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