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- This page is about the Wikia IRC channels. For general information about IRC, please see Help:IRC.
Wikia utilizes several Wikia IRC channels that are available to provide support for and discussion of all Wikia sites.
The main channel is located at #wikia on the freenode network. This can also be accessed on the web at irc.wikia.com (see accessing the channel with a web browser below). You can access the Freenode Channel Here.
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[edit] Channel information
When you access the channel, it reveals your IP address, unless you have a cloak. You can hide your IP address by having your Wikia user name appear as your host. See Wikia IRC channel cloaks.
Channel logs for #wikia must not be published without prior consent from all chatters involved.
If you want some (possibly entertaining) statistics, see the #wikia statistics created by GreenReaper. There is also a page for Wikia IRC channel quotes.
Please note that these channels are hosted by freenode on their network, and not Wikia. While there are often Wikia staff and other ops in the channel, it is not always fully moderated. Wikia channels other than #wikia are moderated by Wikia contributors, who again may not always be available. It is advised to add *!*@freenode/staff/* to your channel's access list so that help is possible from freenode should an op be unavailable in your channel.
See also Wikia IRC rules.
[edit] Accessing the channel with a web browser
On the web, you can access the channel with the Wikia CGI IRC gateway. You do not need any additional software to access the CGI version - just go to irc.wikia.com, enter a nickname and click "login". This allows you to talk on various Wikia-related channels (#wikia is the default channel). If you register your nick (see below), you can also privately message any user currently on the freenode network.
When using the gateway, you will see a list of people in the channel on the right hand side. There is also a box with three options (Query, Whois, and Kick). These are actions which can be carried out on other users by selecting a user name and then selecting one of these options.
Query allows you to privately message another person. This is always possible unless the person has enabled a mode to block messages from unregistered users (this is off by default)
Whois will give you some basic information about a user, including either their IP name or cloak, the channels they are in (unless they choose to hide that information or the channels are marked as private), whether they are "identified to services" (logged in with a registered IRC nick), their real name if they provided one.
Kick will remove a user from the channel. This can only be used if you are are a channel op (admin). It only temporarily removes a user. See below for details on how to actually block them from returning.
See the CGI:IRC help page for more information.
[edit] Custom gateways
Many Wikia-related channels are available from the drop-down channel list on the advanced options page. Some of the more popular channels have a custom gateway to make it easier for users to find the relevant channel. For example, the Psychology gateway has #psychology as the default channel.
The following Wikia channels can be accessed through this gateway: ancientworld, campaigns (including kampagnen), dc, delphi, eincyclopedia, fci, gaiapedia, inciclopedia, inheritance (including inheriwiki, inheriwikiEs, inheriwikiFi), kurow, marvel, memory-alpha, mpd, muzyka, nonsensopedia, polaqu, psychology, radiocontrol, RLDSWiki, swfanon, uncyclopedia, unicaen, unnews, wikia-pl, wookieepedia, worlddemocracy.
If you have a Wikia related IRC channel that is registered with freenode, please contact us and ask for your channel to be added to the list of channels that can be accessed via irc.wikia.com.
The following channels have a custom gateway page:
- #wikia (irc.wikia.com)
- #uncyclopedia (irc.wikia.com/uncyclopedia)
- #memory-alpha (irc.wikia.com/ma)
- #wookieepedia (irc.wikia.com/starwars)
- #campaigns (irc.wikia.com/campaigns)
- #inheriwiki (irc.wikia.com/inheritance)
- #marvel (irc.wikia.com/marvel)
- #wikia-pl (irc.wikia.com/pl)
- #psychology (irc.wikia.com/psychology)
- #unnews (irc.wikia.com/unnews)
- Various Wikimedia channels (irc.wikia.com/wp and irc.wikia.com/meeting)
Note: The custom gateway is no longer being offered. Once your channel is on the main menu, you can make a link to have your channel auto-selected for the user. Example: http://irc.wikia.com/#uncyclopedia
[edit] How to connect with an IRC client
If you already have an IRC client, the link irc://irc.freenode.net/wikia should work from your browser.
