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This page attempts to track and identify the numerous Wikimedia IRC channels (most of which are on the Libera network); see also a general overview of IRC.

Channel policies[edit]

Wikimedia[edit]

General[edit]

Channel Language Notes
#wikimediaconnect Any General Wikimedia issues, may be logged for meetings. Also used for discussions on Meta-Wiki specifically, as well as other stuff which belongs to several channels of this list (or none). See also #wikimedia-stewards.
#wikimedia-translationconnect Any Wikimedia Translators and Translation subcommittee and those helping in translations; see also #translatewiki.
#wikimedia-gendergapconnect Discussion on the gender gap and women's outreach initiative.
#wikimedia-glamconnect Any Discussion about Wikimedia partnerships with galleries, libraries, archives and museums.
#wikimedia-affcomconnect Any Affiliations Committee
#wikimedia-comcomconnect Any Communications committee
#wikimedia-electionsconnect Any [private] Wikimedia Foundation elections committee
#wikimedia-newyearconnect Happy New Year!
#wikimedia-SPComconnect Any Sister Projects Committee.
#wikimedia-socialconnect Any "A casual social channel for Wikimedians!" (Emphasis not added.) Probably a duplicate of #wikimedia.
#wikimedia-social-esconnect Any (primarily Spanish) Official social channel for wikimedians in spanish and other languages.
#wikimedia-edconnect Any Development and coordination for the programs and events dashboard, spearheaded by the Education Program.
#wikimedia-offtopicconnect Any Off-topic Channel for #wikimedia
#wikimedia-overflowconnect Any Users are sometimes redirected to this channel when they attempt to join a channel that is private (mode +i) or full (mode +l). Users can be invited into the channel that they tried to join originally by a user with op status (+o or an @ sign) in #wikimedia-overflow

Wikimedia Affiliates[edit]

Channel Language Notes
#wikimedia-affiliatesconnect any Discussion of Wikimedia movement affiliates.
#wikimedia-chaptersconnect any Discussion of Wikimedia chapters.
#wikimedia-iberocoopconnect es Regional Cooperation Initiative for Ibero-America (Iberocoop for short).
#wikimedia-ceeconnect en Wikimedia Central and Eastern Europe.
#wikimedia-arconnect es Wikimedia Argentina.
#wikimedia-atconnect de Wikimedia Österreich.
#wikimedia-auconnect en Wikimedia Australia, may be logged for meetings.
#wikimedia-bdconnect bn, en Wikimedia Bangladesh, may be logged for meetings.
#wikimedia-beconnect en, nl, fr, de Wikimedia Belgium, may be logged for meetings.
#wikimedia-boconnect es Wikimedia Bolivia.
#wikimedia-brconnect any Discussion of Wikimedia Brasil.
#wikimedia-caconnect en, fr Wikimedia Canada.
#wikimedia-chconnect any Wikimedia CH.
#wikimedia-clconnect es Wikimedia Chile.
#wikimedia-coconnect es Wikimedia Colombia.
#wikimedia-crconnect es Wikimedia Costa Rica.
#wikimedia-czconnect cs, en Wikimedia Czech Republic, may be logged for meetings.
#wikimedia-danmarkconnect da, en Wikimedia Danmark, may be logged for meetings.
#wikimedia-deconnect any Wikimedia Deutschland, may be logged for meetings.
#wikimedia-esconnect es, en Wikimedia España, may be logged for meetings.
#wikimedia-ficonnect mostly fi Wikimedia Finland.
#wikimedia-frconnect any Wikimédia France.
#wikimedia-hkconnect any Preparation Group for Wikimedia User Group HK.
#wikimedia-huconnect hu, en Wikimédia Magyarország.
#wikimedia-inconnect any Wikimedia India, may be logged for meetings.
#wikimedia-iowaconnect any Wikimedians of Iowa User Group
#wikimedia-itconnect it, en Wikimedia Italia.
#wikimedia-mxconnect es Wikimedia México.
#wikimedia-nlconnect nl, en Wikimedia Nederland, may be logged for meetings.
#wikimedia-plconnect pl, en Wikimedia Polska - meetings every Tuesday at 9 pm CET (or CEST).
#wikimedia-ptconnect mostly pt Wikimedia Portugal, may be logged for meetings.
#wikimedia-sgconnect en, ms, ta, zh-hans Wikimedia Singapore.
#wikimedia-spconnect Any language (mostly Spanish) Wikimedia Small Projects User Group
#wikimedia-thconnect th Wikimedia Thailand.
#wikimedia-trconnect Türkçe Wikimedia Turkey, UTF-8/ASCII.
#wikimedia-uaconnect uk Wikimedia Ukraine.
#wikimedia-ukconnect en Wikimedia UK, may be logged for meetings.
#wikimedia-uyconnect es Wikimedia Uruguay.
#wikimedia-midwestconnect en Wikimedia Midwest US.
#wikimedia-northeastconnect en Wikimedia NYC, Wikimedia DC and Northeast US.
#wikimedia-westcoastconnect en West coast of North America — British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California — and neighbors!

Cross-wiki access coordination[edit]

Channel Language Notes
#wikimedia-adminconnect Any [private] Wikimedia administrators. Contact any of the users on IRC/wikimedia-admin#Gaining Access for access.
#wikimedia-bansconnect Any Cross-channel ban management for IRC channels.
#wikimedia-gsconnect Any Wikimedia global sysops and global sysop requests. Stewards and global sysops are voiced.
#wikimedia-ltaconnect Any
#wikimedia-opsconnect Any (primarily English) Contact Wikimedia channel operators for assistance.
#wikimedia-ops-internalconnect [No idling] Join if you have private messages for ops.
#wikimedia-stewardsconnect Any Wikimedia stewards and steward requests. You get urgent help from stewards by saying !steward (use @steward for non-emergency discussion). This is an open channel, and may be logged for meetings, though should not be publicly logged. In reality, it's also used for most Meta-Wiki related maintenance discussions and requests; see also #wikimedia. Some stewards are voiced.
#wikimedia-renameconnect Any Global renamers and stewards. Coordination and discussion between users involved in globally renaming accounts.
#wikimedia-vrtconnect Any Coordination of non-sensitive aspects of the work of our Volunteer Response Team. Users may request assistance from VRT members in this open channel.
#wikimedia-privacyconnect Any [private] Wikimedia oversighters, checkusers and stewards, and users who have the presumptive right to hold these by simple request (e.g. WMF staff and users taking voluntary break). New oversighters, checkusers and stewards may contact AmandaNP, JJMC89, or Trijnstel for access.
#wikimedia-checkuserconnect Any [private] Wikimedia checkusers and stewards. New CheckUsers and stewards may contact AmandaNP, JJMC89, or Trijnstel for access.
#wikimedia-external-linksconnect Any Discussion about external links on Wikimedia wikis. Used by the SWMT; voiced users can edit the blacklist.
#wikimedia-ombudsconnect Any Wikimedia Ombuds Commission's public channel. Members of the OC are voiced.

Wikimedia project coordination[edit]

Used to coordinate and discuss meta and off-line Wikimedia projects and activities.

Channel Language Notes
#wikimaniaconnect Any Wikimania discussions
#wikimania-staffconnect Any Wikimania staff
#wikimania-2020connect Wikimania 2020
#wikimedia-wikicon-naconnect Any WikiConference North America

Project wikis[edit]

These channels exist for the community of a particular project wiki, and may host both general and specific discussion.

