[Foundation-l] Proposed guidelines in our IRC channels

[Tangotango]

Hi, I'm in the process of asking the other bootcampers their opinions
regarding this matter. One thing to note that at #wikipedia-bootcamp we have
two bots that report information specific to the English Wikipedia (people
requesting help via the {{helpme}} template, and new topics to the Help
desk, New contributors' help page and Requests for feedback), which may not
be desirable for users of other projects. Therefore, it /might/ be better to
create a new channel, but as I said, I'm still asking around. I'll keep you
posted.

Cheers,

Tangotango

-----Original Message-----
From: foundation-l-bounces at wikimedia.org
[mailto:foundation-l-bounces at wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of effe iets anders
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 4:18 AM
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Proposed guidelines in our IRC channels

Would it be an option to move the channel to #wikimedia-info or a similar
not-so-english-centric-name without losing the people who help others out?
(I though it was possible to make a redirect?) Are you guys very attached to
the channel-name? It's just that -info is easier to remember and find for
non-native english people.

Effeietsanders

2006/10/22, Tangotango <tangotango at wikignome.net>:
> This topic might be a little old, but as a regular in 
> #wikipedia-bootcamp, I can definitely say that this channel is 
> dedicated to helping users out. We do occasionally get users from 
> other Wikimedia projects, and although our level of expertise in 
> languages other than English may be lacking depending on the time and 
> users active, we are always friendly and attempt to help anyone who 
> comes in. The channel is also largely free of off-topic conversation.
>
> If we can get a combination of (1) more experienced and friendly 
> Wikimedians with expertise in languages other than English and (2) 
> more users from different projects who need help, then I think we 
> would do great as a multilingual support channel.
>
> Tangotango
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: geni <geniice at gmail.com>
> Sent: October 13 2006
>
> On 10/13/06, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Last time I was using IRC (quite a few months), #wikipedia was the
> juvenile,
> > off-topic channel and #wikipedia-en (the official support channel 
> > for
> > en.wikipedia) was largely quiet. But, mainly for non-English 
> > speakers, it may be useful to create an multilingual support channel 
> > free from
> off-topic
> > conversation.
> >
> > --
> > Oldak Quill (oldakquill at gmail.com)
>
> #wikipedia-bootcamp would probably come closest.
>
> --
> geni
>
>
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