On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:27:52PM -0800, Larry Sanger wrote:
Actually, I have used IRC, many years ago (ANd come to think of it, we did some sort of IRC chat on Nupedia recently, too.) I generally share your opinion of it, but it can sometimes be kind of fun. I just thought it would be a great thing, if we *are* going to have a Wikipedia channel, to have pointers to instructions on how to get to it.
It all depends on the channel, not IRC. I get good help regularly from open source project members on IRC.