On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 01:01 -0700, Dmcdevit wrote:
Yes, getting no answer while US politics or furry fandom drown out the question is worse than that. I think your concern is exaggerated. Most channels do not have 250 regular users, and they do fine. I think #wiktionary is a good example of a channel that consistently has less than 30 occupants, and is always more active than #wikipedia-en with many more on-topic conversations, and tangents as well.
I personally listened to off topic discussion in #wiktionary and I participated in several. This was while I was editing wiktionary, so I needed a lot of help on technical issues.
Wiktionary has a smaller regular users base, so what you are talking about is only natural.
- Were there any complaints that #wikipedia wasn't helpful to people
with questions?
Yes, very much so.
Please give us the specifics and let us decide how to solve the problems. Don't solve them for us.
Also, a question for you: why not consult the community (properly) first? Why not take our input now?
Dejan Čabrilo