Okay, but this whole discussion is not much about new channel, but about current #wikimedia-dev
so let's get back to the original idea. What about making #wikimedia-dev some universal place for wikimedia devs of all sorts? Not just #mediawiki devs and so, but also bot devs, tool devs etc... that's what gry meant
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 11:27 PM, Daniel Friesen daniel@nadir-seen-fire.com wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:04:41 -0800, Chad innocentkiller@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 8:00 AM, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Petr Bena wrote:
Did you even read my e-mail?
I was talking about converting current -dev to general developer channel, not about creating another channel
I skimmed it. Another channel seems kind of insane (#wikimedia-devel was proposed).
I'd recommend using #wikimedia, #wikimedia-tech, #wikimedia-dev, #mediawiki, or #mediawiki-scripts for the purposes you're describing.
#wikipedia is mostly dead these days, but if you wanted to even use that channel, nobody would object.
+1. No new channels, no new mailing lists, it just serves to fracture discussion even further.
-Chad
+∞
There is already a pile of channels all over the place that are supposed to have relevant discussion. I try to idle in them. Though frankly they're so separated I basically never see any relevant discussions inside the other channels.
I was previously in #mediawiki, #wikimedia-dev, #wikimedia-labs, #wikimedia-office, #wikimedia-tech, and #wikimedia-mobile.
I'm subscribed to 6 different channels on MediaWiki stuff already. And a few days ago I dumped an idea in #mediawiki. And was suggested to go and join #wikimedia-wikidata too. Frankly, it's a blessing that FreeNode has dropped their 20 channel restriction.
-- ~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) [http://danielfriesen.name/]
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