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The freenode network has "chat rooms" dedicated to Misplaced Pages 24-hours per day, in which Wikipedians can engage in real-time discussions with each other. Many Wikipedians have chatting open in one window and hop back and forth between it and other windows in which they are working on Misplaced Pages. The chat rooms dedicated to Misplaced Pages are listed below.

"Chat room" is another name for an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel. To participate in the chat rooms, you need a type of program or plug-in called an IRC client. Popular clients include mIRC for Windows, Colloquy for Mac OS X, ChatZilla for Firefox and X-Chat (multi-platform). Scripts to enhance your client are available at Misplaced Pages:Scripts.

Some users stay logged-in to the chatrooms whenever they are on Misplaced Pages, and check in on the discussions from time to time, to read what's been accumulating there and to participate. Some programs used for chatting "beep" you whenever there is activity in a chat room so you won't miss anything. Often, users jump onto a chat room to draw the attention of others there of something on Misplaced Pages that needs attention.

A more complete list of channels (for other language Wikipedias, other languages, and recent changes feeds) exists at m:IRC channels, while this page lists channels specific to the English Misplaced Pages.

How is Misplaced Pages IRC related to Misplaced Pages?

The Misplaced Pages channels on freenode are an unofficial place for Wikipedians to chat using IRC. As far as their influence on Misplaced Pages goes, IRC is equivalent to a conversation in a pub — the discussion may be conducted between a small number of people but may be overheard by hundreds, or more if the logs are published. When the channels are used to attack Wikipedians, the resulting atmosphere is very damaging to the project's collaborative relationships.

Channels

Main

  • #wikipedia is the most-visited Misplaced Pages-related IRC channel, conversations are sometimes off-topic.
  • #wikipedia-en is another channel, specifically for discussion of the English language Misplaced Pages, and is usually more on-topic but contains fewer users.
  • #wikipedia-en-admins is a private channel used mainly by admins and some other users. Despite the name, the channel is — like every other IRC channel — completely unofficial. See /wikipedia-en-admins for detailed info.
  • #wikipedia-en-help (formerly known as #wikipedia-bootcamp) is a help channel for Wikipedians. It also receives bot notifications when {{helpme}} is used about questions at the Help Desk and other places. Friendly helpers are voiced here.
  • #wikipedia-en-unblock is a channel for the discussion and review of blocks. Administrators and unblock-en-l subscribers are voiced.

Social and Enquiry channels

General collaboration

Organizations

Tools

Alternatives

Jabber

If you don't use IRC, there is a Jabber chat room at wikipedia@conference.jabber.org which you may try.

Web-based Java version

Web browser-based access to freenode channels is available using Java at http://java.freenode.net. This is the preferred method of access, as it retains the user's original hostmask, unlike CGI:IRC sites, and is officially sanctioned by freenode.

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Information

Tools

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