[WikiEN-l] BLP task force meeting

[Giacomo M-Z]

I think you will find, that one does have to pay to join IRC, from Europe at
least.

Giano

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:46 AM, FastLizard4 <fastlizard4 at gmail.com> wrote:

> ...who said you have to pay to get on IRC?  The only thing you have to
> "pay" for to get on IRC is your Internet connection, but that would
> make Wikipedia a for-pay service too.  There are plenty of free IRC
> clients, such as ChatZilla, xChat, and irssi....
>
> Of course, all this rambling is just to say that only one of your
> points is valid, but then again, the time point is why most IRC
> meetings take place after some on-wiki discussion about the best time
> to hold said meeting.
>
> Also, holding meetings on IRC is in some ways better than on-wiki, as
> it is considered by some (myself included) to be a more open
> environment for discussion.
> --
> --FastLizard4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FastLizard4 |
> http://scalar.cluenet.org/~fastlizard4
> )
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>
> On Nov 23, 2009, at 0:04, Giacomo M-Z <solebaciato at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Oh that sounds really interesting, I will pay some money to join IRC
> > and
> > then get up at 2am to participate. Much more fun than doing it
> > freely and
> > openly on Wikipedia.
> >
> > Giano
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Keegan Paul <kgnpaul at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> We're have a free for all discussion about BLPs, located on IRC at
> >> #wikipedia-blptf .  No agenda for this get together, more of a
> >> brainstorming
> >> amongst the many scenario.  The meeting starts at 02:00 UTC, Nov 23
> >> (in
> >> four
> >> an a half hours of this writing).  Attendance is highly encouraged,
> >> for
> >> more
> >> information on the task force visit <
> >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/BLP_Task_Force>
> >>
> >> ~Keegan
> >> --
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