On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:58 AM, jeroen De Dauw
<jeroen_dedauw(a)yahoo.com> 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
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+1. mediawiki-gsoc-l sounds like a good idea to me.
-Chad