- From: Marja Koivunen <marja@annotea.org>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 18:57:45 -0500
- To: public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org
- CC: "Ralph R. Swick" <swick@w3.org>
Just that you know: I cannot access the tutorial and there may be others too. But maybe that's intentional and I can live without it anyway. Marja Pat Hayes wrote: > >> At 04:59 PM 1/18/2006 -0500, Brian Gilman wrote: >> >>> Hello Everyone, >>> >>> Here is a great IRC tutorial: >>> >> > http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/tutorials.html >> >> "great" as in "big", apparently :) >> >> One of the things that distinguishes communities is in how they >> use the tools available to them. >> >> In the W3C community we don't tend to use irc abbreviations or >> colored irc text. We use plain language (well, plain Web geekeze :). > > > FWIW, IMO, FAQ and ASAP are used, and Ive seen the occasional LOL. > >> We have developed over time some additional conventions > > > One of the handiest, IMO, is +1 meaning "I hereby go on record to say > that support/agree with/endorse what was just said/written", and -1 to > record the opposite. This is often used for strawpolls, etc.. It > allows for things like +0.5 and -1.5 to express nuanced opinions and > strong views without shouting. > > Pat > >> that >> help to make the log of an irc channel more useful as a permanent >> record of a conversation. We've tried to document the [1]important >> irc conventions. >> >> [1] http://www.w3.org/Project/IRC/#TeamIRCConventions >> >> -Ralph > > >
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