Okay, but this whole discussion is not much about new channel, but about current #wikimedia-dev
so let's get back to the original idea. What about making #wikimedia-dev some universal place for wikimedia devs of all sorts? Not just #mediawiki devs and so, but also bot devs, tool devs etc... that's what gry meant On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 11:27 PM, Daniel Friesen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:04:41 -0800, Chad <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 8:00 AM, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Petr Bena wrote: >>>> >>>> Did you even read my e-mail? >>>> >>>> I was talking about converting current -dev to general developer >>>> channel, not about creating another channel >>> >>> >>> I skimmed it. Another channel seems kind of insane (#wikimedia-devel was >>> proposed). >>> >>> I'd recommend using #wikimedia, #wikimedia-tech, #wikimedia-dev, >>> #mediawiki, or #mediawiki-scripts for the purposes you're describing. >>> >>> #wikipedia is mostly dead these days, but if you wanted to even use that >>> channel, nobody would object. >>> >> >> +1. No new channels, no new mailing lists, it just serves to fracture >> discussion even further. >> >> -Chad > > > +∞ > > There is already a pile of channels all over the place that are supposed to > have relevant discussion. I try to idle in them. Though frankly they're so > separated I basically never see any relevant discussions inside the other > channels. > > I was previously in #mediawiki, #wikimedia-dev, #wikimedia-labs, > #wikimedia-office, #wikimedia-tech, and #wikimedia-mobile. > > I'm subscribed to 6 different channels on MediaWiki stuff already. And a few > days ago I dumped an idea in #mediawiki. And was suggested to go and join > #wikimedia-wikidata too. > Frankly, it's a blessing that FreeNode has dropped their 20 channel > restriction. > > -- > ~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) [http://danielfriesen.name/] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