Project wiki channels[edit]

Wikipedia[edit]

Channel Language Notes
#wikipediaconnect Any, but in practice mostly English Main channel, heavily populated. Off-topic discussion will be moved. Public logging prohibited, see #wikipedia for more details.
#wikipedia-scienceconnect Channel for science-related Wikipedia discussion.
#wikipedia-blptfconnect Open forum – Public log will be posted – Agenda: http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Task_force/Living_People/IRC_Agendas
#wikipedia-ipcollconnect Channel for discussions related to Israel - Palestine Collaboration.
#wikipedia-bioconnect https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Redaktion_Biologie – RIP Zirpe – http://www.bionicum.de/–https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Diskussion:Redaktion_Biologie#Chat_der_Lebewesenikis_zum_10._Geburtstag
#wikipedia-connectivityconnect
#wikipedia-libraryconnect Channel for discussions related to The Wikipedia Library
#wikipedia-triviaconnect English A fun channel with trivia for both new and veteran editors to polish their Wikipedia knowledge.
Language-specific channels
#wikipedia-alsconnect Alemannisch Alemannic, may be logged if necessary.
#wikipedia-arconnect العربية Arabic.
#wikipedia-asconnect
#wikipedia-ayconnect
#wikipedia-balkanconnect Balkan Balkan, publicly logged, UTF-8/ASCII encoding.
#wikipedia-beconnect
#wikipedia-bnconnect বাংলা This is primarily for Wikipedia, but other Bengali projects are also welcome.
#wikipedia-bgconnect Български Bulgarian.
#wikipedia-bsconnect Bosanski Bosanski.
#wikipedia-caconnect Català Catalan.
#wikipedia-ca-vandalismeconnect
#wikipedia-chconnect
#wikipedia-csconnect
#wikipedia-cs-rcconnect
#wikipedia-cs-socialconnect
#wikipedia-ceconnect Нохчийн Chechen.
#wikipedia-csconnect Česky Czech, public logging prohibited.
#wikipedia-cyconnect
#wikipedia-czconnect
#wikipedia-daconnect Dansk Danish, public logging prohibited.
#wikipedia-deconnect Deutsch German, public logging prohibited.
#wikipedia-elconnect Greek Greek.
#wikipedia-enconnect English English (more help may be available in #wikipediaconnect).
#wikipedia-eoconnect Esperanto Esperanto.
#wikipedia-esconnect Español Spanish.
#wikipedia-faconnect فارسی Persian.
#wikipedia-ficonnect Suomi Finnish.
#wikipedia-frconnect Français French.
#wikipedia-gaconnect Gaeilge Irish gaelic.
#wikipedia-guconnect Gujarati, English Gujarati.
#wikipedia-gucconnect Wayuunaiki, Español Wayuu.
#wikipedia-heconnect Hebrew Hebrew.
#wikipedia-hiconnect Hindi, English Hindi.
#wikipedia-hrconnect Hrvatski Croatian.
#wikipedia-huconnect Hungarian Hungarian.
#wikipedia-idconnect Indonesia Indonesian.
#wikipedia-isconnect Íslenska Icelandic.
#wikipedia-itconnect Italiano Italian.
#wikipedia-jaconnect 日本語 Japanese, UTF-8 encoding.
#wikipedia-jvconnect Jawa, Indonesia Jawa
#wikipedia-kaconnect ქართული Georgian.
#wikipedia-klconnect Kalaallisut Greenlandic, however most conversations are in Danish, public logging prohibited.
#wikipedia-koconnect 한국어 Korean, UTF-8 encoding.
#wikipedia-ko-adminsconnect 한국어 Korean admin channel
#wikipedia-ko-offtopicconnect 한국어 Korean off topic channel
#wikipedia-laconnect Latina & English Latin.
#wikipedia-lingueconnect Italiano, English, Italian dialects Italian dialects and languages, see also Cooperation of Wikimedia's Italian regional projects.
#wikipedia-lzhconnect 文言 Classical Chinese.
#wikipedia-maiconnect मैथिली Maithili Wikipedia
#wikipedia-mncconnect
#wikipedia-mlconnect മലയാളം, UTF-8 encoding Malayalam.
#wikipedia-neconnect नेपाली Nepali Wikipedia
#wikipedia-nlconnect Nederlands Dutch, may be logged for meetings.
#wikipedia-noconnect Norsk Norwegian.
#wikipedia-angconnect Old English Ang.
#wikipedia-orconnect Oriya / Odia Oriya.
#wikipedia-plconnect Polski Polish, WWW gate.
#wikipedia-ptconnect Português Portuguese, UTF-8/Latin 2 encoding.
#wikipedia-roconnect Română Romanian.
#wikipedia-ruconnect Русский Russian.
#wikipedia-scnconnect Sicilan Sicilian.
#wikipedia-scoconnect Scots Scots.
#wikipedia-simpleconnect English Simple English.
#wikipedia-skconnect Slovenský Slovak.
#wikipedia-slconnect Slovene Slovene.
#wikipedia-srconnect Српски / srpski Serbian, UTF-8/ASCII encoding.
#wikipedia-shconnect Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Serbo-Croatian, UTF-8/ASCII encoding.
#wikipedia-stqconnect Seeltersk / Saterland Frisian and English Saterland Frisian.
#wikipedia-svconnect Svenska Swedish.
#wikipedia-thconnect ไทย Thai, UTF-8/ASCII
#wikipedia-tpiconnect Tok Pisin Tok Pisin, UTF-8/ASCII (bilingual - English or Tok Pisin).
#wikipedia-trconnect Türkçe Turkish, UTF-8/ASCII.
#wikipedia-ukconnect Ukrainian Ukrainian.
#wikipedia-vecconnect Veneto Venetian.
#wikipedia-viconnect Tiếng Việt, English Vietnamese.
#wikipedia-wuuconnect 吴语, English Wu; UTF-8 encoding.
#wikipedia-zhconnect 中文 Chinese, UTF-8 encoding. See #zh.wikipedia.org if you are confused about the bridge bots.

Other projects[edit]

