Ok!  I'm all for opening up channels to wider use :)  Nice work, again,  SJ


On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Dario Taraborelli
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Sam,
>
> the IRC channel actually predates the Wikimedia Research Index project. It 
> was originally created to support the activity of the Research Committee and 
> we thought we could just open it up to host all research-related discussions.
>
> Dario
>
> On Jul 12, 2011, at 1:24 PM, Samuel Klein wrote:
>
>> This looks awesome, Dario!
>>
>> One suggestion:
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Dario Taraborelli
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> we created a dedicated IRC channel on Freenode as a friendly place to
>>> discuss in real time issues of relevance to Wikimedia research
>>
>> At the moment we have a surplus of low-traffic wikis, mailing lists,
>> and channels: not a good design pattern.
>>
>> Have you considered using an existing, inactive channel for this?
>> #wikimedia would be fine, and the cross-pollination of people not on
>> this mailing list may be healthy.
>>
>> Sam.
>>
>>> We hope with this initiative to increase the volume, speed, impact and
>>> potential audience of research that helps improve our understanding of
>>> Wikimedia projects and communities.
>>
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