Hold a succesful pilot of Discourse on [[ https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ | https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ ]] as an alternative to wikimedia-l mailinglist.
This is a tracking ticket. Please create a ticket for anything that blocks discourse.wmflabs.org to be a succesful pilot as an alternative to wikimedia-l mailinglist.
**User stories:**
- As a Wikimedian I want to share news about what is going on in the movement with involved other Wikimedians so that those Wikimedians stay informed about what is going on
- As a Wikimedian I want to raise an issue to be discussed with fellow Wikimedians so that fellow Wikimedians can share their opinion
- As a Wikimedian I want to announce changes in the composition of boards of chapters and commission so that outgoing officers can be thanked and incoming officers can be welcomed
**Wish list and other requirements for a discourse platform for Wikimedians**
[x] # Free and open software
[x] # Free license
[ ] # Multi lingual interface
[x] # Primary discussion language English - optionally: multilingual discussion
[ ] # Single Sign On (**SSO**): someone with a Wikimedia account should be able to sign in to Discourse with that account (just like Phabricator); or "OAuth integration with MediaWiki credentials."
[x] # Email in topics
[x] # Archive / export / download all posts by all users (On Discourse users can export to .csv and download all of their own posts and replies)
**Links to projectpages**
* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Discourse
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discourse