IRC/Channels
This page attempts to track and identify the numerous Wikimedia IRC channels (most of which are on the freenode network); see also a general overview of IRC.
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[edit] Channel policies
- All Wikimedia IRC channels on freenode are the responsibility of the IRC Group Contacts.
- IRC guidelines is an attempt to codify unwritten rules of conduct expected from all users.
[edit] Wikimedia
[edit] Foundation
| Channel | Language | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #wikimediaconnect | Any | General Wikimedia issues, may be logged for meetings. | |
| #wikimedia-techconnect | Operation of the Wikimedia servers. Here wikimedians can check, ask, report and discuss about technical problems or issues and sysadmins will see, publicly logged [1] | ||
| #wikimedia-devconnect | The software development team of the Wikimedia Foundation (formerly #wikipedia-usability), publicly logged [2] [3] | ||
| #wikimedia-labsconnect | The wikimedia labs, publicly logged [4] | ||
| #wikimedia-mobileconnect | All things related to mobile devices within the Wikimedia projects | ||
| #wikimedia-operationsconnect | Operation of the Wikimedia servers. Used by sysadmins to discuss and coordinate very technical operations on servers, publicly logged [5] | ||
| #wikimedia-translationconnect | Any | Wikimedia Translation subcommittee and those helping translation; see also #mediawiki-i18n. | |
| #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-toolserverconnect | de, en, others | Operation of the toolservers (Logging is allowed) | |
| #wikimedia-fundraisingconnect | Any | Discussion on possible fundraising ideas, note: may be logged, see Fundraising ideas fork. | |
| #wikimedia-strategyconnect | Any | Discussion on strategic planning, note: logged by a bot; office hours logs posted | |
| #wikimedia-outreachconnect | Any | Discussion on public outreach; see below for project-specific (en.wiki) channels | |
| #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-ccconnect | Communications committee. | ||
| #wikimedia-cpgconnect | ComProj | ||
| #wikimedia-sopaconnect | Wikimedia SOPA Discussion and Coordination. | ||
| #wikimaniaconnect | Any | Wikimania discussions | |
| #wikimedia-rcomconnect | Any | Public channel of the Wikimedia Research Committee providing support on Wikimedia research policies and technical help for researchers |
[edit] Chapters
[edit] Crosswiki access coordination
| Channel | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| #wikimedia-adminconnect | Any | [private] Wikimedia administrators. Contact Az1568, Barras, Bastique, Cbrown1023, DerHexer, Dungodung, Erwin, MarcoAurelio,Mardetanha, Pathoschild, PeterSymonds, Shanel or Thehelpfulone for access. |
| #wikimedia-gsconnect | Any | Wikimedia global sysops and global sysop requests. Stewards and global sysops are voiced. |
| #wikimedia-otrsconnect | Any | Coordination of non-sensitive aspects of the work of our OTRS team. Users may request assistance from OTRS agents in this open channel. |
| #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. |
| #wikimedia-privacyconnect | Any | [private] Wikimedia oversighters, checkusers and stewards, and users who have the presumptive right to hold these by simple request (eg WMF staff and users taking voluntary break). New oversighters, checkusers and stewards may contact Barras, DerHexer, Dungodung, guillom, Pathoschild, PeterSymonds or Trijnstel for access. |
| #wikimedia-checkuserconnect | Any | [private] Wikimedia checkusers and stewards. New CheckUsers and stewards may contact Barras, DerHexer, Dungodung, J.delanoy, Jdforrester, Pathoschild, PeterSymonds, Tiptoety or Trijnstel for access. |
[edit] Projects
These channels exist for the community of a particular project, and may host both general and specific discussion.
