One reason they are not publicly archived is so that discussions are not
driven into DCC for want of not being held to word, quoted, or caught
displaying a degree of ignorance or a prominent prejudice that you actually
want to be argued out of. It can be live and off the cuff remarks, perhaps
even admissions about personal and otherwise private life. There really is
no telling how your logs will date. I remember one time when it was newsfeed
about war in Tibet, then noise about magnetic levitation. I find IRC tiring
to read and follow when it gets active, then boring when it slows down. Then
there was that ad for carbonated black piss. The trick is to make the logs
yourself in whatever group you want, and pretty much keep it to yourself.
<WJhonson(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:bdd.55588ff0.37a34137@aol.com...
A few years ago, I had asked that IRC have a searchable
archive of
discussions. I was told that there were daily logs and I could get one if
I
asked. I asked, and was denied. Until IRC commits itself to openness,
it
should have little to no impact on any facet of our project. Without
searchable
archives, IRC is not open in the modern sense, regardless of who or how
you can join it, or view it. The archives of this mailing list are
searchable.
Will Johnson
In a message dated 7/30/2009 8:21:43 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
sean(a)silentflame.com writes:
Greetings,
The IRC Group Contacts decided last year to hold a surgery every three
months where general IRC matters could be brought up for discussion in
an environment in which IRC people able to put those into action
(which includes all the contacts themselves) were present and
involved. Regrettably it took just over a year for the second meeting
to be organised, but this pattern will not be repeated!
Therefore we invite you to visit
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Group_Contacts/Meetings/August_2009>
and sign up for the meeting if you are someone interested in how IRC
runs and especially if you are responsible for one or more channels.
That page will shortly contain procedural information on how we intend
to structure the meeting to get the most out of it. For convenience, I
shall note that the meeting is at 1900Z on 3rd August 2009 in
#wikimedia-irc-meetings on freenode.
Yours,
Sean Whitton (seanw on IRC)
For the IRC Group Contacts
I have posted this message to the main public mailing lists to which I
subscribe and would appreciate circulation of the meeting's existence
to as many other languages/projects as possible as this is open to all
- but please note that the meeting will be held in English.
--
Sean Whitton / <sean(a)silentflame.com>
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