Hey folks, For many years, there has been a channel on IRC called #wikimedia-research where folks could post questions about research related to the Wikimedia projects and collaborate [1,2]. This channel has been quiet for quite some time now. I believe the last major usage was for questions during the monthly Research Showcase but we stopped that practice a while ago due to low usage. Given that the usage has been very close to zero for a long time, I'm proposing that we shut it down to reduce confusion about its level of support/interaction and remove the need for moderation (for the occasional spam etc.).
If you have any concerns about this, please let me know by February 20th. Otherwise, I'll work on officially shutting it down and changing references to it from the wikis to mostly direct folks to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Index and this listserv. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Channels [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ask_a_question/FAQ/Research#How_do_I_communicate_with_the_research_community ? Best, Isaac -- Isaac Johnson <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Isaac_(WMF)> (he/him) -- Senior Research Scientist -- Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