Channel Language Notes
#wikibooksconnect Any Wikibooks discussion.
#wikimedia-commonsconnect Any Wikimedia Commons discussion.
#wikimedia-commons-adminconnect Any Private discussion among administrators affecting Wikimedia Commons
#wikimedia-commons-lrconnect Any Wikimedia Commons License review
#wikimedia-incubatorconnect Any Wikimedia Incubator discussion.
#wikidataconnect Any General discussion about Wikidata. Being logged publicly.
#wikidata-adminconnect Any Invite-only channel for Wikidata admins, global sysops, and stewards. GS and stewards must /cs invite themselves unless an invite exemption is added.
#wikidata-feedconnect This channel contains a feed of information from bots about Bugs, Commits, Test runs etc. from Github, Gerrit, Phabricator and Travis
#wikidata-RFDconnect Channel provides recent changes of d:WD:RFD. Sister channel: #wikidata-RFPconnect.
#wikinewsconnect Any Wikinews discussion and story coordination, see Wikinews/IRC.
#wikipedia-abstractconnect Any Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions discussion. Logged.
#wikipedia-abstract-techconnect For technical engineering discussions about WikiLambda, Wikifunctions, and Abstract Wikipedia. Logged.
#wikipedia-abstract-devfeedconnect Abstract Wikipedia gerrit feed
#wikipedia-abstract-alertsconnect Abstract Wikipedia backup developer-team channel. Logged.
#wikiquoteconnect Any Wikiquote discussion.
#wikisourceconnect Any Wikisource discussion.
#wikispeciesconnect Any Wikispecies discussion
#wiktionaryconnect Any (sv, de, fr, and en are most common) Wiktionary discussions.
#wiktionary-gfdlconnect Any Publicly logged channel for Wiktionary.
#wikiversityconnect Any Wikiversity discussions.
#wikivoyageconnect Any Wikivoyage discussions.
Language-specific channels
Wikivoyage
#wikivoyage-esconnect es Wikivoyage in Spanish.
#wikivoyage-itconnect it Wikivoyage in Italian.
#wikivoyage-koconnect ko Wikivoyage in Korean. Currently on Incubator.
#wikivoyage-zhconnect zh Wikivoyage in Chinese. See #zh.wikipedia.org if you are confused about the bridge bots.
Wikisource
#wikisource-csconnect Česky Czech Wikisource.
#wikisource-deconnect Deutsch German Wikisource.
#wikisource-frconnect Français French Wikisource.
#wikisource-itconnect Italiano Italian Wikisource.
#wikisource-plconnect Polish Polish Wikisource.
#wikisource-roconnect Română Romanian Wikisource.
#wikisource-ruconnect Russian Russian Wikisource.
#wikisource-ukconnect Ukrainian Ukrainian Wikisource.
Wikiquote
#wikiquote-enconnect English English Wikiquote.
#wikiquote-itconnect Italian Italian Wikiquote.
#wikiquote-jaconnect 日本語 Japanese Wikiquote, UTF-8 encoding.
#wikiquote-roconnect Română Romanian Wikiquote.
Wikinews
#wikinews-feedsconnect English News feeds not suitable for the main #wikinews channel.
#wikinews-esconnect Español Wikinoticias en Español.
#wikinews-arconnect العربية Arabic Wikinews.
#wikinews-deconnect Deutsch German Wikinews.
#wikinews-elconnect Greek Greek Wikinews.
#wikinews-enconnect English English Wikinews, may be logged for meetings.
#wikinews-faconnect فارسی Persian.
#wikinews-ficonnect Suomi (Finnish) Finnish Wikinews.
#wikinews-itconnect Italiano Italian Wikinews. (WikiNotizie.)
#wikinews-jaconnect 日本語 Japanese Wikinews, UTF-8 encoding.
#wikinews-koconnect 한국어 Korean Wikinews, UTF-8 encoding.
#wikinews-plconnect Polish Polish Wikinews.
#wikinews-nl-moderatorenconnect Dutch Dutch Wikinews
#wikinews-roconnect Română Romanian Wikinews.
#wikinews-ruconnect Русский Russian Wikinews, UTF-8 encoding.
#wikinews-zhconnect Chinese Chinese Wikinews. See #zh.wikipedia.org if you are confused about the bridge bots.
Wikibooks
#wikibooks-deconnect German German Wikibooks.
#wikibooks-elconnect Ελληνικά (Greek) Greek Wikibooks.
#wikibooks-ficonnect Suomi (Finnish) Finnish Wikibooks.
#wikibooks-frconnect Français French Wikibooks.
#wikibooks-hrconnect Hrvatski (Croatian) Croatian Wikibooks.
#wikibooks-itconnect Italian Italian Wikibooks.
#wikibooks-jaconnect 日本語 - Japanese Japanese Wikibooks, UTF-8 encoding.
#wikibooks-ptconnect Portuguese Portuguese Wikibooks.
#wikibooks-roconnect Română Romanian Wikibooks.
#wikibooks-ruconnect Русский Russian Wikibooks, UTF-8 encoding.
#wikibooks-zhconnect Chinese Chinese Wikibooks, UTF-8 encoding. Also used for Chinese Wiktionary discussion. See #zh.wikipedia.org if you are confused about the bridge bots.
Wikiversity
#wikiversity-csconnect Čeština (Czech) Czech Wikiversity.
#wikiversity-deconnect Deutsch (German) German Wikiversity.
#wikiversity-elconnect Ελληνικά (Greek) Greek Wikiversity.
#wikiversity-enconnect English (English) English Wikiversity.
#wikiversity-esconnect Español (Spanish) Spanish Wikiversity.
#wikiversity-frconnect Français (French) French Wikiversity.
#wikiversity-itconnect Italiano (Italian) Italian Wikiversity.
#wikiversity-jaconnect 日本語 (Japanese) Japanese Wikiversity, UTF-8 encoding.
#wikiversity-ptconnect Português (Portuguese) Portuguese Wikiversity.
#wikiversity-roconnect Română (Romanian) Romanian Wikiversity.
#wikiversity-zhconnect 中文 (Chinese) Chinese Wikiversity.
Wiktionary
#wiktionary-csconnect Česky (Czech) Czech Wiktionary.
#wiktionary-daconnect Dansk (Danish) Danish Wiktionary.
#wiktionary-deconnect Deutsch (German) German Wiktionary.
#wiktionary-esconnect Español (Spanish) Canal del Wikcionario.
#wiktionary-frconnect French French Wiktionary discussions.
#wiktionary-elconnect Ελληνικά (Greek) Greek Wiktionary discussions.
#wiktionary-hrconnect Hrvatski (Croatian) Croatian Wiktionary.
#wiktionary-isconnect Íslenska (Icelandic) Icelandic Wiktionary.
#wiktionary-itconnect Italiano (Italian) Italian Wiktionary.
#wiktionary-jaconnect 日本語 (Japanese) Japanese Wiktionary (UTF-8).
#wiktionary-nlconnect Nederlands (Dutch) Dutch Wiktionary discussions.
#wiktionary-plconnect Polish Polish Wiktionary (Wikisłownik).
#wiktionary-ptconnect Portuguese Portuguese Wiktionary discussions.
#wiktionary-roconnect Română Romanian Wiktionary.
#wiktionary-shconnect Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Serbo-Crotian Wiktionary.
#wiktionary-simpleconnect Simple English Simple English Wiktionary discussion.
#wiktionary-svconnect Svenska (Swedish) Swedish Wiktionary.

Specific projects[edit]

de.wikipedia.org[edit]

Channel Language Notes
#wikipedia-deconnect
#wikipedia-de-botsconnect Anlaufstelle für Botbetreiber der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia – > 3 Zeilen Programmcode? http://de.pastebin.ca – Richtlinien: de:Wikipedia:Bots – Anfragen: de:Wikipedia:Bots/Anfragen – helft beim Übersetzen: mw:API:Main_page/de
#wikipedia-de-duisburgconnect Herzlich willkommen in Duisburg! Blaue Adaminrose, nicht aus Athen, aber aus Griechenland ;-) http://www.mindat.org/photo-501257.html
#wikipedia-de-dupconnect Willkommen bei der Dateiüberprüfung der deutschen Wikipedia! – Hilfebefehl: !hilfmir?
#wikipedia-de-filmconnect
#wikipedia-de-informatikconnect
#wikipedia-de-jwpconnect
#wikipedia-de-mpconnect Willkommen im Channel des Wikipedia-Mentorenprogramms! – Fragen sind hier jederzeit erwünscht – Testen des Mentorenprogramms auf dem Toolserver unter http://toolserver.org/~dewpmp erbeten
#wikipedia-de-osconnect Channel der deutschsprachigen Oversights. Falls hier kein OS anwesend ist, oder auf ein /query nicht reagiert wird, sende eine E-Mail an oversight-de-wp@wikimedia.org
#wikipedia-de-os-noaccessconnect Öffentlicher Channel der Oversighter. Bitte poste deinen Oversightantrag nicht in den Channel, sondern eröffne ein Query mit einem Oversight - diese haben ein Voiceflag! – http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=76054651
#wikipedia-de-owlconnect WikiProjekt Ostwestfalen-Lippe - Chat immer dienstags ab 20 Uhr - http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProjekt_Ostwestfalen-Lippe
#wikipedia-de-physconnect
#wikipedia-de-rmconnect Channel der Redaktion Medizin; Redaktionschat Montags ab 21.00
#wikipedia-de-sauerlandconnect AKTUELL: Stammtisch-Nachlese? Neuer Projekt-Aktikel? Hallenberg abgeschlossen? - Dienstags Chat ab 20 Uhr !
#wikipedia-de-swjuryconnect Wikipedia-Schreibwettbewerb: Jury-Chat
#wikipedia-de-wahlstatistikconnect Zwischenergebnisse der Schiedsgerichtswahl: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:SGWA
#wikipedia-de-wiwiconnect
#wikipedia-de-ytconnect Hallo liebe Freunde von YouTube in der Wikipedia!

en.wikipedia.org[edit]

A less comprehensive but potentially more up to date list of channels may be found at en:Wikipedia:IRC#Functional groups.

