaded discussions and linking to those threaded discussions from the Wiki. | We could achieve some level clearness in discord by having more threaded discussions and linking to those threaded discussions from the Wiki. | ||
(Limitations: Discussion is more not as open as everyone needs to create a Discord account, we will have many Discord threads, older users don't feel comfortable on Discord, harder to build a serious [[Branding|brand]], Discord servers have [https://www.reddit.com/r/TechSEO/comments/qxf6er/is_there_any_benefit_to_starting_a_discord_server/ no seo impact], We need fewer active | (Limitations: Discussion is more not as open as everyone needs to create a Discord account, we will have many Discord threads, older users don't feel comfortable on Discord, harder to build a serious [[Branding|brand]], Discord servers have [https://www.reddit.com/r/TechSEO/comments/qxf6er/is_there_any_benefit_to_starting_a_discord_server/ no seo impact], We need fewer active discord channel and have more forum like discussions elsewhere) | ||
=== <u>Linear Workspace</u> === | === <u>Linear Workspace</u> === | ||