Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-1370845-20141107202502/@comment-1370845-20141107210508

DrodoEmpire, the ability and right to look back on previous discussions would not be lost when, as I said, you can simply log the IRC channel yourselves. The ability and right for us to look back on previous discussions is compromised by the ability and right for anyone, part of the wiki or not, to use the logs to search for potential gossip, for potential 'feuds', and to also see what previous hate comments have been made directed to anyone, is compromised by such a movement. While you do not feel a sense of paranoia, you are not the only user on the IRC channel, that I am sure you are aware of. Regarding your query of private logs; they would be accessible to whoever chooses to log them, and we should probably make logs available to admins.

OdelSpeedster, it is possible. We remove Infobot, and replace it.

Wormulon, the problem is that you simply cannot place too many restrictions on what people can say in such cases. On several other channels which I frequent, the joys of being able to write whatever without fear of backlash from such a user has proven to only be beneficial. This is not to say we should allow backlash, criticism or badmouthing, this is merely to say that we should not allow simple off-handed comments to be escalated to the point of huge debates. Regarding "policy on most wiki's", you are correct, it is policy on wiki's, not IRC channels. Wikis can log and archive information without the use of Infobot, and it is not difficult. The logs do not make a free and open market, they make for a fear of voicing an opinion.

Hachiman, I...basically agree with you. :p