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Wikivoyagers
can sometimes be found conducting real-time conversation on the various semi-public off-wiki
Internet Relay Chat
(or IRC) channels hosted by the
Libera
Foundation. The conversations are conducted through real-time feeds, like MSN's Instant Messenger, Skype, or Facebook chat, and they're quite lively and informal. They're also often the fastest way to contact other contributors. However, most IRC conversations are not logged or archived as public conversation, so if you want to make formal announcements or proposals to the community, or have anything written publicly recorded, consider doing so on the wiki instead so that others can more easily follow the discussion.
Connect to
irc://irc.libera.chat
via your IRC client and
/join
one or more of the channels listed below. Wikipedia has a large
comparison of IRC clients
assembled into a list. For example, Firefox web browser users can install the
ChatZilla
client as an add-on. Opera web browser users can simply click on the IRC client already integrated into their browser. For those of you who do not have an IRC client installed or preconfigured, or who want to remain behind a proxy or for any other reason at all, you can use this free
webchat
client page, which is accessible from any browser. If you don't already have one, consider
registering a Libera nickname
. It's quick and easy, and it simply reserves your chosen nickname so that others are prevented from using it.
For more information on IRC, see
Wikipedia's article on IRC
, and
meta:IRC
for information on IRC channels affiliated with the
Wikimedia Foundation
. There is also a
list of IRC commands
on Wikipedia and
IRC instructions
on Meta that may be helpful for new IRC users.
Guidelines
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Just some guidelines to help you out:
On IRC, you must allow people a degree of anonymity online.
These channels are for discussion related to constructive work on the Wikivoyage 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 channels in any way you may be kicked or banned by one of the channel operators.
Channels
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The main general-purpose channels relevant and related to English Wikivoyage are:
#wikivoyage
connect
Main, interlingual general Wikivoyage related chat channel.
#wikimedia
connect
Other Wikimedians in the overarching Wikimedia movement.
#mediawiki
connect
and
#wikimedia-tech
connect
Technical discussion about the MediaWiki software, the underlying software that runs Wikivoyage. See
MediaWiki.org
for more details.
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