>
> For the record, here's our rough roadmap for making AskSage maintainable 
> again (in reverse order):
>
> * Fork latest AskBot (or other QA software) and cap number of posts per 
> day for low-reputation users.
> * Optional: migrate existing questions, answers, and users to new AskBot 
> install.  Or put current install in read-only mode.
> * Before that, install latest AskBot
> * Before that, establish new VM for ask.sagemath.org (latest AskBot 
> relies on recent versions of python and mongodb, which we are unable or 
> unwilling to install on the very old machine boxen)
>
> Currently we are stalled at the very first step (establishing a new VM). 
>  But there is reason to believe that regular maintenance will be 
> straightforward after the (not-so-straightforward) task of updating our 
> very old installation.
>

Thanks, Niles, that's really helpful as a summary of what's needed.   

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