cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15471632

Codeberg was asking about this. The linked toot by a commenter points to :

SEqlite

These are CC-BY-SA 4.0 remixes of the Stack Exchange Creative Commons Data Dumps. 100% Unendorsed by Stack Exchange, Inc.

They are minimal. They provide the data you probably care about and the data you need to comply with the original license in SQLite format.

  • MrSoup@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    6 months ago

    Would creating a Lemmy instance with that content be enough? Doing so the already enough large Lemmy community could already interact with it.

    • Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      6 months ago

      I think it would make sense to have a specialised forum for it. The question & answer format requires data that Lemmy just isn’t able to fully replicate as it is.

      Also the community editable nature of stack exchange is really unique and more like a wiki than a standard forum/branching discussion threads, where we’re presumed to have sole ownership of all of our posts.

      • MrSoup@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        6 months ago

        The question & answer format requires data that Lemmy just isn’t able to fully replicate as it is.

        Other than marking the correct answer and having user score/badges, there is anything else?

        Also the community editable nature

        You’re right, I just forgot that people can edit your questions and answers.

        • frezik@midwest.social
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          6 months ago

          Presentation matters. Replies to posts about minor items aren’t displayed as prominently. This means the important answers are large and in charge, while debates about the merits of Rust in this situation are pushed away.

      • Dame @lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        6 months ago

        Seems like it would be good to request Discourse and NodeBB to offer similar features

      • XNX@slrpnk.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        6 months ago

        Wait what i didnt know about any community editable aspect, can you share some examples?

        • Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          6 months ago

          Basically any member is allowed to edit anyone else’s question or answer. The changes may go up before or after review by mods depending on the member’s trust level. I’ve had my questions changed before. It can be kind of annoying but I understand they’re doing it to maintain some level of quality.

          • XNX@slrpnk.net
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            0
            ·
            6 months ago

            Is that the only difference? That feature doesn’t seem great tbh. I’d love a wiki on lemmy though especially one that integrated to the point you can one click add a question + answer directly to the communities wiki

            • Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              6 months ago

              No, there are a number of differences. There’s questions & answers under which there are comments, and a bunch of other functionality. It’s so different to a standard threaded forum that you may as well build a new system from scratch. I honestly think it would be less work than trying to shoehorn lemmy into this role, and have another fediverse ecosystem built around it.