From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki
For real-time chat with other
Wikimedians
, there are several
Internet Relay Chat
(IRC)
channels
, located on the Libera Chat network.
#wikipedia-en
is the main forum (
see here for other channels
); these are the responsibility of, and controlled by, the
Group Contacts
.
Channels located on the Freenode network will not be maintained by the IRC Group Contacts.
The
recent changes
channels are now located on the Wikimedia IRC network (
irc.wikimedia.org:6667
). A channel exists for each public Wikimedia wiki which has been changed since the last time the server was restarted. In general, the name is just the domain name with the .org left off. For example, the changes on the English Wikipedia are available at
#en.wikipedia
. However, some wikis which are not Wikipedias have the
.wikipedia
suffix (e.g.
#mediawiki.wikipedia
for
MediaWiki.org
). See
IRC/Channels#Raw feeds
for details.
If you're new to IRC see the
IRC instructions
for help.
Nicknames
On
IRC/Nicks
you'll find a list of people whose nickname on IRC is different from their Wikimedia username.
Many IRC clients allow automated login upon connection. Usually, this is done by entering the username and password (or just password) as the "server password" in the client's settings. Some clients must be closed and restarted to recognize a server password or change of one; just disconnect/reconnect alone won't do it.
Hostmask cloaks
IRC hostmask cloaks allow a user to replace their IRC
hostname
with a string such as
wikimedia/JamesF
. User cloaks allow you to show off your pride as a Wikipedia editor, casually hide your IP address from view from logged clients, and prove that you are the user on Wikipedia with that user name. For more information, including instructions on how to obtain a cloak, see
IRC cloaks
.
See also
External links
- Libera chat Logs
- (Old) Freenode chat logs
- IRC statistics: most active users, random quotes and fun tibits:
- General IRC information:
- Libera.Chat information: