[Wylug-discuss] Communications

[Nigel Metheringham]

[Subject changed - I hate thread usurping]
> I have even less experience of IRCs than Aaron, but my external
> observation tends to confirm his view that they are mostly social in
> nature.  In this sense, a well regulated IRC could provide a useful
> supplement to the basic activity of the group.  If others have time for
> it, who am I to object?

I'd agree with that.  One thing to note is that although I am on a
hundred or so mailing lists, I only ever use 2 IRC channels - one of
which is a specialist channel which I occasionally look into if I need
real help (and I am very careful there not to wear out my welcome).
IRC channels are like pubs.  You really can't support loads of them
effectively.

However, in common with my current policy as seeing every problem as
something that a wiki will fix, or at least change, or at least share
the pain....   It also has the advantage the information on there can be
mutated to something useful, which is a good way to update documentation
etc.

This of course is entirely orthogonal to IRC but I thought it worth
mentioning.

	Nigel.

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[ Nigel Metheringham           Nigel.Metheringham at InTechnology.co.uk ]
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