Hello, all.
Just a reminder that Sue Gardner, the Wikimedia Foundation's Executive Director, is doing an IRC office hours on Saturday January 26 at 18:30:00 UTC. There is not currently an agenda set for the meeting, but I will update the particulars on Meta if that changes. Please see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hours for particulars.
Thanks!
Maggie
Dear Maggie,
Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is "office hours"?
Regards,
Rui
On 25 January 2013 22:15, Maggie Dennis mdennis@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello, all.
Just a reminder that Sue Gardner, the Wikimedia Foundation's Executive Director, is doing an IRC office hours on Saturday January 26 at 18:30:00 UTC. There is not currently an agenda set for the meeting, but I will update the particulars on Meta if that changes. Please see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hours for particulars.
Thanks!
Maggie
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Hi, Rui.
Nothing to pardon. I'd have been asking that question myself not too awfully long ago. :)
Occasionally, staff members of the Wikimedia Foundation or other groups, such as chapters, go on IRC to chat with members of the communities that work on Wikipedia and the other projects we support.[1] Sometimes there is a set agenda, if there is something that needs particular focus, but often - as with today's meeting - there is not. It's just an opportunity to ask questions of staff (or other groups) and to learn a bit from the questions that others ask and the answers to those questions. It's generally pretty informal.
If you can't attend the session but are interested in what takes place in it, you can still review the logs after the fact. These are placed on Meta.[2]
Maggie
[1] If you aren't familiar with IRC (Internet Relay Chat), there is information about how to use it at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC and http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#How_to_participate
[2] The logs can be found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Office_hour_logs To read them, click on the date of the session in the list. :)
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Rui Correia correia.rui@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Maggie,
Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is "office hours"?
Regards,
Rui
On 25 January 2013 22:15, Maggie Dennis mdennis@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello, all.
Just a reminder that Sue Gardner, the Wikimedia Foundation's Executive Director, is doing an IRC office hours on Saturday January 26 at 18:30:00 UTC. There is not currently an agenda set for the meeting, but I will update the particulars on Meta if that changes. Please see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hoursfor particulars.
Thanks!
Maggie
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Thanks Maggie
I am a langugage person - speak a number of them, have a passion for linguistics, etymology and philology. I had understood that it was some kind of meeting, but was naturally curious as to why it should be called "office hours".
Thanks for explaining, but it still leaves puzzled to call a meeting "office hours", when something less arcane would do - like "IRC-Chat", "Wiki-Chat", Wiki-Miti", "Wiki-gether" "Rendez-VouWiki", etc etc .....
Best regards,
Rui
On 26 January 2013 15:03, Maggie Dennis mdennis@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi, Rui.
Nothing to pardon. I'd have been asking that question myself not too awfully long ago. :)
Occasionally, staff members of the Wikimedia Foundation or other groups, such as chapters, go on IRC to chat with members of the communities that work on Wikipedia and the other projects we support.[1] Sometimes there is a set agenda, if there is something that needs particular focus, but often
- as with today's meeting - there is not. It's just an opportunity to ask
questions of staff (or other groups) and to learn a bit from the questions that others ask and the answers to those questions. It's generally pretty informal.
If you can't attend the session but are interested in what takes place in it, you can still review the logs after the fact. These are placed on Meta.[2]
Maggie
[1] If you aren't familiar with IRC (Internet Relay Chat), there is information about how to use it at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC and http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#How_to_participate
[2] The logs can be found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Office_hour_logs To read them, click on the date of the session in the list. :)
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Rui Correia correia.rui@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Maggie,
Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is "office hours"?
Regards,
Rui
On 25 January 2013 22:15, Maggie Dennis mdennis@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello, all.
Just a reminder that Sue Gardner, the Wikimedia Foundation's Executive Director, is doing an IRC office hours on Saturday January 26 at
18:30:00
UTC. There is not currently an agenda set for the meeting, but I will update the particulars on Meta if that changes. Please see
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hoursfor
particulars.
Thanks!
Maggie
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Rui Correia, 26/01/2013 14:36:
I am a langugage person - speak a number of them, have a passion for linguistics, etymology and philology. I had understood that it was some kind of meeting, but was naturally curious as to why it should be called "office hours".
