On 20/11/06, Angela <beesley(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I don't think there's much benefit to
Wikimedia actually hosting IRC
channels since freenode already does that better than we could.
Agreed. Running IRC servers isn't hard, running them well, and having
them set up to handle a Wikimediaesque load is. The development and
server administration teams don't really need the hassle of operating
these, and I doubt we want a new clique to form to run them either.
Freenode do an adequate enough job for our needs, and we seem to have
a good reputation with them.
Rob Church