Channel Language Notes
#wikipedia-enconnect
#wikipedia-en-accountsconnect Any, but mostly English. [Private] Internal channel for the account creation team. (Invite only.)
#wikipedia-en-accounts-adminsconnect Welcome to the ACC admin channel – The topic nevar changes! ;) [citation needed] – Recruiting efforts: http://bit .ly/ZF3lmc
#wikipedia-en-accounts-devsconnect ACC development channel. – HMB deploy command: !accdeploy <revision id/branch> e.g.: !accdeploy master or !accdeploy stwalkerster/bootstrap – Sand: http://is .gd/accsand2 – Git: http://is .gd/accgit – Bugs: http://is .gd/accbug – recognised repos: FunPika, JohnFLewis, RileyHuntley, cyberpower678, origin, stwalkerster
#wikipedia-en-accounts-unregconnect #wikipedia-en-accountsconnect is now a private channel, and you have been REDIRECTED here because you are not one or more of these: 1) Identified to NickServ, 2) Current, active member of ACC, 3) Identified to WMF. If you are here in error, need help, or have a question, please ping a voiced user in this channel.
#wikipedia-en-adminsconnect Private discussion among administrators affecting English Wikipedia. See IRC/wikipedia-en-admins. (Invite only.)
#wikipedia-en-afcconnect English. Discussion for Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation to help unregistered users submit articles to be created, or for discussion between article reviewers. Also, #wikipedia-en-afc-feedconnect.
#wikipedia-en-afc-feedconnect English. Feed of Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation changes.
#wikipedia-en-aivconnect English. Channel for Administrator Intervention against Vandalism discussion
#wikipedia-en-ambassadorsconnect English. Wikipedia ambassadors program discussion and coordination.
#wikipedia-en-helpconnect Any, but mostly English. Help channel for English Wikipedians. Helpers with a cloak affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation (wikipedia/*, wikimedia/*, etc.) are voiced. en:WP:IRC/wikipedia-en-help
#wikipedia-en-helpersconnect Helper coordination and discussion for #wikipedia-en-helpconnect. Features a live feed of en:CAT:HELPME.
#wikipedia-en-ltaconnect English. Discussion about long-term abuse. Semi-private.
#wikipedia-en-revdelconnect English. For posting sensitive diffs requiring revision deletion (not oversight). Only ops can see what you post, and only administrators are ops.
#wikipedia-en-spiconnect English. Discussion about investigations on sockpuppetry.
#wikipedia-en-spi-clerksconnect English. [Private]
#wikipedia-en-unblockconnect [No idling] Channel for admins to review blocks. Admins are voiced. There is also a live feed of en:CAT:RFU.
#wikipedia-bagconnect Bot Approvals Group for discussion / monitoring of bot requests for approval and related pages (BAG members are voiced [unclear]).
#wikipedia-spam-tconnect English. Manual: m:SWMT/IRC and w:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/IRC Channels| Public logging here is prohibited | Need voice on a channel? Ask here
#wikipedia-en-csdconnect Live feed of edits that add a speedy deletion tag - Bot status: Up
#wikipedia-en-abuse-logconnect Live feed of abuse filter matches – Interface: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter – Watch for false positive reports: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Abuse_filter/False_positives – Bot status: Up
#wikipedia-en-abuse-log-allconnect Live feed of all abuse filter hits. You can subscribe to get direct messages when specific filters are tripped. See w:User:MusikBot/AbuseFilterIRC for documentation.
#wikipedia-en-arbcom-clerksconnect [Private]
#wikipedia-en-spamconnect Talk in #wikipedia-spam-t | Warn spammers with {{subst:uw-spam1}} thru {{subst:uw-spam4}} | For admin help try #wikipedia-en

es.wikipedia.org[edit]

A complete and updated list of channels may be found at es:WP:IRC#Canales IRC.

Channel Language Notes
#wikipedia-esconnect Canal principal de Wikipedia en español - Info: http://enwp.org/es:WP:IRC - Peticiones a bibliotecarios: !biblio · en privado: #wikipedia-es-biblios - Ayuda: #wikimedia-ayuda - Otros: #wikipedia-es-tecnica · #wikimedia-social-es · #cvn-wp-es · #wikipedia-es-abusos · uso intensivo: #wikipedia-es-bots
#wikipedia-es-abusosconnect Canal de control del filtro de abusos de Wikipedia en español · -abusos [nombre de usuario] para registro de abusos · Canal antivandalismos #cvn-wp-es
#wikipedia-es-bibliosconnect [No idling] Bienvenido al canal de bibliotecarios de Wikipedia en español · Las personas con un símbolo + son bibliotecarios · Si no requieres asistencia, por favor deja el canal
#wikipedia-es-botsconnect Canal para uso intensivo de bots de la comunidad de Wikipedia en español. Pruebas y depuraciones: ##bots-debug
#wikipedia-es-checkuserconnect [No idling] Por favor deja el canal a menos que alguien te pida explicitamente que te quedes.
#wikipedia-es-concursosconnect Canal de concursos de Wikipedia en español, usado para la coordinación de los organizadores y la atención a los participantes · Portal: http://enwp.org/es:WP:L · Canal principal de Wikipedia en español: #wikipedia-es
#wikipedia-es-informesconnect Canal de logs para Wikipedia en español, utilizado para hacer seguimiento a la cola de Especial:Páginas nuevas principalmente.
#wikipedia-es-opsconnect [Private] Canal de operadores de los canales de es.wikipedia - Manual del bot: http://enwp.org/es:User:Hprmedina/Piqure - https://github.com/ncoevoet/ChanTracker
#wikipedia-es-tecnicaconnect Atención, canal registrado: http://wm-bot.wmflabs.org/browser/?display=%23wikipedia-es-tecnica - Plantillas, bots, categorías, páginas especiales, MediaWiki, Wikidata, accesorios, Labs, etc. y coordinación de los wikiproyectos correspondientes: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/j2aQlcm48w - Diviértete con Wikidata Game: http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-game/ - Propuesta de diseño para Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:UI_redesign_input
#wikipedia-es-wikiproyectosconnect Bienvenido/a al canal de Wikiproyectos de Wikipedia en español· Canal para uso de los wikiproyectos que deseen celebrar encuentros puntuales, que no requieran un canal propio o que estén evaluando la conveniencia de crearlo· Info: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiproyectos · Canal principal de Wikipedia en español: #wikipedia-es

fr.wikipedia.org[edit]

Channel Language Notes
#wikipedia-frconnect French.
#wikipedia-fr-livercconnect French. Coordination and collaboration of users of the recent changes patrol.
#wikipedia-fr-accueilconnect French. Help channel for Wikipedians. Chan closed following the lure of #wikipedia-fr - refer to this chan to be heard.
#wikipedia-fr-abusefilterconnect French. Empty, should be redirected
#wikipedia-fr-adminconnect French. Multi-revertés et requêtes aux admins - Commandes : !ip et !user – Chan réservé aux admins – /cs op #wikipedia-fr-admin
#wikipedia-fr-techconnect French.

it.wikipedia.org[edit]

Channel Language Notes
#wikipedia-itconnect Italian.
#wikipedia-it-vandalismconnect Italian. Internal channel to combat vandalism.
#wikipedia-it-sysopconnect Italian. [Private] Private discussion among administrators affecting Italian Wikipedia. To be invited, ask in #wikipedia-it. (Invite only.)

zh.wikipedia.org[edit]

A complete and updated list of channels may be found at zh:WP:IRC.

All the active channels are connected to corresponding Telegram groups and Discord channels via bots, and some channels (see below) also have QQ connected. Messages of zhmrtbot are from other IMs. Bot messages have prefixes [T - username] (Telegram) or [D - username] (Discord) so that you can use @username to notify users on other platforms.

Channel Language Notes
#wikipedia-zhconnect Chinese.
#wikipedia-zh-acgconnect Chinese. Connected with a QQ group.
#wikipedia-zh-artsconnect Chinese.
#wikipedia-zh-chemistryconnect Chinese.
#wikipedia-zh-foodsconnect Chinese.
#wikipedia-zh-helpconnect Chinese. Help channel for Chinese Wikipedians. Some sysops are voiced. Connected with a QQ group.
#wikipedia-zh-physicsconnect Chinese.
#wikipedia-zh-policyconnect Chinese. Not connected to Discord channels.
#wikipedia-zh-politicsconnect Chinese.
#wikipedia-zh-technologyconnect Chinese.

Others[edit]

Channel Language Description
#wikinews-videoconnect en (other languages permitted) Coordination and collaboration of users working on the Video Wikinews project.

