Wikipedia talk:IRC/Archive 1

message: Can't we move the Wikipedia channels to a technology that can serve both IRC and XMPP MUC protocols? Why do we have to fragment the audience? A network of psyced servers provides that, and a few other things too, like a Jabber identity to anyone using an IRC client, so you can talk to any Jabber user from there. And any person in Jabberspace can join the channels in a click. Just thought I should let you know there is at least one technology that can solve this issue. If you need help setting up such a network, please let me know.  --lynX 16:45, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Note that there is also a patch for ejabberd to allow IRC clients to connect (the MUC component in the development version of ejabberd also got support for clustering).NaturalBornKiller 18:40, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Provide chatrooms for both IRC and Jabber users? 

message: Alright. Unless someone from Wikimedia would like to run such a service I have set up a channel that can be entered from all sides. These are the access URLs:
* irc://psyced.org/#Wikipedia
* ircs://psyced.org:9999/#Wikipedia
* http://psyced.org/PSYC/?room=Wikipedia
* https://psyced.org/PSYC/?room=Wikipedia
* xmpp:#wikipedia@ve.symlynx.com
* psyc://psyced.org/@wikipedia
As you can see it comes with a webchat as well. It would be practical if the notify extension at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chat_Notification was installed to also receive change notices. Then again no, we'd have to write a filtering system first.  ;°)
I have watched the almost complete silence in the Jabber MUC at conference.jabber.org for a while, so if nobody complains I would propose this at least as a replacement to that, and then leave it up to the IRCers which kind of IRC server to use. Given popularity all channels could be ported, of course. --lynX 16:34, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chatroom for IRC, Jabber, HTTP, HTTP/TLS and PSYC 

message: Hello, what is the adress of the english channel please ? And how to join ? John.
:see the main article   Quinobi 17:55, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: English channel

message: Please read, consider, and comment on WT:RFA#Suggested "IRC important decision policy", which would add a single policy paragraph to this page. Thanks, • Benc • 04:10, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed "IRC important decision policy" 

message: I've started a study at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wikidemia that asks the question:
:How important is WikipediaIRC at Freenode to the administration of Wikipedia? 
Feel free to join the study. Quinobi 19:45, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikidemia's WikipediaIRC project 

message: I have no freaking clue where to get IRC, also how does it work once you get it??!?!? Jobe6  23:17, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Help

message: I havent been able to connect for 2 days or something, am I the only one? I can connect to other servers, so.. Zozza 14:27, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Freenode.net is down?

message: Where is the policy prohibiting hosting logs? Why is it considered a good thing? Accountability is important, and people shouldn't say things on IRC or anywhere that they don't want to be remembered. ~~ N (t/c) 02:22, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Logging 

message: Iacobus Iustino s.p.d.
Certes possum contribuere.  :)
Vale, Jim62sch 00:35, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Latinitas

message: I was banned for what a OP interpreted to be an offensive/innaproprate comment.  I appologize, I was only trying to liven things up.  If you could unban me, that would be spiffy.  How else am I supposed to waste my time? :D Steve-o 10:11, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  buickid banned 

message: I'm using FireFox, and when I try to access any IRC channel by clicking on the link, I get a notice:
Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (irc) isn't associated with any program.
Anyone have any ideas?--ikiroid | (talk) 03:32, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What if you want to use an external client?  Thanks, Jim Trigg 64.83.41.80 04:15, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You need to connect to chat.freenode.org, and use join the channel name manually in that case. —Xyrael / 20:54, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: FireFox Problem

message: The link http://yossman.net/byxnet/webchat.freenode/irc.cgi in the section Web based CGI version doesn't work for me. Does it work for others? __meco 05:59, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It doesn't work for me either. All I get is 403 forbidden. --GeorgeMoneyTalk  Contribs 00:27, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think Youssamn.net shut down the IRC because of it taking up too much bandwidth or proccessing power. I wish Wikimedia Foundation could do something and install CGI:IRC to their servers. --LBMixPro<Speak|on|it!> 19:49, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: agree --Shizhao 13:21, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link not working 

