Hey,
I thought it might be a good idea to have a place to go for real-time discussions, since Wikipedia Chat is somewhat slow. So there's now a
#wikipedia
channel on
irc.openprojects.net
which is also home to many other open-source projects, so I think it's a very good server to be on. Please put in the info in appropriate locations, and feel free to drop by any time you like.
Regards,
Erik
PS: If there already is an IRC channel somewhere, please let me know, I didn't find any using the search.
I think this is really great. I think it would get more traffic if there was a java interface.
Most sites with live chat don't ever have anyone on, but our uniquely interactive nature means that there's almost always somebody around.
If we had a web page with a java chat thingy, that'd be cool. Does anyone know a good open source answer?
Erik Moeller wrote:
Hey,
I thought it might be a good idea to have a place to go for real-time discussions, since Wikipedia Chat is somewhat slow. So there's now a
#wikipedia
channel on
irc.openprojects.net
which is also home to many other open-source projects, so I think it's a very good server to be on. Please put in the info in appropriate locations, and feel free to drop by any time you like.
Regards,
Erik
PS: If there already is an IRC channel somewhere, please let me know, I didn't find any using the search.
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I think this is really great. I think it would get more traffic if there was a java interface.
Hi Jim,
I don't think a Java solution is necessary, IRC clients are available for all platforms (Mozilla even has one built in). These have the advantage of being more feature-rich and easy-to-use than their jJva-equivalents. From my own experience, I would assume that the channel will slowly get larger over time without much external intervention, but if a quicker growth is desired, placing a link to Wikipedia Chat in the menu bar (Home Page | Recent Changes ..) should suffice; some additional instructions for setting up IRC might be desirable.
I'm sure there are several Java-applets capable of connecting to a parametrizable IRC server / channel, though.
Regards,
Erik
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