[edit] Project channels
[edit] Wikipedia
[edit] Other projects
[edit] Specific projects
[edit] en.wikipedia
A complete and updated list of channels may be found at en:Wikipedia:IRC#Functional_groups.
| #wikipedia-en-accountsconnect | Any, but mostly English. | Internal channel for the account creation team. |
| #wikipedia-en-adminsconnect | Private discussion among administrators affecting English Wikipedia. See IRC/wikipedia-en-admins. (invite only) | |
| #wikipedia-en-adoptconnect | English | Coordination and collaboration of users of the adopt a user project on Wikipedia. |
| #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. |
| #wikipedia-en-ambassadorsconnect | English | Wikipedia ambassadors program discussion and coordination |
| #wikipedia-en-classroomconnect | English | Wikipedia online ambassadors help for campus ambassadors, students etc. |
| #wikipedia-en-helpconnect | Any, but mostly English. | Help channel for Wikipedians. Features a live feed of en:CAT:HELPME. Helpers are voiced. |
| #wikipedia-medcabconnect | Mediation Cabal | |
| #wikipedia-mediationconnect | [private] Mediation Committee | |
| #wikipedia-en-roadsconnect | English | Coordination and collaboration of users of the Highways WikiProject on Wikipedia. Logging not permitted. Click here for more info. |
| #wikipedia-en-spiconnect | English | Discussion about investigations on sockpuppetry. |
| #wikipedia-spotlightconnect | English | Discussion for the w:Wikipedia:Spotlight project to focus on a specific article for improvement. |
| #wikipedia-teahouseconnect | Support for new editors and hosts visiting the Wikipedia:Teahouse project. | |
| #wikipedia-en-unblockconnect | [no lurking] 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). |
[edit] es.wikipedia
A complete and updated list of channels may be found at es:WP:IRC#Canales_IRC.
[edit] fr.wikipedia
| Channel | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| #vandalism-fr-wpconnect | French | Internal channel to combat vandalism. |
| #wikipedia-fr-livercconnect | French | Coordination and collaboration of users of the recent changes patrol. |
| #wikipedia-fr-accueilconnect | French | Help channel for Wikipedians. |
[edit] it.wikipedia
| Channel | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| #wikipedia-it-vandalismconnect | Italian | Internal channel to combat vandalism |
| #wikipedia-it-sysopconnect | Italian | Private discussion among administrators affecting Italian Wikipedia. To be invited, ask in #wikipedia-it. (invite only) |
| ##guerraconnect | Italian | Channel of it.wiki's War Project. |
[edit] zh.wikipedia
| #wikipedia-zh-helpconnect | Chinese (English is used occasionally, but is not recommended) | Help channel for Chinese Wikipedians. Helpers or sysop of the Chinese Wikipedia are voiced. |
[edit] Other
| #wikinews-videoconnect | en (other languages permitted) | Coordination and collaboration of users working on the Video Wikinews project. |
| #wcnconnect | nl | Channel for the Dutch Wikimedia Conference |
[edit] Recent changes
[edit] Raw feeds
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 #lang.project. For example, the channel for German Wikibooks channel is #de.wikibooks.
[edit] Filtered rc
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 cloak. It is possible to define a list of pages to watch and bot will then report the changes in simple format directly to channel on freenode, providing link to diff.
[edit] Abuse monitoring channels
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 #countervandalism.
- » Check Countervandalism Network#Channels for a channel overview
[edit] Non-Wikimedia
[edit] General
| Channel | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| #mediawikiconnect | any | Discussion of the MediaWiki software, logs |
| #mediawiki-codereviewconnect | any | #mediawiki with more verbose output (revision tag changes, revision status changes, etc.) |
| #mediawiki-esconnect | Spanish | Discussion of the MediaWiki software in Spanish. |
| #mediawiki-itconnect | Italian | Discussion of the MediaWiki software in Italian. |
| #mediawiki-i18nconnect | Any | Discussion of the internationalization of MediaWiki software. |
| #wikiconnect | Discussion about Wikis in general | |
| #wikimedia-partyconnect | Wikimedia party channel |
[edit] Tools
The following channels are for discussion of specific tools developed (or under development) for use on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation wikis. These channels are not owned, operated, or affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.
| Channel | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| #autowikibrowserconnect | English | AutoWikiBrowser (multiple wikis). |
| #huggleconnect | English | Huggle (multiple wikis). |
| #wikimedia-milestonesconnect | Any | Countdown to various milestones. |
| #wikimediacounterconnect | Any | http://toolserver.org/~emijrp/wikimediacounter |
| #pywikipediabotconnect | Any | Discussion about the Pywikipedia bot framework. |
| #botolatoriconnect | Italian | Discussion about the Pywikipedia bot framework and all automated MediaWiki tools on Wikimedia projects and more. |
| #wikipedia-spam-tconnect | English | Discussion about the LinkWatcher bot. |
