[Wikimedia-l] Office hours

[Rui Correia]

Thanks Maggie

I am a langugage person - speak a number of them, have a passion for
linguistics, etymology and philology. I had understood that it was some
kind of meeting, but was naturally curious as to why it should be called
"office hours".

Thanks for explaining, but it still leaves puzzled to call a meeting
"office hours", when something less arcane would do - like "IRC-Chat",
"Wiki-Chat", Wiki-Miti", "Wiki-gether" "Rendez-VouWiki", etc etc .....

Best regards,

Rui

On 26 January 2013 15:03, Maggie Dennis <mdennis at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi, Rui.
>
> Nothing to pardon. I'd have been asking that question myself not too
> awfully long ago. :)
>
> Occasionally, staff members of the Wikimedia Foundation or other groups,
> such as chapters, go on IRC to chat with members of the communities that
> work on Wikipedia and the other projects we support.[1] Sometimes there is
> a set agenda, if there is something that needs particular focus, but often
> - as with today's meeting - there is not. It's just an opportunity to ask
> questions of staff (or other groups) and to learn a bit from the questions
> that others ask and the answers to those questions. It's generally pretty
> informal.
>
> If you can't attend the session but are interested in what takes place in
> it, you can still review the logs after the fact. These are placed on
> Meta.[2]
>
> Maggie
>
> [1] If you aren't familiar with IRC (Internet Relay Chat), there is
> information about how to use it at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC and
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#How_to_participate
>
> [2] The logs can be found here:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Office_hour_logs To read
> them, click on the date of the session in the list. :)
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Rui Correia <correia.rui at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear Maggie,
> >
> > Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is "office hours"?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rui
> >
> > On 25 January 2013 22:15, Maggie Dennis <mdennis at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello, all.
> > >
> > > Just a reminder that Sue Gardner, the Wikimedia Foundation's Executive
> > > Director, is doing an IRC office hours on Saturday January 26 at
> 18:30:00
> > > UTC. There is not currently an agenda set for the meeting, but I will
> > > update the particulars on Meta if that changes. Please see
> > >
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hoursfor
> > > particulars.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Maggie
> > >
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Rui Correia
Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Work Consultant
Bridge to Angola - Angola Liaison Consultant

Mobile Number in South Africa +27 74 425 4186
Número de Telemóvel na África do Sul +27 74 425 4186
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