Ahh, thanks Rex. I was going to propose IRC as a 5th option. I wouldn't be averse to trying to use IRC, but I do think that Slack has many of the same functions and is easier for people to join as you don't need a client. I'm currently trying to start an internal staff Slack channel, but we could also have a community Slack channel which other people could join.
John
On 19 August 2016 at 20:11, Rex X rexx@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
In times gone-by, we used to host "office hours" on the WMUK channel on irc.
For anybody not familiar with it, our channel is at irc://freenode/wikimedia-uk
For anybody not familiar with irc, it requies a client, like mirc or a browser plugin like chatzilla. It allows large numbers of participants, is real-time chat, and gives a lot of control over the channel.
It might be considered old technology now, but may be worth a thought.
-- Rexx
On 19 August 2016 at 19:53 John Lubbock john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk
wrote:
Hello all, I've been thinking about how WMUK can communicate better with our community and let Wikimedians communicate with each other. I've heard from some community members that they were a little disappointed that people were no longer using the Water Cooler page for discussions.
I'd like to propose some different options and ask if you have any other suggestions about how you'd like to communicate with us and others in the community. So I've put a poll on Twitter https://twitter.com/wikimediauk/status/766703544275767297 with some options for communications channels. I couldn't put more than four
options,
so I chose Facebook, the Water Cooler, Slack and the Mailing List.
I'd really appreciate if you could take the time to vote which one you'd prefer or reply here or to the Tweet with any other suggestions for how you'd like to communicate with us.
What I'm really keen to communicate are the opportunities for our
community
to engage with us, propose projects, receive funding and other assistance from WMUK. To this end, it would be good to have an open channel or discussion group of some kind where we can respond to your ideas and
allow
you to ask us questions about our work. We'd like to be as open as the knowledge we promote, so please let us know your views about how we can
do
that better.
Have a great weekend!
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