For my part I can say that I've moved some
discussions to Facebook, because
there the communication flow is faster. In a group chat there are no edit
conflicts and, since Wikipedians tend to write fast, the conversation goes
almost with the speed of talking.
Another usage of Facebook is for communication in a hidden group. We use a
hidden group for discussing our social media posts and blog posts which we
do not want to discuss publicly, in order to not spoil the surprise in
them.
For some documents like grant proposals or reports I, among others, have
tended to use Google Docs as a platform for the creation of a draft of a
certain document, which was then discussed by a core team before it went
public on meta or elsewhere.
So, the two reasons for moving discussions out of the wikiverse are *faster
communication* and the *possibility to discuss stuff in a private
environment*. I would be really glad if there were a good chat function in
the wikiverse or if we started using namespaces, which are already part of
MediaWiki, but are not being used as a place for private discussions, at
least in my environment.
Best regards,
Nikola (User:Лорд Бъмбъри)
Wikimedians of Bulgaria
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 1:35 AM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I think the discussion about post-mortems is
vitally important, so I'm
adding a new subject line for the discussion about the venue. I was one of
the people involved in the discussion of post-mortems, and I'll add my
comments to the original thread (and summarize what others have said) in a
moment.
-Pete
[[User:Peteforsyth]]
On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I can agree with what you're saying, Craig.
I can also understand what
Brandon is saying - that some people prefer that interface.
Unlike many Facebook pages, though, this one is not public and cannot be
viewed by anyone who does not have a FB account. It's the one venue that
many interested parties cannot even read, let alone participate in,
unless
they're willing to give up some fairly
significant privacy. I am
disappointed, but I do not hold it against anyone for preferring to
discuss
issues in a venue not associated with Wikimedia.
Risker/Anne
On 21 February 2016 at 19:01, Craig Franklin <cfranklin(a)halonetwork.net>
wrote:
> People will have discussions at a location that is personally
convenient
for them.
Unless you're going to reprogram human nature, I don't see
that
> there's anything to be done about the resulting balkanisation of the
> discussion.
>
> Cheers,
> Craig
>
> On 22 February 2016 at 09:54, Thyge <ltl.privat(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I really wonder why wikimedia discussions have migrated to FB. Are we
> > applying for a grant?
> >
> > Thyge
> >
> > 2016-02-22 0:51 GMT+01:00 Newyorkbrad <newyorkbrad(a)gmail.com>om>:
> >
> > > I too am one of those people who is not to be found on Facebook. I
> > > only have room in my life for one online timesink ... and I already
> > > have Wikipedia :)
> > >
> > > Newyorkbrad
> > >
> > > On 2/21/16, Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > As has already been explained on this list, many people do not
have
> > > access
> > > > to Facebook. If this is something germane and useful to a lot of
> > people
> > > on
> > > > this list, perhaps it would be appropriate to ask Jonathan to
post
it
> > > here.
> > > >
> > > > Risker/Anne
> > > >
> > > > On 21 February 2016 at 18:34, Anthony Cole
<ahcoleecu(a)gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> For those not following, I recommend the discussion in response
to
> >
>> Jonathan
> > >> Cardy's comment here:
> > >>
> > >>
> >
>
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/960989863948845/
> >
>>
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