On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Dmitriy Sintsov <ques...@rambler.ru> wrote: > There should be a lot of free time to "hang around". For example, IRC is > really inefficient - you ask a question and often you have to wait for a > long time (sometimes never). (That was a question how to add tooltips to > content actions in 'SkinTemplateTabs' hook). IRC is a "time eater", > that's why I personally try to greatly minimize it's usage (work > "duties"). Also, it's really hard to prevent ones (including myself) > from going completely off-topic in IRC. Too much of non-stuctured > informational flow (mediawiki is huge and one channel is not enough).. > Dmitriy Perhaps a separate IRC channel for the GSOC students/mentors (#wikimedia-gsoc?) (and who ever else wants to hangout in there) so that it doesn't get flooded with random questions and such and wouldn't be as hectic (or scary) for the newer irc users.
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