Grants:IdeaLab/Teahouse question query tool
Teahouse question query tool
A gadget or web application for searching the Teahouse archives for answers to common newbie questions .
created on18:20, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
Project idea
What is the problem you're trying to solve?
Thousands of new editors register accounts on English Wikipedia every day. Some of these newcomers find their way to the Teahouse, but the Teahouse can't easily be scaled to support every new editor.
What is your solution?
Leverage the 12000+ (and growing) Teahouse question archive and the ElasticSearch API to allow people to type in their questions, and see a list of related questions pulled from the archive. The search box could be implemented as a Gadget that is turned on by default for all new users, and/or through a stand-alone web application hosted on Labs.
Goals
- allow more new editors to benefit from Teahouse Q&A without overwhelming the Teahouse with more questions than the volunteers (and the Q&A page itself) can support.
- experiment with new use cases for ElasticSearch within Wikimedia.
- provide a more lightweight, mobile-friendly way of getting help for users who are unable or uninclined to ask questions at the Teahouse.
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