Hey,
Snaj[1] and I were thinking.. our communication on IRC is quite a bit scattered. Now, most wikis have a home channel for general chatter separate from their #cvn channel. This makes sense as those will most likely be related to that wiki (e.g. #wikipedia-nl for #cvn-wp-nl, #wikimedia-commons for #cvn-commons etc.).
But for more cvn-centric talk and cross-wiki handling or CVN/SWMT in general (e.g. cloak requests, reporting issues with ClueBot or CVNBot etc.), we've got ourselves spread rather thin:
* #wikimedia-stewards : This one has (in my perception) organically grown to be the most active channel. It's not only for stewards, but also for talking *to* stewards. Something one naturally needs to do as part of cross-wiki monitoring. So it naturally attracts the right crowd. In addition, it's also where global sysop and most other interested parties tend to idle.
* #swmt : Since "sw" is not a single wiki, this is technically the homewiki channel for #cvn-sw
* #swmt-talk : Additional off topic chat channel
* #countervandalism : Right now only used for requesting @countervandalism cloaks and for support with CVN bots and channels etc.
#cvn-sw : People do talk occasionally here as well.
(Did I miss any?)
I'm proposing we shutdown #swmt and #swmt-talk in favour of #wikimedia-stewards, #countervandalism and #cvn-sw.
— Krinkle