If you do not yet have an IRC client, you need to obtain one:
- If your web browser is Firefox, try ChatZilla.
- If your web browser is Opera, simply click on any IRC link, such as #wikia.
- Both mIRC and XChat are popular.
- Linux users may be interested in irssi.
- The IRC article on Wikipedia for details on the software available.
- You can also connect to IRC by an online client such as mvIRC
Once you have downloaded a client, you can join freenode by typing /server irc.freenode.net and then join the channel by typing /join #wikia
[edit] How to connect (full version)
- Use the /server command to connect to the server, e.g. /server irc.freenode.net
- Choose a nickname by typing /nick <nickname>, e.g. /nick JohnDoe. Nicknames can be up to 16 characters long. You can use letters and numbers (no spaces or symbols).
- Join the channel by typing /join #wikia. Channels are the equivalent of chat rooms on IRC.
- For help type /help. Commands on most IRC clients have to be preceded by a '/', channel names by a '#'.
- Optional: You can register your nick with the nickserv service. See below.
- Read the help and readme files of the client you installed for more information.
[edit] How to obtain an IRC client
A list of clients respective to your operating system is given in the IRC article in Wikipedia.
All you need is an IRC client installed on your machine.
Once downloaded and installed perform the following steps (most IRC clients also provide graphical interfaces to common commands).
[edit] How to register your nickname and identify
You can register your nick with the nickserv service. Type /msg nickserv register <password> <e-mail>, e.g. /msg nickserv register foo foo@bar.com. After registering you must verify your registration using your provided e-mail otherwise it will be automatically dropped after 24 hours. When logging on later on type /msg nickserv identify <password> so that nickserv can identify you as the owner of a nick. For more help, type /msg nickserv help.
- "/msg nickserv help" or "/msg chanserv help" is how to get official freenode help on this matter.
- What you will see once you've registered:
-NickServ- This nickname is owned by someone else -NickServ- If this is your nickname, type /msg NickServ IDENTIFY <password>
[edit] Channel operators and blocking
In case of problems with the channel, please contact an op. You can find one by typing:
/msg chanserv access #channelname list
If you cause disruption to the channel, you may be blocked. To appeal the block, please contact an admin of the relevant channel. Please note that freenode staff will not intervene in channel matters.
Channel operators should be careful when banning users of the CGI:IRC gateway. Make sure you ban the user's IP address and not the Wikia gateway. For example banning *!aabbcc*@* is the same as banning *!*@aa.bb.cc.* normally. (Each part of the IP is represented by two letters).
Alternatively, block the username only, for example test123*!*@box1.tpa.wikia-inc.com rather than *!*@box1.tpa.wikia-inc.com.
To convert the hex to an IP for someone using the CGI gateway, use can be used to convert hex to an IP at this site. For example, for i=a5e4830c@gateway/web/..., a5e4830c converts to 165.228.131.12.
[edit] See also
- IRC channel scripts
- IRC Help Archive
- Freenode home page
- Freenode FAQ
- Mailing lists
- Wikia IRC rules
- IRC channel quotes
- Countervandalism Network
- Access by Java Freenode Client
Details on other wiki IRC channels, and instructions for channel ops, can be found on the IRC instructions page at Meta, from which part of this page was taken.
[edit] Related channels
- #wikia
- main support channel for help and advice on your Wikia
- #wikia-social
- wikia's open discussion social channel
- #wiki
- a discussion of wiki software and culture
- #mediawiki
- the software Wikia runs on
- #semantic-mediawiki
- live help for the SMW extension and still only lightly populated)
- #wikipedia
- the IRC channel of the world's largest wiki
- #psychology
- Psychology Wikia CGI Gateway to IRC
