Wikinews:Internet Relay Chat
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Wikinewsies often can be found on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channels #wikinews and #wikinews-en on irc://irc.freenode.net . If you don't have an IRC client (program) installed, click here. To get connected just enter a nickname and the channel of "wikinews". For more information on IRC, see meta:IRC, and Wikipedia's article on IRC. As well, List of IRC commands and IRC instructions may be helpful for people not familiar with IRC.
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Guidelines
Just some guidelines to help you out:
- In this case of IRC you must allow people a degree of anonymity online.
- These channels are for discussion related to constructive work on the Wikinews website.
- There may be social chit-chat, but it is social chit-chat amongst people who are known on the site.
- If you abuse the channel in any way you may be kicked or banned by one of the channel operators.
- If you need urgent assistance, just type !admin@wikinews.
Channels
Wikinews Channels
- #wikinews - Main, interlingual Wikinews channel
- #wikinews-en - Discussion for English Wikinews
- #wikinews-es - Discusión para Wikinews en Español
- #wikinews-interview - Interview channel for Wikinews; interlingual
- #cvn-wn-en - RC monitoring channel for English Wikinews
- #en.wikinews - Wikimedia's RC channel for English Wikinews. (use server irc.wikimedia.org)
- #wikinews-video - Channel for Wikinews:Video Wikinews
- #wikinews-feeds - Channel which provides the latest news from various RSS feeds
- ##wikinews-opinions
- #wikinewsie
- #wikinews-nonsense
- #wikinews-de
- #wikinews-cs
- #wikinews-ja
- #wikinews-pl
Wikimedia Channels
- #wikimedia - Main Wikimedia Foundation discussion channel
- #wikimedia-social - Social Wikimedia channel.
- #wikimedia-ops - Discussion with Wikimedia channel operators
- #wikimania - Discussion about Wikimania
- #wikimedia-stewards - Stewards emergency help channel (If no admins are available, ask here in emergency situations)