message: I have been interested in getting IRC for a while, and I finally downloaded mIRC today.  I'm trying to connect, but every time I connect, no matter the server, I get:You seem to be having trouble connecting to an IRC server.  The message that appeared was: 'Unable to connect to server'The help button provided only gives two possibilities for that error message: the server isn't working (which I can't believe) and an invalid port number (which I haven't touched, but by default says 6667).  In the actual chat area, it says:
* Unable to connect to server (Connection timed out)
Obviously, I have internet access and everything, so what is the problem and how can I fix it?  --Cromwellt|Talk 16:49, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Try the Reference desk or maybe the Wikipedia:Computer help desk for this question.--Commander Keane 22:05, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  IRC Connection issues 

message: Is there anyone who is in charge of monitoring the IRC channels? There seem to be several trolls there at the moment, so no one can get any work done through the IRC channels at the moment. Lady Aleena 06:36, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think most/all of the channel have operators who can deal with trolls. Is there a particular channel under threat?--Commander Keane 22:05, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help - Trolls on the IRC channels 

message: Hi. I created this channel #wikipedia-in for the use of Indian users. Can I list it on the project page? Please ping me on my talk page regarding this. Thanks. --Nearly Headless Nick 11:08, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think it is that helpful to list other language channels in the English Wikipedia. Definitely list on meta: m:IRC_channels. Perhaps we can make a link to that meta page more prominent here.--Commander Keane 22:05, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Listing a new channel

message: There was a troll, Ratbert likely a GNAA member who hacked into the head of freemode account and banned them, me and probaly many others from it. Example [00:00] * Socket Error: 10061 : Connection is forcefully rejected. I wonder how long it's going to last, and if other users was banned. Thanks Jaranda wat's sup 04:02, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Everything is back now, but it's advised that if you identified to nickserv in the past few days you should chaneg your password. Otherwise, you're fine. —Xyrael / 20:52, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current status 

message: I just got Trillian and am now trying to get set up with Wikipedia's IRC.  However, I'm really bad at this.  Could someone please explain this in a way which assumes I know nothing about it?  Thanks.  American Patriot 1776 04:36, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Then what?  :(  See how bad I am?  American Patriot 1776 17:55, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This may help you. —Xyrael / 15:41, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  im bad with this... 

message: How do you make a new channel? Please respond on my talk page. íslenska hurikein #12 (samtal) 15:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: New channel?

message: Hi, I haven't used irc for years literally and never much before that either. I just downloaded mirc, made a nick and logged on the channel using a link I found here. I may have gotten myself inadverently banned on arrival. Something about public logging in the title of the chat. I learned how to registered and started asking people for help but I was ignored. Anyway, I'm wondering where I can find help or who I can ask for some. Thanks 8) (Just for the record, my problem is a "Cannot send to channel" error message when trying to write on the channel.) Jean-Philippe 04:40, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New user need a little help. 