Thanks for explaining, but it still leaves puzzled to call a meeting "office hours", when something less arcane would do - like "IRC-Chat", "Wiki-Chat", Wiki-Miti", "Wiki-gether" "Rendez-VouWiki", etc etc .....
I think the idea is/was that the "mysterious WMF office" opens for everyone to "visit" and chat, through IRC.
Nemo
I don't know if it's just an american school thing but I know the term from my professors (and before that some high school teachers) who had 'office hours' which were set hours when they could be guaranteed to be in their office without other meetings/commitments so that you could just drop by without an appointment an chat.
James
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On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.comwrote:
Rui Correia, 26/01/2013 14:36:
I am a langugage person - speak a number of them, have a passion for
linguistics, etymology and philology. I had understood that it was some kind of meeting, but was naturally curious as to why it should be called "office hours".
Thanks for explaining, but it still leaves puzzled to call a meeting "office hours", when something less arcane would do - like "IRC-Chat", "Wiki-Chat", Wiki-Miti", "Wiki-gether" "Rendez-VouWiki", etc etc .....
I think the idea is/was that the "mysterious WMF office" opens for everyone to "visit" and chat, through IRC.
Nemo
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That makes more sense - but to turn that into a noun (we are having "office hours" on Tuesday", is stretching the borders of everything language.
What next? "we are having **Car Park** on Saturday" to denote the sort of informal discussions that carry on after a meeting as peole head for their cars? ;-)
Rui
On 26 January 2013 15:46, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
I don't know if it's just an american school thing but I know the term from my professors (and before that some high school teachers) who had 'office hours' which were set hours when they could be guaranteed to be in their office without other meetings/commitments so that you could just drop by without an appointment an chat.
James
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On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki@gmail.com
wrote:
Rui Correia, 26/01/2013 14:36:
I am a langugage person - speak a number of them, have a passion for
linguistics, etymology and philology. I had understood that it was some kind of meeting, but was naturally curious as to why it should be called "office hours".
Thanks for explaining, but it still leaves puzzled to call a meeting "office hours", when something less arcane would do - like "IRC-Chat", "Wiki-Chat", Wiki-Miti", "Wiki-gether" "Rendez-VouWiki", etc etc .....
I think the idea is/was that the "mysterious WMF office" opens for everyone to "visit" and chat, through IRC.
Nemo
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On Jan 26, 2013 1:55 PM, "Rui Correia" correia.rui@gmail.com wrote:
That makes more sense - but to turn that into a noun (we are having
"office
hours" on Tuesday", is stretching the borders of everything language.
It makes perfect sense to me. It's a particular period of time that is spent in an office. We're then extending it to refer to a kind of virtual office used for the same purpose.
(It's not just an Americanism, we use the term in the UK too.)
The English have been known to be "at home" for similar purposes.
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That makes more sense - but to turn that into a noun (we are having "office hours" on Tuesday", is stretching the borders of everything language.
What next? "we are having **Car Park** on Saturday" to denote the sort of informal discussions that carry on after a meeting as peole head for their cars? ;-)
Rui
On 26 January 2013 15:46, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
I don't know if it's just an american school thing but I know the term from my professors (and before that some high school teachers) who had 'office hours' which were set hours when they could be guaranteed to be in their office without other meetings/commitments so that you could just drop by without an appointment an chat.
James
James Alexander Manager, Merchandise Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki@gmail.com
wrote:
Rui Correia, 26/01/2013 14:36:
I am a langugage person - speak a number of them, have a passion for
linguistics, etymology and philology. I had understood that it was some kind of meeting, but was naturally curious as to why it should be called "office hours".
Thanks for explaining, but it still leaves puzzled to call a meeting "office hours", when something less arcane would do - like "IRC-Chat", "Wiki-Chat", Wiki-Miti", "Wiki-gether" "Rendez-VouWiki", etc etc .....
I think the idea is/was that the "mysterious WMF office" opens for everyone to "visit" and chat, through IRC.
Nemo
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On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Rui Correia correia.rui@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for explaining, but it still leaves puzzled to call a meeting "office hours", when something less arcane would do - like "IRC-Chat", "Wiki-Chat", Wiki-Miti", "Wiki-gether" "Rendez-VouWiki", etc etc .....
I just took a stab at adding the relevant entry in Wiktionary: #2 at http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/office_hours
(Any Wiktionarians or would-be Wiktionarians, please improve!)
-Sage
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