I think you will find, that one does have to pay to join IRC, from Europe at least.
Giano On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:46 AM, FastLizard4 <[email protected]> wrote: > ...who said you have to pay to get on IRC? The only thing you have to > "pay" for to get on IRC is your Internet connection, but that would > make Wikipedia a for-pay service too. There are plenty of free IRC > clients, such as ChatZilla, xChat, and irssi.... > > Of course, all this rambling is just to say that only one of your > points is valid, but then again, the time point is why most IRC > meetings take place after some on-wiki discussion about the best time > to hold said meeting. > > Also, holding meetings on IRC is in some ways better than on-wiki, as > it is considered by some (myself included) to be a more open > environment for discussion. > -- > --FastLizard4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FastLizard4 | > http://scalar.cluenet.org/~fastlizard4 > ) > Sent from my iPod Touch > > On Nov 23, 2009, at 0:04, Giacomo M-Z <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Oh that sounds really interesting, I will pay some money to join IRC > > and > > then get up at 2am to participate. Much more fun than doing it > > freely and > > openly on Wikipedia. > > > > Giano > > > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Keegan Paul <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> We're have a free for all discussion about BLPs, located on IRC at > >> #wikipedia-blptf . No agenda for this get together, more of a > >> brainstorming > >> amongst the many scenario. The meeting starts at 02:00 UTC, Nov 23 > >> (in > >> four > >> an a half hours of this writing). Attendance is highly encouraged, > >> for > >> more > >> information on the task force visit < > >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/BLP_Task_Force> > >> > >> ~Keegan > >> -- > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan > >> _______________________________________________ > >> WikiEN-l mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
