[Foundation-l] #wikipedia IRC channel guidelines review

[Philippe Beaudette]

You know, like many people, I type "wikipedia" automatically - since that's the website I go to most often, but I have to stop and think Wikimedia.  It's not a lack of knowledge, or of sensitivity, it's muscle memory.

I made that mistake a couple times during the recent election, and Aphaia gently and with great humour corrected me, while pointing out the mistake.  I only did it once or twice and then I really did slow down and think about what I typed.

I think I like Aphaia's method better than Gerard's scolding.  Seems much less extreme to me.  

philippe


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: GerardM 
  To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List 
  Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 2:18 PM
  Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] #wikipedia IRC channel guidelines review


  Hoi,
  When it is horrid to state that something is wrong at the bases ie meaning
  that this cannot be said, then indeed it is horrid. I doubt also very much
  that there is any effective control over the #wikipedia-* channels. If it is
  to asserted it in the same way as it was done with the #wikipedia channel it
  will not create the same uproar, it will be much worse.

  When there is indeed jurisdiction over multiple channels, it is because of
  these channels being Wikimedia Foundation related. Not more not less.

  Thanks,
       GerardM

  On 7/30/07, Casey Brown <cbrown1023 at comcast.net> wrote:
  >
  > First, what a horrid thing to say.  Second, by Wikipedia-affiliated he
  > meant
  > the #wikipedia-* channels on IRC.  That is where Mark's jurisdiction is,
  > and
  > that is what the guidelines are for.  I do not see what the problem with
  > his
  > statement was.
  >
  > Casey Brown
  > Cbrown1023
  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
  > [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of GerardM
  > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 1:44 PM
  > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
  > Cc: wikipedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org; English Wikipedia
  > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] #wikipedia IRC channel guidelines review
  >
  > Mark,
  > There are Wikimedia affiliated IRC channels on Freenode.
  > Thanks for getting even the basics wrong.
  > Thanks,
  >       GerardM
  >
  > On 7/30/07, Mark Ryan <ultrablue at gmail.com> wrote:
  > >
  > > Hello everyone.
  > >
  > > As a few of you may know, about 5 weeks ago some new guidelines were
  > > put into place on meta for the IRC channel #wikipedia. At the same
  > > time, the operator access list for the channel was emptied and started
  > > from scratch.
  > >
  > > The changes were quite unpopular, to say the least. A discussion
  > > thread was started about them on the foundation-l mailing list, but
  > > probably should have been started on wikipedia-l.
  > >
  > > Now that I am back from my holiday, I have opened a review discussion
  > > about the guidelines on their talk page on meta, which you can access
  > > at the follow URL:
  > >
  > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:IRC_guidelines/wikipedia
  > >
  > > I would very much appreciate the input there of all people who have an
  > > interest in the guidelines, and indeed any users of the
  > > Wikipedia-affiliated IRC channels on Freenode.
  > >
  > > ~Mark Ryan
  > >
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