User:Snowolf/wikipedia-en

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Channel purpose[edit]

#wikipedia-en serves as the English Wikipedia's main IRC channel, and with the decline in popularity of #wikipedia, as the channel Wikimedians are most likely to come for non-editing help, general queries, discussions and whatnot. It is the front lobby of the English Wikipedia on freenode. Among its main purposes are to direct users to the appropriate channels for their query, if #wikipedia-en is not the best venue (see #Alternate venues).

Channel guidelines[edit]

This is a list of examples of what not to do on the channel.

  1. Don't insult others
  2. Don't swear excessively
  3. Don't SHOUT
  4. Don't canvass for votes in RFA, AFD, DRV, etc., or for article nominations or reviews
  5. Don't plan or incite actions against Wikipedians, trolls, vandals, Wikipedia critics, or anybody
  6. Don't "out" others by publishing personal information about them
  7. Don't extensively discuss private matters or subjects unrelated to Wikipedia
  8. Don't make graphic descriptions, solicitations, or promotions of sexuality, violence, illegal drugs or
  9. Don't spam links or the same phrases repeatedly into the channel, either all at once or over time
  10. Don't operate bots that speak in the channel or are operated through typing in the channel without the explicit permission of the channel contacts or superops.
  11. Don't operate bots that publicly log the channel
  12. Don't publish logs of the channel
  13. Don't comment on op actions in the channel (rather, any discussion should take place in #wikipedia-opsconnect to minimize distruption)
  14. Don't engage in extensive conversations in languages other than English
  15. Don't attempt to exploit client or router vulnerabilities
  16. Keep critiques of other users to a private message with them, rather than publicly embarrassing them. Try to put yourself in their position to see whether or not what you say may offend.

Op guidelines[edit]

  • Channel operators should contact users with any issue in private, to avoid distrupting the channel.
  • Channel operators should avoid discussiong issues in the channel, and point users to #wikimedia-opsconnect for such discussions.
  • Channel operators should ask for input from other operators if unsure about how best to proceed.
  • Channel operators should seek to apply quiets instead of bans whenever possible and appropriate.
  • Channel operators should try to be a catalyst to keep channel temperature down. Freenode's channel guidelines are also helpful in getting things to run smoothly.
  • Unless no-one else is around, channel operators should try to get another operator involved when you think you might have a conflict of interest.

Alternate venues[edit]

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