Re: [Ekiga-list] IRC channel activity

[Michael Mol <mikemol gmail com>]

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 6:08 AM, Genghis Khan <genghiskhan gmx ca> wrote:
> The official Ekiga channel is located at the GNOME IRC Network
>
> Network: irc.gnome.org (also: irc.gimp.net)
> Channel: #ekiga
>
>
> Problem:
> There are plenty of potential users who are naturally starting at
> Freenode (because they are used that all of the free software projects
> are located on the Freenode network) instead of visiting
> http://ekiga.org/community and as long as they won't visit ekiga.org or
> as long as there is no one active in the channel to report where most
> of the users are (GNOME Network) those IRC users will leave us for good.
>
> Some of these users, so I believe, can contribute (support and even
> code) and revive the #ekiga IRC channel at the GNOME Network.
>
>
> Suggestion:
> A topic title should be placed at the IRC channel of Ekiga at Freenode
> (irc.freenode.org) which says:
> Welcome to Ekiga. The official channel has moved to irc.gnome.org,
> #ekiga. Please visit http://ekiga.org/community for more information.
>
> Currently, as it seems, there is one admin at the IRC channel of Ekiga
> at Freenode (irc.freenode.org).
>
> Can anyone take care about this issue?


Suggestion: A bot in #ekiga on FN and OFTC which relays traffic.
Similar to an IRC/XMPP bridge bot, but between two IRC channels on two
different networks. Ratelimit it  and have it say something akin to
'Rate cap hit. Too many lines. please join #ekiga on $network'.

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