Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Q&A

The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.

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WikiProject Q&A

Description

This project is a place where one user can ask a question and an other user can tell the user the answer with a linked page.

Example:

• Who is the founder of Microsoft? --Example (Talk)22:46, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975.--HereFord 23:47, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Support

1. HereFord 23:47, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Oppose

1. THF (talk) 00:02, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
2. We already have WP:RD. Computerjoe's talk 23:14, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
3. The reference desk already fulfills this function. - Mgm|^(talk) 13:23, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
4. Search is your friend. WP:NOT a place to get answers for your homework. — MrDolomite • Talk 17:36, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
5. Fast track to fights and soapboxing when more intricate or opinion-based questions are asked. Also, without various in-field experts, the sorts of questions likely to often be seen will be relatively unanswerable by volunteers - "I saw a small brown and orange flying insect, and live in northwest montana. Is it an invasive species of moth or local species of butterfly?" ThuranX (talk) 15:22, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
6. Oppose -- see WP:RD -- -- Absolon S. Kent ^(chat), 21:31, Saturday, May 25, 2024 (UTC)
7. Oppose. The only well-balanced implementation of this I've ever seen was Yahoo! Answers. Use that. Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)} 21:25, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

SWPP

• WikiProject Q&A
• Wikipedia:Q&A

Discussion

Oppose

So it's a project for people too lazy to use the search button? Mokele (talk) 00:00, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

• Why isn't this entirely redundant with Wikipedia:Reference desk? THF (talk) 00:02, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Neutral

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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or at the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.