MediaWiki and technical[edit]

MediaWiki[edit]

Channel Language Notes
#mediawikiconnect Any General support for people installing or using MediaWiki software. (Publicly logged).
#mediawiki-coreconnect en Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki Platform Team. (Publicly logged).
#mediawiki-core-botsconnect en Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki Platform Team Bot Channel
#mediawiki-esconnect Spanish Discussion of the MediaWiki software in Spanish.
#mediawiki-feedconnect English Bot feed of all changes on Gerrit and in Phabricator.
#mediawiki-itconnect Italian Discussion of the MediaWiki software in Italian.
#mediawiki-i18nconnect Any See #translatewiki
#mediawiki-parsoidconnect English Discussion of the Parsoid project for MediaWiki.
#mediawiki-ptconnect
#mediawiki-scriptsconnect English JavaScript / CSS for MediaWiki. Links w:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts, may be centric to en.wikipedia.org.
#mediawiki-visualeditorconnect English Discussion of the VisualEditor project for MediaWiki.

General development and technical discussion[edit]

Channel Language Notes
#translatewikiconnect Mostly English Discussion of translatewiki.net (new projects, config changes, localisation issues); Translate extension and other localisation extensions support for devs, translation admins and users.
#wikimedia-techconnect Any Home for the community for technical support, development and other discussions on wiki bots, wiki templates, mediawiki software and other software used by the Wikimedia community (see also Tech). Here wikimedians can also check, ask, report technical problems or issues and sysadmins will see. Publicly logged.
#wikimedia-aiconnect en A working group focused on the application of advanced computer science (artificial intelligence) to Wikimedia's projects
#wikimedia-analyticsconnect en Server statistics / performance discussion by the Analytics Team. Publicly logged.
#wikimedia-botsconnect
#wikimedia-bots-testingconnect en A channel used for testing IRC bots that are hosted on Wikimedia Cloud Services or Toolforge.
#wikimedia-cloudconnect en Everything Wikimedia Cloud Services. Publicly logged.
#wikimedia-cloud-adminconnect en Sysadmins of Wikimedia Cloud Services.
#wikimedia-cloud-dailyconnect en Daily team sync for Wikimedia Cloud Services.
#wikimedia-cloud-feedconnect en Bot notifications for Wikimedia Cloud Services.
#wikimedia-collaborationconnect en Wikimedia Foundation Collaboration team (formerly #wikimedia-eeconnect and then #wikimedia-corefeaturesconnect).
#wikimedia-commons-techconnect en Technical discussion about Wikimedia Commons
#wikimedia-commtechconnect en Wikimedia Foundation Community Tech team
#wikimedia-data-persistenceconnect en Wikimedia Operations – Wikimedia database, backups and media storage. See also wikitech:SRE/Data_Persistence
#wikimedia-de-techconnect en/de Software development and engineering at Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. – http://wikimedia.de
#wikimedia-designconnect en Wikimedia Foundation Design team.
#wikimedia-devconnect en General channel for discussion of MediaWiki and Wikimedia software development. Updates from several repositories are posted here, thanks to the wikibugs bot; check #mediawiki-feedconnect instead for a full feed from all repositories, including Phabricator updates. Publicly logged. (Formerly, it was the channel of the software development team at the Wikimedia Foundation, originally renamed from #wikipedia_usability.)
#wikimedia-discoveryconnect en Wikimedia Foundation Discovery team. This is the place to ask questions about Search and Wikidata Query Service.
#wikimedia-editingconnect en Wikimedia Foundation Editing team
#wikimedia-fundraisingconnect Any Discussion of Wikimedia fundraising. Publicly logged.
#wikimedia-gitlabconnect Any Collaboration and support on Wikimedia's GitLab installation.
#wikimedia-infrastructureconnect en Wikimedia Reading Infrastructure team
#wikimedia-interactiveconnect en Maps, Graphs, Multimedia - interactive content that makes Wikimedia fun
#wikimedia-iosconnect en Discussion of Wikimedia's iOS apps (mainly Wikipedia). Typically occupied by members of the iOS team.
#wikimedia-ios-notificationsconnect en Bot notifications for Wikimedia's iOS apps (mainly Wikipedia).
#wikimedia-k8s-sigconnect en IRC channel for the Wikimedia Kubernetes Special Interest Group
#wikimedia-languageconnect en Chat with Wikimedia Language team about language support and translation topics. Mirrored to Telegram.
#wikimedia-mailmanconnect en Discussions relating to Wikimedia mailing lists (and the mailman install behind it).
#wikimedia-mobileconnect en All things related to mobile devices within the Wikimedia projects Publicly logged.
#wikimedia-multimediaconnect en Wikimedia Foundation Multimedia team. Publicly logged
#wikimedia-operationsconnect en Operation of the Wikimedia servers. Used by sysadmins to discuss and coordinate server administration. Please do not report technical problems here, but in #wikimedia-techconnect instead. Publicly logged.
#wikimedia-observabilityconnect en Monitoring, alerting, logging and all things relating to the observability of Wikimedia servers, covering Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Icinga, VictorOps, etc.
#wikimedia-perfconnect en Wikimedia Foundation Wikimedia Performance Team
#wikimedia-perf-botsconnect en Wikimedia Foundation Wikimedia Performance Team Bot Channel
#wikimedia-qaconnect en Formerly Wikimedia Foundation Quality Assurance team. Publicly logged. Used to redirect to #wikimedia-relengconnect.
#wikimedia-qteconnect en Wikimedia Foundation Quality and Test Engineering Team channel.
#wikimedia-quibbleconnect en, fr, de Quibble a test runner for MediaWiki - https://doc.wikimedia.org/quibble/
#wikimedia-readingconnect en Wikimedia Foundation Reading team
#wikimedia-relengconnect en Wikimedia Foundation Release Engineering Team. Publicly logged.
#wikimedia-researchconnect en Wikimedia research channel used by the Wikimedia Research and Data team. Ancillary channel: #wikimedia-labs2connect (R:L2).
#wikimedia-rustconnect en Wikimedia Rust developers user group
#wikimedia-searchconnect en Wikimedia Foundation Search Platform Team.
#wikimedia-serviceopsconnect en Service Operations. Publicly logged.
#wikimedia-servicesconnect en Wikimedia Foundation Services team
#wikimedia-teampracticesconnect en Team Practices Group channel for anyone to discuss engineering/product development practices, processes, philosophy, theory, etc, as it pertains to Wikimedia and beyond. Also used for Team Practices Group team coordination/conversation. Publicly logged.
#wikimedia-tool-devsconnect en Wikimedia Tool Developers User Group
#wikimedia-toolforge-standards-committeeconnect en [private] Toolforge standards committee
#wikimedia-trafficconnect en Traffic Operations on Wikimedia servers, covering Varnish, Apache, networking, DNS, domains, HTTPS, etc.
#wikimedia-dev-africaconnect en Africa Wikimedia Developers project to on-board new/old developers into the Wikimedia movement from Africa.

Ad hoc[edit]

Some "secret" wmf<something> channels exist too.

Channel Language Notes
#mediawiki-oauthconnect OAuth deployment for MediaWiki: dead? – https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Auth_systems/OAuth
#mediawiki-pdfhackconnect Alive? http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/pdfhack
#mediawiki-rfcconnect RFC no longer happening here, should be redirected – http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/RFC%20review
#mediawiki-vagrantconnect https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki-Vagrant – MediaWiki roleplay
#wikimedia-xtoolsconnect X-Tools project https://xtools.wmflabs.org/

Non-Wikimedia[edit]

General[edit]

Channel Language Notes
#wikimedia-kawaiiconnect Off-topic channel for all the cute things. (animal pictures, etc.)

Tools[edit]

The following channels are for discussion of specific tools developed (or under development) for use on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. These channels (like all the others on this page) are not owned, operated, or affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

Channel Language Notes
#wikimedia-bot-gerritconnect English Discussion about the grrrit-wm (or lolrrit-wm) bot.
#pywikibotconnect English Discussion about Pywikibot bot framework.
#swviewerconnect English Discussion about SWViewer.
#wikimedia-videocuttoolconnect English Discussion about VideoCutTool.

Inactive channels[edit]

These public channels are no longer actively used.

