On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:37 AM, bawolff <bawolff+wn(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Valerie Juarez
<valerie.m.juarez(a)gmail.com> wrote:
- Hosting the event in a different IRC
channel
- We held the event in #wikimedia-dev. We were able to get help from
developers on the channel, but it was hard to tell if users joining were
there for the Bug Day. We felt greeting each user that joined could have
increased noise on the channel, and could have been annoying to other
users. We may hold the next even in #wikimedia-office if there
are no other
meetings scheduled for that time.
Wouldn't that further reduce participation?
Possibly. As stated above we didn't greet each user joining
#wikimedia-dev. We could have missed users joining for the Bug Day
because we did not want to increase the noise. If we use
#wikimedia-office, we believe users who join the channel during Bug
Days would most likely join because they want to participate in the
Bug Day, so we can engage them without worrying about disrupting
others. However, we did get help from developers in #wikimedia-dev, so
I see your concern in that respect. I think we could post questions we
have during the Bug Day to #wikimedia-office first, and if it's not
solved in that channel, we can ask in #wikimedia-dev.
This is not a permanent change. It's something we want to try to see
how it works. If it's not an improvement, we'll try something new or
go back to #wikimedia-dev.
Thank you for hosting this. While I couldn't make this one, I hope to
help out in a future bug day!
Thank you for your feedback, and feel free to make suggestions. I look
forward to working with you on a future bug day. :)
-Valerie