Hi! Thanks for providing another communication tool.
Some questions: - Is there a reason why we are not using Wikimedia account SSO for the chat? - The Terms link leads directly to the Tech Code of Conduct. Shouldn't it link to https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use/en instead? After all terms are usually more than just a Code of Conduct. - The linked privacy policy <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nova_Resource:Chat/Privacy_Policy> is a bit scary. It states that there is no expectation of privacy as my chats could be published at any time and that the administrators might have access to my username/password combination, which should not at all be necessary. Is that really the intent here? Best regards, Count Count On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 2:00 AM Amir Sarabadani <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > Due to the current situation, there are more and more collaborations > happening online instead. and now you can see Wikimedia-related discussion > groups in Slack, Discord, Telegram, Facebook, and many more. Besides being > scattered and inaccessible to people who don't have accounts in those > platforms (for privacy reasons for example), these platforms use > proprietary and closed-source software, are outside Wikimedia > infrastructure and some harvest our personal data for profit. > > IRC on freenode is a good alternative but it lacks basic functionalities of > a modern chat platform. So we created Wikimedia Chat, a mattermost instance > in Wikimedia Cloud. Compared to IRC, you have: > * Ability to scrollback and read messages when you were offline > * Push notification and email notification > * You don't need to get a cloak to hide your IP from others > * Proper support for sharing media > * Two factor authentication > * A proper mobile app support > * Ability to add custom emojis (yes, it's extremely important) > * Profile pictures > * Ability to ping everyone with @here > * much much more. > > You can use Wikimedia Chat by going to https://chat.wmcloud.org, anyone > can > make an account. This is part of Wikimedia Social suite [1], the oher > similar project is "Wikimedia Meet". [2] > > Some notes: > * This is done in my volunteer capacity and has been maintained by a group > of volunteers. If you're willing to join the team (either technical or > enforcing CoC, kicking out spammers, other daily work), drop me a message. > * Privacy policy of Wikimedia Cloud applies: https://w.wiki/aQW > * As a result, all messages older than 90 days get automatically deleted. > * As a Wikimedia Cloud project, all of discussions, private and public are > covered by Code of conduct in technical spaces: https://w.wiki/AK$ > > Hope that would be useful for you, if you encounter any technical issues, > file a bug in the phabricator. > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Social_Suite > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Meet > > Best > -- > Amir (he/him) > _______________________________________________ > 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