Channel Language Notes
#wikimania-2010connect Wikimania 2010
#wikimania-2011connect Wikimania 2011
#wikimania-2012connect Wikimania 2012
#wikimania-2013connect Wikimania 2013
#wikimania-2014connect Wikimania 2014
#wikimania-2015connect Wikimania 2015
#wikimania-2016connect Wikimania 2016
#wikimania-2017connect Wikimania 2017
#wikimania-2018connect Wikimania 2018
#wikimania-2019connect Wikimania 2019
#wikimedia-codereviewconnect Used for Code review office hours
#wikimedia-dev-meetingsconnect
#wikimedia-labsconnect Now #wikimedia-cloudconnect
#wikimedia-reading-web-botsconnect Formerly used for bot announcements of the Wikimedia Reading Web team
#wikimedia-sopaconnect Wikimedia SOPA discussion and coordination.
#wikimedia-statusconnect See #wikimedia-techconnect instead.
#wikimedia-toolserverconnect The toolserver is decommissioned, the tools have been migrated to the Wikimedia Cloud. See #wikimedia-cloudconnect.

Unsorted channels[edit]

These public channels exist in some fashion. They should be moved/sorted above where appropriate, mentioned in other sections where inactive but of historical interest, or removed if abandoned or otherwise deprecated.

