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Bug 254943

Summary: Add IRC Mibbit Extension to MediaWiki
Product: Community Reporter: Chris Aniszczyk <caniszczyk>
Component: WikiAssignee: Eclipse Webmaster <webmaster>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.)   
URL: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Mibbit
Whiteboard:

Description Chris Aniszczyk CLA 2008-11-11 14:29:31 EST 
As you know, I'm a big proponent of getting people on IRC... I think it's a great place to build relationships with fellow open-source enthusiasts. Eclipse has a burgeoning IRC presence and I think we can continue to make it grow by making it easier to access IRC. My suggestion is to add a Mibbit Extension to MediaWiki so we can make it easy for people to access #eclipse and ask questions there.

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Mibbit

What do the webmasters think?
Comment 1 Eclipse Webmaster CLA 2008-11-21 15:10:56 EST 
We're trying to keep extensions to the Wiki at a minimum.  While MediaWiki will remain supported it's never clear how long these extensions will be and much like bugzilla every upgrade becomes more complex.

There's also the issue of linking to javascript code hosted by unknown people and systems that presents a potential risk to users and eclipse.org infrastructure that we're uncomfortable with.

I suggest on the pages where you would like to increase the IRC visibility you use Chatzilla compatible URLS.

Closing as won'tfix.

-M.