https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11190
--- Comment #6 from Monomium <monom...@gmail.com> 2010-09-15 22:50:06 UTC --- This really isn't that difficult. Could you link to that extension? *In my opinion, this is a simple matter of connecting to IRC and adding a tab. *Wikinews added an opinions tab; this can't be that difficult. *This really is a community decision, not a developer decision. *Who told you it was "random chit-chat" was the only use? (In reply to comment #5) > There's already IRC. There's even an extension that allows to use it from > on-wiki interface. Therefore, adding yet another method of chat would result > in > multiplying entities beyond necessity. Don't forget that all means of > communication in > MediaWiki is there to achieve one goal: collaboration, not random chit-chat. > And real-time chatting is much less convenient for that exact purpose. > > Not a snowball's chance in hell that we'll ever implement it. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