Channel Language Notes Users in random time
#wikibooks-csconnect Napiste @spravci [text] potrebujete-li akutne nejakeho –– # clanku: 1603 (911) [1686] – poradi: 18/121 & 427/853 4
#wikibooks-enconnect 1
#wikibooks-hrconnect hr.wikibooks.org ==> #wikiknjige-hr 1
#wikibooks-koconnect 한국얎 위킀책 IRC 채팅방 –– https://ko.wikibooks.org 2
#wikibooks-nlconnect Welkom op de chat van de Nederlandstalige Wikibooks – Blijf herkenbaar – Live wijzigingen controleren via #wikibooks-nl-vandalism – Wijzigingen controleren kan ook via ##cvn-Jurgen 2
#wikibooks-nl-vandalismconnect Dit kanaal en de RC-bot zijn niet meer in gebruik. De wijzigingen komen voortaan langs in ##cvn-Jurgen 1
#wikibooks-plconnect Wikibooks – http://pl.wikibooks.org/ – status: up – KaÅŒdy moÅŒe pisać podręcznik, dołącz do nas:) 3
#wikibooks-skconnect 2
#wikibooks-trconnect
#wikidata-csconnect 3
#wikidata-esconnect 1
#wikidata-itconnect Canale di servizio in italiano di http://wikidata.org – *no public logging* – Per creare un nuovo elemento http://wikidata.org/wiki/Special:CreateItem – Canale bmbmnk-free 3
#wikidata-jaconnect 2
#wikidata-skconnect 2
#wikimania-alexmaniaconnect 1
#wikimania-codeathonconnect 1
#wikimania-gdanskconnect Stay tuned for even more updates! – log on – http://wikimania2010.pl – Wikimania2010 @ identi.ca, twiter, blip 3
#wikimania-loungeconnect 1
#wikimania-scholarshipsconnect 1
#wikimedia-actualidadconnect 5
#wikimedia-adconnect 1
#wikimedia-adminsconnect The correct location of this channel is #wikimedia-admin 1
#wikimedia-alertsconnect 1
#wikimedia-ayudaconnect (#wikipedia-es-ayudaconnect) Bienvenido(a) al canal de ayuda de Wikimedia, pregúntanos tus dudas • Las personas con "voice" [unclear] son ayudantes • Si nadie te responde, escribe: ayuda
#wikimedia-ayudantesconnect Salón para las reuniones de ayudantes, así no nos interrumpe un Wikiayuda - http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/SA6WpRM3gq https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ayuda ¿Reunión? 7
#wikimedia-blogconnect 1
#wikimedia-bnconnect 2
#wikimedia-cabalconnect 1
#wikimedia-ccconnect 1
#wikimedia-ceuconnect 1
#wikimedia-checkusersconnect 1
#wikimedia-commons-adminsconnect 1
#wikimedia-commons-moveconnect
#wikimedia-commons-potyconnect Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year Contest – Round 2 has ended, results are in at http://j .mp/2012poty 6
#wikimedia-contribconnect Contrib team events (http://j .mp/contribevents) – Contrib e-mail address is contrib@wikimedia.org/contrib@wikipedia.org. Panyd, TheCavalry and SWATJester have access. – http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2011/02/16/2888/ http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/02/join-the-wikipedia-contribution-team-in-their-recruitment-drive/ 4
#wikimedia-contributionsconnect 1
#wikimedia-cuconnect 1
#wikimedia-daconnect Velkommen til #wikimedia-da! Her kan man diskutere emner vedrÞrende alle de dansksprogede Wikimedia-projekter • Se ogsÃ¥ #wikipedia-da 3
#wikimedia-dcconnect Wikimedia DC lawl 1
#wikimedia-de-renderconnect 1
#wikimedia-deskconnect 1
#wikimedia-dev-meetingsconnect 2
#wikimedia-doconnect 2
#wikimedia-dt-mafiaconnect 1
#wikimedia-e2connect 1
#wikimedia-ecconnect 1
#wikipedia-es-auxiliarconnect Canal de soporte al canal principal #wikipedia-es
#wikimedia-es-privadoconnect Canal para reuniones y uso reservado de Wikimedia España - Canal público: #wikimedia-es - Si no eres operador ni has sido invitado expresamente, por favor, abandona el canal 3
#wikimedia-euconnect Cooperation of European Wikimedia Chapters (previous discussion: European Wikimedia chapter -- EU lobby) 1
#wikimedia-faconnect 1
#wikimedia-fdcconnect 1
#wikimedia-gerritconnect 3
#wikimedia-grconnect 1
#wikimedia-helpconnect 1
#wikimedia-hnconnect 2
#wikimedia-i18nconnect 1
#wikimedia-iberiaconnect 2
#wikimedia-incubator-bottestconnect Welcome to Wikimedia Incubator IRC bots test channel & "supervising channel" for Dellieplagiat (SWMT speedy deletions bot) 3
#wikimedia-indiaconnect 1
#wikimedia-ircconnect IRC GC channel
#wikimedia-jaconnect 1
#wikimedia-jpconnect http://j .mp/WikimediaJP – UTF-8 – - æ—¥æœ¬å›œå†…ã®ã‚Šã‚£ã‚­ãƒ¡ãƒ‡ã‚£ã‚¢é–¢ä¿‚çµ„ç¹”é–“ã®é€£çµ¡ã‚„ã‚¢ã‚ŠãƒˆãƒªãƒŒãƒæŽ»å‹•ã«é–¢ã—ãŠè©±ã—ã‚ã†å Žæ‰€ã§ã™ã€‚æ¯Žé€±æ—¥æ›œæ—¥ã®æ­£åˆã‹ã‚‰1時間皋床定䟋䌚合をもっおいたす。 3
#wikimedia-knconnect ಕನ್ನಡ
#wikimedia-krconnect 3
#wikimedia-lgbtconnect *Welcome to the Wikimedia Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender channel* – Please keep chat to PG-13 level! – *Support Wikimedia LGBT* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT 10
#wikimedia-meetupsconnect Channel to help organise meetups and/or wicnics for Wikimedia projects – No public logging – http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup 2
#wikimedia-metaconnect 1
#wikimedia-nordicconnect 2
#wikimedia-nycconnect 1
#wikimedia-office-talkconnect 2
#wikimedia-opwconnect 2
#wikimedia-otrs-adminsconnect OTRS admins private channel – https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS/volunteering 2
#wikimedia-otrs-de-noaccessconnect Du bist vermutlich hier gelandet, weil du keinen Zugang zu #wikimedia-otrs-de, einem privaten Channel des Support-Teams, hast. Solltest du gewöhnlich Zugang haben, ÌberprÌfe bitte, ob du eingeloggt bist (/msg nickserv help identify); bei Problemen oder neuen ZugangswÌnschen wende dich an pajz, Ra_ike, DerHexer oder DaBPunkt, die die ZugÀnge verwalten; sonst Mail an die Mailingliste 3
#wikimedia-otrs-esconnect
#wikimedia-otrs-itconnect Canale degli otrs-iani italiani, *quanto qui detto Ú da considerarsi confidenziale* – Non Ú obbligatorio per gli otrsiani dichiarare l'identità: http://tinyurl .com/2mbdzg, cfr.Wikizine 74 – Richieste sulla wiki: http://snipurl .com/1qnhw – Fare una ricerca _prima_ di chiudere i tkt vecchi –Richiesta da WMF: http://bit .ly/Li8wWV 5
#wikimedia-otrs-ruconnect 1
#wikimedia-outreachconnect 4
#wikimedia-oversightconnect 1
#wikimedia-paconnect 1
#wikimedia-peconnect 3
#wikimedia-pedconnect 2
#wikimedia-pyconnect 2
#wikimedia-rolesconnect Movement roles discussion. 3
#wikimedia-rsconnect 1
#wikimedia-ruconnect 4
#wikimedia-sfconnect 2
#wikimedia-shopconnect 2
#wikimedia-simpleconnect 1
#wikimedia-skconnect 2
#wikimedia-speciesconnect 1
#wikimedia-stewards-electionsconnect 5
#wikimedia-svconnect 1
#wikimedia-swmtconnect 1
#wikimedia-usconnect Welcome to #wikimedia-us – channel is publicly logged by wm-bot2 11
#wikimedia-usabilityconnect Channel we actually use: #wikipedia_usability 1
#wikimedia-vrt-enconnect English [private] Volunteer Response Team coordination
#wikimedia-wikiconfindiaconnect 3
#wikimedia-wikidataconnect This channel is called #wikidata now 1
#wikimedia-wikidata-adminsconnect 1
#wikimedia-wikidata-rcconnect Currently a recent changes channel for a bot that will send messages to assist administrators and users. This channel is not official yet nor has consensus been determined. See http://is .gd/POpkmg for discussion. – #cvn-wikidata is the official recent changes channel, but has a different type of changes feed. – -rc + wd Page name to add a page to watch list 2
#wikimedia-wikivoyageconnect 1
#wikinews-caconnect 2
#wikinews-csconnect Napiste @spravci [text] potrebujete-li akutne nejakeho –– # clanku: 2171 (2172) [2172] – poradi: 16/33 & 396/853 5
#wikinews-en-adminsconnect A long time ago, in a Wikimedia Foundation far, far away, ... 1
#wikinews-en-newsroomconnect English Wikinews Public Newsroom – Logged, and may be reproduced on-wiki – Keep discussion on-topic, use !help if you're lost 1
#wikinews-eoconnect 1
#wikinews-feedconnect 1
#wikinews-feeds-frconnect 1
#wikinews-feeds-skaconnect 1
#wikinews-groupconnect The channel has moved to #wikinewsie-group; please update your links. Thanks. 1
#wikinews-heconnect 1
#wikinews-interviewconnect 1
#wikinews-on-wheelsconnect 2
#wikinews-ptconnect 1
#wikinews-publicconnect 1
#wikinews-rcconnect 1
#wikinews-srconnect 1
#wikinews-techconnect Wikinews Technology –– http://code.google.com/p/enwikinews/ –– Rules don't apply here –– Wikinews Reader for Android BETA 0.4 Available: http://enwn.net/readdl 1
#wikinews-trconnect
#wikinews-ukconnect 3
#wikipedia-adminconnect 1
#wikipedia-afcconnect Moved to #wikipedia-en-afc 1
#wikipedia-arnconnect 2
#wikipedia-cvuconnect Welcome to the Counter-Vandalism Unit (CVU) IRC channel! – Counter-Vandalism Unit: http://enwp.org/WP:CVU – Academy: http://enwp.org/WP:CVUA – No public logging 11
#wikipedia-cvuaconnect Forwarded to #wikipedia-cvu 1
#wikipedia-deskconnect 1
#wikipedia-euconnect 1
#wikipedia-featured-contentconnect 1
#wikipedia-fy-vandalismconnect 1
#wikipedia-glconnect 1
#wikipedia-helpconnect 1
#wikipedia-hr-aconnect 3
#wikipedia-hr-pconnect 3
#wikipedia-ja-abusefilterconnect 3
#wikipedia-ja-articlesconnect りィキペディア日本語版 最近の曎新 – UTF-8 – New articles & some RC feed for http://wikipedia.jp/ powered by linky-rc – 通垞の雑談は #wikipedia-ja ぞ 12
#wikipedia-ja-botconnect wikipedia-ja でのBOT(AWB含む)ã®äº‹ãªã‚‰äœ•ã§ã‚‚ã€‚åˆå¿ƒè€…ãƒ»äŸé Œè€…å€§æ­“è¿Ž!!! 6
#wikipedia-ja-carkuniconnect 2
#wikipedia-ja-checkuserconnect 1
#wikipedia-ja-editorsconnect http://ja.wikipedia.org/ - りィキペディア日本語版 – UTF-8 – 雑談は#wikipedia-ja ぞ – 蚘事に関する話題 Let's talk about Wikipedias' articles. 3
#wikipedia-ja-htyconnect 3
#wikipedia-ja-iso2022jpconnect http://ja.wikipedia.org/ Nihongo-ban Wikipedia – ISO-2022-JP – UTF-8 -> #wikipedia-ja 4
#wikipedia-ja-keyakiconnect 4
#wikipedia-ja-Oversightconnect 1
#wikipedia-ja-railfanconnect UTF-8 – Wikipedia日本語版鉄道郚屋 バス・飛行機・車など乗り物に関する話題も – WebChat: https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=Wikipedia-ja-railfanã€€ãƒ­ã‚°ã®æŒã¡å‡ºã—ã¯ã‚„ã‚ãŸã—ã‚‡ã†ã€‚ãŸãŸã€å‚åŠ è€…åã‚’å€–éƒšã«å…¬è¡šã™ã‚‹å Žåˆã€åå‰ã‚’å…¬é–‹ã•ã‚Œã‚‹æ–¹æœ¬äººãžåŒæ„ã‚’æ±‚ã‚ãŸã—ã‚‡ã†ã€‚ 10
#wikipedia-ja-Racco01connect ウィキペディア日本語版
#wikipedia-ja-sexualconnect #wikipedia-ja-sexual は性的な蚘事の内容などを含むè°è«–ã®å Žã§ã™ã€‚ã—ãŸãŒã£ãŠ18犁(自䞻申告ずしたす. 3
#wikipedia-ja-techconnect りィキペディア日本語版の技術関係のチャンネル – テンプレヌト、ガゞェット、カスタムスクリプトスタむルシヌト、ボット、線集フィルタヌ、拡匵機胜、MediaWikiのAPI、システムメッセヌゞ、その他なんでも。 – 初心者熟緎者問わず歓迎– ボット専甚#wikipedia-ja-bot – 6
#wikipedia-ja-unblockconnect https://ja.wikipedia.org/ - りィキペディア日本語版 ブロック解陀申請専甚チャンネル – UTF-8 – webchat: http://bit .ly/iUvzHD – 雑談など->#Wikipedia-ja – 解陀申請時には、@unblock ず発蚀しおください。– åå¿œãŒãªã„å Žåˆäžåœšã‹ã‚‚ã€‚ãŠåŸ…ã¡ã«ãªã‚‹ã‹åŸŒã‹ã‚‰ãŠè¶Šã—ãã ã•ã„ã€‚ – public logging / ログ公開可 – 10
#wikipedia-ja-utf8connect Channel for Japanese Wikipedia http://ja.wikipedia.org/ with UTF8 2
#wikipedia-jboconnect
#wikipedia-lojbanconnect 2
#wikipedia-meetingsconnect 1
#wikipedia-mkconnect Vikipedija na makedonski jazik – http://mk.wikipedia.org 2
#wikipedia-mxconnect 1
#wikipedia-nl-modsconnect Kanaal voor moderators op de Nederlandstalige Wikipedia 1
#wikipedia-nl-vandalismconnect WP:VBC mods +o; Blacklist: computer bl add IP/naam; Volglijst: computer cvp add naam; IP's ranges 80.126/127.xxx.xxx; 80.200/201.24x.xxx; 81.82.192.0 t/m 81.82.255.255, 82.92/93.xxx.xxx, 213.34/84/125/126.xxx.xxx Template:Ws-school geven (laatste twee labelen) – Andere: #cvn-wp-nl http://wikistream.wmflabs.org http://j .mp/18BiwpH – Besloten mod- en checkuserkanaal: #wikipedia-nl-admins 26
#wikipedia-ops-internalconnect 1
#wikipedia-ppnpatrullajeconnect 2
#wikipedia-pt-adminsconnect Bem vindo ao canal dos administradores da Wikipedia lusófona. – Para adicionar outros administradores use: /msg ChanServ flags #wikipedia-pt-admins $ Admin – Atenção: substitua o $ pelo nome do administrador e não se esqueça de verificar se o nick pertence ao usuário. 3
#wikipedia-pt-botsconnect
#wikipedia-pt-otrsconnect Bem-vindo ao canal do OTRS da Wikipédia lusófona. – http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:OTRS – Agentes do OTRS possuem voz nesse canal 2
#wikipedia-pt-socialconnect Bem-vindo ao canal Social da Wikipédia lusófona - pt.wikipedia.org – Canal principal: #wikipedia-pt – Canal para administradores: #wikipedia-pt-admins – Canal para agentes do OTRS: #wikipedia-pt-otrs – Mudanças recentes: http://tinyurl .com/rcwp1 – ATENÇÃO: Os registos não são públicos. 6
#wikipedia-quconnect 1
#wikipedia-ru-confconnect 2
#wikipedia-ru-socialconnect 2
#wikipedia-SCVconnect 2
#wikipedia-socialconnect 1
#wikipedia-szlconnect 2
#wikipedia-taconnect 1
#wikipedia-tenconnect 3
#wikipedia-tetconnect 1
#wikipedia-th-helpconnect 1
#wikipedia-unblockconnect 1
#wikipedia-userscriptsconnect This channel is for discussion and help for the various user scripts found on Wikipedia, especially Twinkle. – AWB: #AutoWikiBrowser – Huggle: #Huggle – General WP chat: #wikipedia 7
#wikipedia-vanconnect 2
#wikipedia-venconnect Canal de usuarios venezolanos que colaboran con Wikipedia. 1
#wikipedia-wikiproject-BPLconnect This is the official IRC channel for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Bangladesh_Premier_League .– If you want to say or ask then please ask and wait – For urgent help use !helper – No public logging – Meeting logs - http://pastebin.com/nKABpxiV 3
#wikipedia-yiconnect 1
#wikiquote-csconnect Napiste @spravci [text] potrebujete-li akutne nejakeho –– # clanku: 5328 (5081) [5229] – poradi: 9/88 & 293/853 5
#wikiquote-daconnect Den danske Wikiqoutes chat kanal er dÞd. SÞg i stedet over til #wikipedia-da 1
#wikiquote-deconnect Willkommen im Chat vom deutschsprachigen Wikiquote 2
#wikiquote-esconnect 3
#wikiquote-frconnect Bienvenue sur le canal de la Wikiquote francophone : https://fr.wikiquote.org – Le recueil de 31 000 citations dans plus de 8 000 articles ! N'hésitez pas à contacter un administrateur local (précédé d'un @) ou global (précédé d'un +) si vous avez besoin d'aide. 3
#wikiquote-hrconnect 1
#wikiquote-koconnect 한국얎 위킀읞용집 IRC 채팅방 –– https://ko.wikiquote.org 3
#wikiquote-ptconnect 1
#wikiquote-skconnect Napiste @spravci [text] ak nejakeho potrebujete –– # clanku: 4851 (4504) [4507] – poradi: 10/88 & 302/853 3
#wikiquote-ukconnect Ukrainian Wikiquote IRC Chanel – http://uk.wikiquote.org 1
#wikisource-daconnect Hjertelig velkommen til den danske Wikisources chatkanal! • Seneste Êndringer pÃ¥: irc://irc.wikimedia.org/da.wikisource • Eller den danske Wikipedias chat: #wikipedia-da • Yderligere information: http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/HjÊlp:Chat • Se #wikimedia-da for en samlet kanal for alle de dansksprogede Wikimedia-projekter 2
#wikisource-eoconnect 1
#wikisource-esconnect 3
#wikisource-jaconnect https://ja.wikisource.org/ - りィキ゜ヌス日本語版 – UTF-8 – 2
#wikisource-koconnect 한국얎 위킀묞헌 IRC 채팅방 –– https://ko.wikisource.org 4
#wikisource-laconnect Welcome to the Latin Wikisource http://la.wikisource.org a place to discuss the content and procedures of the Latin Wikisource. Discussion may be in any language but English will get the most participation. 2
#wikisource-mlconnect 3
#wikisource-nlconnect Welkom in het irckanaal van de Nederlandstalige *Wikisource* (http://nl.wikisource.org/) – +3.500 bronnen! – activiteit: *regenboog* – zie ook #wikisource en #wikimedia 2
#wikisource-ptconnect 1
#wikisource-skconnect 2
#wikisource-trconnect 1
#wikiversity-skconnect 1
#wikiversity-trconnect 1
#wikivoyage-botsconnect Wikivoyage - bot-powered channel – To stalk the edits of a user or an ip: !stalk en.wikivoyage user User name – To stalk a page: !stalk en.wikivoyage page Page name – Useful links: https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/User:Snowolf/Ze_tools – Warn the vandals: https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/User:Snowolf/JS_toolbox 3
#wikivoyage-csconnect Napiste @spravci [text] potrebujete-li akutne nejakeho. –– Jak pojmenovat ceskou mutaci? Zatim vitezi Wikicesty. 5
#wikivoyage-deconnect 1
#wikivoyage-enconnect 1
#wikivoyage-eoconnect Bonvenu en la kanalon pri Esperanto-Vikivoyaĝo! – Nuntempe troviĝas en la Inkubatoro ( Wy/eo/Ĉefpaĝo ) – http://eo.wikivoyage.org 2
#wikivoyage-frconnect 2
#wikivoyage-jaconnect 2
#wikivoyage-plconnect 3
#wikivoyage-ptconnect 1
#wikivoyage-skconnect 2
#wikivoyage-trconnect
#wiktionary-csconnect Pomozte s uklidem: Wikislovník:Údržba/Zdroje citací –– Napiste @spravci [text] potrebujete-li akutne nejakeho –– # clanku: 53057 (52839) [52864] – poradi: 36/171 & 113/853 8
#wiktionary-hrconnect 1
#wiktionary-nlconnect 4
#wiktionary-ruconnect 1
#wiktionary-skconnect Napiste @spravci [text] ak nejakeho potrebujete –– # clanku: 4162 (4208) [4490] – poradi: 84/171 & 311/853 3
#wiktionary-trconnect