message: I want to know where I can report the following abuse I received.  It occured on #wikipedia on freenode.
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After talking for a long time in a different MediaWiki-related room for an hour with them quite happy with you, I go for a quick peek in #wikipedia but you got sick of your old name they knew you by and are using your current one.
I always knew #wikipedia as very friendly.  Today I decided to go on using a name different than my usual one.
#AppleBoy says I have a bad nick.
#I change it, but there is an error and it is too long.
#I change it to make it shorter
#Tuxide says he urinates on me, but he is never kicked or banned.
#I see AfterDeath and AppleBoy getting ops like they're going to ban someone
#AppleBoy bans me using a personal attack falsely calling me a bad person as the reason.
#I ask why and no answer.
#I msg AppleBoy for minutes and he does not answer.
#I change my IP and rejoin asking.  They do not answer and just ban.
#I msg AfterDeath who banned me for minutes and he does not answer.
#I change my IP and rejoin asking.  They do not answer and just ban.
щ#I msg AppleBoy for minutes and he does not answer.
#I change my IP and rejoin asking.  They do not answer and just ban.
#I msg AfterDeath who banned me for minutes and he does not answer.
#I change my IP and rejoin asking.  They do not answer and just ban.
#I msg AppleBoy for minutes and he does not answer.
#I change my IP and rejoin asking.  They do not answer and just ban.
#I msg AfterDeath who banned me for minutes and he does not answer.
#I change my IP and rejoin asking.  They do not answer and just ban.
#I msg AppleBoy for minutes and he does not answer.
#I change my IP and rejoin. I am banned before I can talk to anyone.  Again I ask the people why and try to communicate.  No answer.
#Repeat 21 several five times
#Retry joining about ten times and each time once I join freenode gives a denial of service attack to me and my connection instantly disconnects
#I change my IP and rejoin asking.  They personally attack me as a troll.  I am very offended by this and deny it.  This is the worst insult I can get.
#Alkivar bans me before I can say anything else.
#I change my IP and rejoin denying.  They then ban my ISP.
These were people who I thought were my friends and now just with a different username I am treated with such abuse. RalphLing 03:47, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  A newbie question 

message: Is there a userbox that tells others what my username is on these channels? Thanks. Xiner (talk, email) 04:06, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Userbox? 

message: I have replaced the information about Bjelleklang's Java-based IRC client (hosted on Wikimedia servers) with information about Freenode's one, at java.freenode.net. - Mark 06:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  web-based Java IRC client 

message: The sentence is unobjectionable if we read it correctly.  We might well say, "are the official place to chat about Wikipedia," and it would be fine.  However, if we don't do that, we have sentence one saying "official" and sentences two and three saying "they have no actual standing."  We can make things a great deal more clear and correct with simply making it "the Wikipedia channels on freenode are a place to chat about Wikipedia on IRC."  Thus I have made the change.  Geogre 13:27, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Rushing out, so can't get involved, but just want to say I support Geogre's change. Musical Linguist 13:34, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Me too.  Seems Fred doesn't.  I've left a message on his talk page.  Regards, Ben Aveling 07:46, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: He hasn't replied.  So I've undone his change.  In spades.  EiE 12:37, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Wikipedia channels on freenode are the official place to chat about Wikipedia on IRC 

message: I've never used IRC before so maybe there is an obvious solution. When I click on a channel, it says "cannot open because protocol (irc) isn't associated with any program". Is there something I need to download?  Any advice would be appreciated. Also, if it helps, I'm using Firefox with a Mac. John Reaves (talk) 08:05, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You need an irc client, such as Chatzilla or mIRC. ST47Talk 11:20, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Here is a link to Firefox add ons.  Chatzilla is included.--Dakota 05:14, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help? 

message: The link to wikipedia-en-spam channel is not working. Plase correct the error. --Meno25 10:43, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Is too! ST47Talk 12:09, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  wikipedia-en-spam channel 

message: wtf i got banned for saying /me farted. ffs i'm new fucking wikipedia. how do i get unbanned.--Rrtr999 02:51, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Me too. I got k-lined from Freenode. Is this 4eva? —  MichaelLinnear 04:13, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well it's been quite awhile now for just saying "abuse" when somebody was banned. —  MichaelLinnear 01:17, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  banned 

message: The console tells me that my username is already in use... how can that be? Someone impersonating me? I have been using IRC for more than a year now and now I cannot login. Any ideas? ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 03:22, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cannot login to freenode 

message: Setting aside for the moment the issue of whether it would be a good idea to allow logging on IRC, in looking at the various issues surrounding this, i've discovered that there does not appear to be anyone with the authority to do so. Who, if anyone, has the authority to rescind the current anti-logging policy? --Random832 18:38, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A disturbing realization 

message: I'd greatly appreciate it if someone from outside the U.S. Roads WikiProject could contribute to WT:USRD/IRC, where certain users are currently trying to propose using the channel to implement "policy" changes without discussing them on-wiki. -- NORTH talk 06:54, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  U.S. Roads channel