On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:58 AM, jeroen De Dauw <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Perhaps a separate IRC channel for the GSOC students/mentors >>> (#wikimedia-gsoc?) (and who ever else wants to hangout in there) so that it >>> doesn't get flooded with random questions and such and wouldn't be as >>> hectic (or scary) for the newer irc users. >> That would be worse, splitting what knowledge/time is available into >> disparate segments is not great. > > I agree that a seperate IRC channel is probably not a good idea. (There are > enough mw channels already, and in most of them people give really great > support, and there is no reason to cut the students off the main community.) > However, a mailing list for the people involved with GSoC would be a great > tool. Last year I did not really know who the other students and mentors > where, and even although I did considerable effort in finding out, there was > no place that had their contact info, or where we could have a discussion. A > mailing list would go a long way in solving that. Last year I created a > google group for this purpose about half way through the project, but this > didn't take off. I suspect it's critical to have this sort of infrastructure > in place before the projects start, and to give all students a poke towards > it. This would also help detecting problems, both on student and mentor side, > that would remain hidden if there is only communication > between the students and their mentors. > > > Cheers > > -- > > Jeroen De Dauw > > * Wiki: wiki.bn2vs.com > * Blog: blog.bn2vs.com > > * Skype: rts.bn.vs > -- > > Don't panic. Don't be evil.70 72 6F 67 72 61 6D 6D 69 6E 67 20 34 20 6C 69 66 > 65! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >
+1. mediawiki-gsoc-l sounds like a good idea to me. -Chad _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