Recent changes[edit]

Raw feeds[edit]

As a modern alternative, wikitech:EventStreams publishes recent changes in JSON format over HTTP.

These are live Recent changes feeds, hosted on the irc.wikimedia.org server, which show edits on the wiki automatically as they happen. The displayed URLs give the cumulative differences produced by the edit concerned and any subsequent edits; The time is not listed but timestamping may be provided by your IRC client. Confirmation that an edit has been processed is typically faster through IRC than through the browser.

Every one of the >730 Wikimedia wikis has an IRC RC feed. The channel name is #subdomain.domain. For example, the channel for German Wikibooks channel is #de.wikibooks, and the channel for Wikispecies is #species.wikimedia. Projects without subdomains are treated as if they were Wikipedia languages, e.g. #wikidata.wikipedia.

Filtered rc[edit]

If you wanted to have a filtered feed of recent changes of some project, you can use WM bot for that. The bot can be controlled by anyone with Wikimedia or Miraheze cloak. It is possible to define a list of pages to watch, and the bot will then report the changes in simple format directly to the channel on Libera Chat, providing a link to the diff.

Abuse monitoring channels[edit]

Abuse monitoring channels unofficially patrol edits to counter vandalism and other abuse on Wikimedia wikis. These usually contain IRC bots that list suspicious edits with information such as the editor, edit summary, size change, and diff link.

Most such channels are run by local operators with the technical assistance of the CVN staff; to contact the staff, request access to a restricted channel, or discuss wiki countervandalism, see #countervandalismconnect.

» Check Countervandalism Network/Channels for a channel overview