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channel:general [2024/06/20 11:55] DokuWiki Administratorchannel:general [2024/06/20 23:34] (current) – [June 2020] DokuWiki Administrator
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 ====== #general ====== ====== #general ======
  
-**#general** (January 15, 2020) is an announcements channel with the send-permission enabled for @everyone. It is the de facto group chat for [[Andref]].+**#general** (January 15, 2020) is an announcements channel with the send-permission enabled for @everyone. It is currently the de facto group chat for [[Andref]].
  
-===== Early History =====+===== Early History (January 2020 – June 2020) =====
  
 ==== January 2020 ==== ==== January 2020 ====
  
-#general began as a test channel by [[Yuto]] for developing bots on Discord. However, due to his lack of experience interacting with developer APIs, the test bot only succeeded at a basic ping-pong test example. This bot user is the same bot that later became [[YutoBot]].+#general began as a test channel by [[:Yuto]] for developing bots on Discord. However, due to his lack of experience interacting with developer APIs, the test bot only succeeded at a basic ping-pong test example. This bot user is the same bot that later became [[:YutoBot]].
  
 ==== May 2020 ==== ==== May 2020 ====
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 ==== June 2020 ==== ==== June 2020 ====
  
-Development with YutoBot continued. Simultaneously, [[west-1#1st Play|the first instance of west-1]] afforded the use of DiscordSRV, a popular Minecraft server plugin for bridging the chat in Minecraft with Discord. This instance of DiscordSRV used the YutoBot bot user for status updates and system information.+Development with YutoBot continued. Simultaneously, [[:west-1#First Play|the first instance of west-1]] afforded the use of DiscordSRV, a popular Minecraft server plugin for bridging the chat in Minecraft with Discord. This instance of DiscordSRV used the YutoBot bot user for status updates and system information.
  
-===== Remote Semesters =====+===== Remote Semesters (June 2020 – August 2021) ===== 
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 +During the remote semesters, #general became the default group chat for communication in Andref. 
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 +==== Conversion to an Announcements Channel ==== 
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 +In early 2021, once Andref gained the announcements channel feature, #general was quickly converted into an announcements channel while keeping the send-permission enabled for @everyone. To see announced messages, an announcements channel subscription was added to [[Channel:luigi]]. 
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 +===== Modern Use (August 2021 –) ===== 
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 +#general now is an effective public chat room for posting interesting content and messages.
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