Definately. That's why we have setup #wikipedia-social (and there is also #wikimedia-social, which is run by some other Wikimedians and they said they didn't want us pointing people there, so we setup #wikipedia-social).
I totally agree that it's very important. My point is that the majority of talk in #wikipedia should be on Wikipedia, not the other way round. Otherwise, why call it #wikipedia? :-)
Sean
On 16/06/07, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
Gurch wrote:
Sean has casually neglected to mention that "off-topic" discussion is no longer permitted in the channel. And by that I literally mean that entering the channel and sending one-line greetings to a couple of users will get you told, in-channel and via a bombardment of PMs, to stop talking off-topic.
Let me add my support to this: off-topic chat is important and should be allowed. A variety of forums for off-topic chat between Wikipedians should be provided. Wikipedians are humans, not machines, and just like all other humans have a deep-seated need to socialise with their colleagues, and to discuss matters of shared importance.
-- Tim Starling
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