IRC is almost embarrassingly old technology; Wikimedia Foundation projects are the only place I've seen it mentioned in the last five years or more.
On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > We already have #wikipedia-en-help which is remarkably good for a volunteer > help project. Links to join that IRC channel could be offered in multiple > places. Other languages may have similar channels. > > Pine > > On Aug 2, 2014 8:42 AM, "Jeremy Baron" <jer...@tuxmachine.com> wrote: >> >> On Aug 2, 2014 11:01 AM, "LtPowers" <ltpowers_w...@rochester.rr.com> >> wrote: >> > And then there could be a little chat window allowing real-time >> > communication while the editor walks through her first edit. >> >> [originally didn't realize who you were replying to… also haven't read the >> whole thread yet] >> >> That is technically feasible. Maybe would have new implications for >> privacy (including WMF privacy policy). Unless the realtime chats were >> publicly logged. (then same privacy as existing teahouse, etc) >> >> Essentially would be a more interactive version of teahouse? (i.e. shorter >> wait for a reply and you're paired with someone that's known to be available >> at that moment) would be a part of teahouse? >> >> How would you staff it? Shifts? >> >> Anyway, that does nothing for the case Kathleen describes. 25 people >> (20f:5m) in a class and everyone getting that introduction to all things >> wiki. Then 7 stay active for a year including all the men. (and only 2 of >> the 20 women) >> >> I'm leaning towards thinking we as a community should (for now) focus more >> on the retention gap than the recruitment gap. Then we're not recruiting >> people just to (mostly) lose them in a month or two. But would be interested >> to hear thoughts on that from someone with a more rigorous analysis. >> >> -Jeremy (jeremyb) >> >> P.S. http://www.onthemedia.org/story/31-race-swap-experiment/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > -- Michael J. "Orange Mike" Lowrey "When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes." -- Desiderius Erasmus _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
