Commons:Internet Relay Chat

Shortcut: COM:IRC

For real-time chat with other Wikimedians, there are several Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channels, located on the freenode network (irc.freenode.net).

IRC channels

• #wikimedia-commons ^webchat for general discussions about Commons (channel guidelines)
• #cvn-commons ^webchat to catch possible vandalism
• #cvn-commons-uploads ^webchat to monitor image uploads
• #wikimedia-commons-poty ^webchat for Picture of the Year contest coordination
• #wikimedia-commons-admin ^webchat is the channel for administrators [no idling]
• #wikimedia-commons-lr ^webchat is the channel for license reviewer assistance/discussion
• #wikimedia-commons-tech ^webchat for technical discussions (bot is reporting recent changes on commons related bugs)
• #wikimedia-commons-move ^webchat provides a feed of file rename requests in real-time

See also m:IRC/Channels (main list)

IRC clients

For users of Mozilla Firefox and related programs, a convenient extension called ChatZilla exists (it is also a part of SeaMonkey). Separate IRC software such as KVirc, Pidgin, XChat or Colloquy (Mac) are also popular. Some web-based interfaces also exist, e.g. webchat.freenode.net.

Help

• IRC tutorial
• m:IRC - information page on Meta-Wiki
• m:IRC/Cloaks - provides information about obtaining a hostmask cloak