Hi Isaac, Thanks for announcing a proposal before announcing a unilateral change of practice *sua sponte <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sua_sponte>*.
From me, *nihil obstat* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihil_obstat>. Pine🌲 On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 8:21 AM Isaac Johnson via Wiki-research-l < [email protected]> wrote: > 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] > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
