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Administrators on Wikimedia wikis may have access to the #wikimedia-admin IRC channel.
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[edit] Purpose of the channel
The purpose of this channel is to coordinate cross-wiki administrative efforts. Admins can share data on disruptive users, organize anti-vandalism and anti-spam work and so on. Additionally, new administrators may seek help with their tools here.
As such, while all administrators are welcome to join, doing so is likely to be useful only to those involved in multiple wikis in some fashion: SWMT, stewards, multilingual/multiwiki administrators, etc.
[edit] Gaining Access
The channel is invite-only. You must have a registered nickname to gain access, and you must have a cloak to get an invite exemption.
- Access
- "Access" refers to flags set on your IRC account. To enter the channel using your access:
/msg chanserv invite #wikimedia-admin(in some clients you will also have to/join #wikimedia-adminafter ChanServ invites you in) - You need a registered nickname before you ask for access.
- Invite exemption
- An "invite exemption" (or "invex") is a channel mode set on your cloak which allows you to bypass the above procedure. Simply
/join #wikimedia-admin. - You need a cloak before you ask for an invex.
If you have neither access nor an invite exemption, any user in the channel may let you in temporarily (using /invite nick), however you will have to contact one of the following users to gain permanent access + invex:
[edit] Stalkwords
To assist in urgent situations, the following stalkwords are used in the channel (in addition to the standard ones):
| Stalkword | ||
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| Vandalism | ||
| Cross-wiki vandal | !vandal |
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| Specific wiki | !admin@... - see IRC stalkwords for construction |
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| Spam | ||
| Spambot | !spambot |
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| Human spammer | !spam |
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| Open proxy | ||
| OP | !openproxy |
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| Non-urgent assistance | ||
| Any admin | !admin, or ping someone specific |
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| Urgent assistance from stewards | ||
| Any steward | !steward reason |
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