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(a)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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