(For the record, you were not the one arguing on semantics, you had a genuine question and I was happy you asked it.)

I said #wikipedia *should* be the mother channel, but it's crap now. :) That's what we are trying to change. By all means, discuss anything you want about it. :)

Casey Brown Cbrown1023

-----Original Message----- From: foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Gatto Nero Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:46 AM To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] #wikipedia IRC channel guidelines review

2007/7/31, Casey Brown cbrown1023@comcast.net:

Okay... I thought I cleared this up, but obviously not.

Now it's a bit more clear :D

But please, can we stop arguing on semantics and get the guidelines? They only apply to #wikipedia, so you do not need to think that you are going

to

get attacked by them in your local language's channel.

Could I propose, also, an OT brainstorming? You say: #wikipedia is a "mother channel", a IRCchannel that should represent all the languages. It is not perceived so. It's perceveid like a (messy) english-language channel.

The problem is: we have a lot of localized channels that works well. What's the meaning of #wikipedia? Why does it exist? What should it offer to the visitors? I suppose we should rethink it...

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