Opened 14 years ago
Closed 14 years ago
#14547 closed (invalid)
Get Involved via IRC: Mibbit/Freenode not friendly with each other
| Reported by: | Owned by: | nobody | |
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| Component: | *.djangoproject.com | Version: | 1.2 |
| Severity: | Keywords: | irc, community | |
| Cc: | Triage Stage: | Accepted | |
| Has patch: | no | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | no | UI/UX: | no |
Description
On the Django website, under Community (http://www.djangoproject.com/community/) there is a link in the upper right of the page to "Get Involved" on IRC. The link attempts to connect the user to the #django IRC channel using Mibbit, which Freenode doesn't approve of. The link should be changed to use some variation of:
More information on Freenode's decision here (not that it matters in relation to this ticket):
http://blog.freenode.net/2009/06/new-freenode-webchat-and-why-to-use-it/
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 14 years ago
| Triage Stage: | Unreviewed → Accepted |
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comment:2 by , 14 years ago
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | new → closed |
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The link you refer to reads irc://irc.freenode.net/django. There is no reference to mibbit, or any other IRC client - it's entirely up to your own web browser how that link is displayed. If you browser is using mibbit, and Freenode is rejecting mibbit connections, that's an issue between yourself and your web browser.