Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-02-05/Arbitration and IRC

It's not really true that the focus on IRC is new. AFAICT, IRC channels, their relationship with the project, and their abuse has been an issue for at least 4 years. The current conflict is just the latest and the loudest in a long series. Zocky | picture popups 14:15, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The focus on IRC in the context of this dispute is new; as I indicate, the noticeboard is where a lot of the earlier activity was. While there have been past discussions about IRC, they've arisen from other disputes and have not been materially different than the same discussions being held at other times about the mailing lists or any other off-wiki channel of communication. --Michael Snow 16:40, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This summary is good and pretty complete; with all due respect to your past work, I wouldn't have expected nearly as much quality in your report. Nevertheless, it wanders into irrelevant points at times, and seems to be stuck part way in between explaining the whole Giano affair and focusing in-depth on this specific facet of the dispute, while not completely doing either. Just my views. Picaroon 20:56, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]