I've taken part in some of the IRC office hours.
The format works OK if
everyone is being positive and just wants to question one person.
It isn't so good if either the subject is so complex as to spark debate in
various directions or the subject matter is contentious and tempers get
frayed.
So in the circumstances I'd suggest either a Wiki RFC or an in person
meeting
WSC
On 27 September 2012 15:59, Jon Davies <jon.davies(a)wikimedia.org.uk>wrote;wrote:
People seem to want to meet face to face and
exchange real words - can't
imagine why? Perhaps the visit to the pub afterwards?
On 27 September 2012 15:47, rexx <rexx(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
Set up an "UK office hours" on IRC like
the Foundation does. By the way,
did you ever read Asimov's Foundation? They thought they were writing an
encyclopedia as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_%28novel%29#The_Encyclopedists
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On 27 September 2012 14:11, Jon Davies <jon.davies(a)wikimedia.org.uk>wrote;wrote:
I have had two email conversations this morning
about hot and often
perennial issues around editing, ethics etc. It strikes me that there is
an appetite for having some osrt of debates, perhaps streamed, where people
came together to debate hot issues,
Any thoughts.
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