[Wikitech-l] Proposed "chat system"

2011-09-04 Thread Harry Burt
Hey wikitech-l, I finally got around to reading the August engineering report, which, as ever, is a very useful read. However, one item did stick out to me: [Visual editor] Ian Baker investigated and started to work on a chat system to be integrated

Re: [Wikitech-l] Proposed "chat system"

2011-09-04 Thread Platonides
Harry Burt wrote: > Hey wikitech-l, > > I finally got around to reading the August engineering report, which, as > ever, is a very useful read. However, one item did stick out to me: > > [Visual editor] Ian Baker > investigated > and started to work o

Re: [Wikitech-l] Proposed "chat system"

2011-09-04 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 4 September 2011 13:44, Harry Burt wrote: > [Visual editor] Ian Baker > investigated > and started to work on a chat system to be integrated to the concurrent > editing interface, for collaboration and live help. There's a concurrent editing inter

Re: [Wikitech-l] Proposed "chat system"

2011-09-04 Thread Trevor Parscal
Concurrent editing is something being researched to a small degree. The issues you raise are well known, and there are others as well, but there may still be ways forward. This is not something that WMF is devoting lots of resources to, just experimenting with a bit - especially in light of how pop

Re: [Wikitech-l] Proposed "chat system"

2011-09-04 Thread Russell N. Nelson - rnnelson
] Proposed "chat system" On 4 September 2011 13:44, Harry Burt wrote: > [Visual editor] Ian Baker > <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Raindrift> investigated > and started to work on a chat system to be integrated to the concurrent > editing interface, for collaborati

Re: [Wikitech-l] Proposed "chat system"

2011-09-04 Thread Ariel T. Glenn
ssion as a single revision and the combined work > product of all participating editors. > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone > > > -Original message- > From: Thomas Dalton > To: Wikimedia developers > Sent: Sun, Sep 4, 2011 14:55:49 GMT+00:00 > Su

Re: [Wikitech-l] Proposed "chat system"

2011-09-04 Thread Mono mium
Hi there, I'm working on a live help system. I'll send more information as development progresses, but I simply wanted to let you know that this is in progress. Thanks. On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 5:44 AM, Harry Burt wrote: > Hey wikitech-l, > > I finally got around to reading the August engineerin

Re: [Wikitech-l] Proposed "chat system"

2011-09-05 Thread Ashar Voultoiz
On 05/09/11 02:17, Mono mium wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm working on a live help system. I'll send more information as development > progresses, but I simply wanted to let you know that this is in progress. Make sure to send the code early on. You will attract some developers, get tips, and useful

Re: [Wikitech-l] Proposed "chat system"

2011-09-05 Thread Ashar Voultoiz
On 04/09/11 16:06, Platonides wrote: > Indeed. I wasn't aware anyone was tasked to do such thing. I understand > it may look cool, but I consider that to be a*bad* idea (I have already > argued against it when it 2-3 times already). > Who decided it is something to be implemented? Where's the resu

Re: [Wikitech-l] Proposed "chat system"

2011-09-06 Thread Mono mium
Will do. On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Ashar Voultoiz wrote: > On 05/09/11 02:17, Mono mium wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I'm working on a live help system. I'll send more information as > development > > progresses, but I simply wanted to let you know that this is in progress. > > Make sure t

Re: [Wikitech-l] Proposed "chat system"

2011-09-06 Thread Ian Baker
> > > On the one hand, this seems like a potentially useful feature. On the > other, it sounds like a very controversial feature that will present new > opportunities for spam, not to mention working out a way that help can be > provided uniformly across the board. > > I'd really like to read more