From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki
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.
[edit] Channel policies
[edit] Wikimedia
[edit] Foundation
[edit] Chapters
| Channel |
Language |
Notes |
| #wikimedia-chapters |
Any |
Wikimedia Chapters committee and discussion of Wikimedia chapters |
| #wikimedia-ar |
es |
Wikimedia Argentina |
| #wikimedia-at |
de |
Wikimedia Österreich |
| #wikimedia-au |
|
Wikimedia Australia, may be logged for meetings. |
| #wikimedia-br |
Any |
Discussion of Wikimedia Brasil. |
| #wikimedia-ca |
en, fr |
Wikimedia Canada (to be established) |
| #wikimedia-ch |
Any |
Wikimedia CH |
| #wikimedia-cz |
cs, en |
Wikimedia Czech Republic, may be logged for meetings. |
| #wikimedia-danmark |
da, en |
Wikimedia Danmark, may be logged for meetings. |
| #wikimedia-de |
Any |
Wikimedia Deutschland, may be logged for meetings. |
| #wikimedia-eg |
ar, en |
Discussion of Wikimedia Egypt |
| #wikimedia-fi |
Any |
Wikimedia Finland |
| #wikimedia-fr |
Any |
Wikimédia France |
| #wikimedia-hk |
zh-hant, en |
Wikimedia Hong Kong |
| #wikimedia-hu |
hu, en |
Wikimédia Magyarország |
| #wikimedia-it |
it, en |
Wikimedia Italia |
| #wikimedia-nl |
nl, en |
Wikimedia Nederland, may be logged for meetings. |
| #wikimedia-pa |
en |
Wikimedia Pennsylvania (to be established) |
| #wikimedia-pl |
Any |
Wikimedia Polska - meetings every Thursday at 9 pm. CET (or CEST) |
| #wikimedia-se |
mostly sv |
Wikimedia Sverige |
| #wikimedia-uk |
|
Wikimedia UK, may be logged for meetings. |
[edit] Crosswiki access coordination
| Channel |
Language |
Notes |
| #wikimedia-admin |
Any |
[private] Wikimedia administrators. Contact Az1568, Bastique, Cbrown1023, DerHexer, Dungodung, Kylu, Mardetanha, Mike.lifeguard, Pathoschild, Shanel, Spacebirdy or Thogo for access. |
| #wikimedia-otrs |
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-stewards |
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-privacy |
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, Bastique, DerHexer, Dmcdevit, Dungodung, guillom, Mike.lifeguard or Pathoschild 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
| Channel |
Language |
Notes |
| #wikipedia |
Any, but in practice mostly English. |
Main channel, heavily populated. Off-topic discussion will be moved. Public logging prohibited, See #wikipedia for more details. |
| #wikipedia-science |
|
Channel for science-related Wikipedia discussion. |
| Language-specific channels |
| #wikipedia-af |
Afrikaans |
Afrikaans |
| #wikipedia-als |
Alemannisch |
Alemannic, may be logged if necessary. |
| #wikipedia-ar |
العربية |
Arabic |
| #wikipedia-balkan |
Balkan |
Balkan, publicly logged, UTF-8/ASCII encoding. |
| #wikimedia-bd |
বাংলা |
Bengali, This will probably be primarily Wikipedia, but all projects are welcome this way. |
| Bynets.org:#wiki |
Belarusian |
Belarusian |
| #wikipedia-be-tarask |
Belarusian (Taraškievica) |
Belarusian (Taraškievica) |
| #wikipedia-bg |
Български |
Bulgarian |
| #wikipedia-bs |
Bosanski |
Bosanski |
| #wikipedia-ca |
Català |
Catalan |
| #wikipedia-ce |
Нохчийн |
Chechen |
| #wikipedia-cs |
Česky |
Czech |
| #wikipedia-da |
Dansk |
Danish |
| #wikipedia-de |
Deutsch |
German, public logging prohibited |
| #wikipedia-el |
Greek |
Greek |
| #wikipedia-en |
English |
English (more help may be available in #wikipedia |
| #wikipedia-eo |
Esperanto |
Esperanto |
| #wikipedia-es |
Español |
Spanish |
| #wikipedia-fi |
Suomi |
Finnish |
| #wikipedia-fa |
فارسی |
Persian |
| #wikipedia-fr |
Français |
French |
| #wikipedia-ga |
Gaeilge |
Irish gaelic |
| #wikimedia-hi |
हिन्दी |
Hindi This will probably be primarily Wikipedia, but all projects are welcome this way. |
| #wikipedia-hr |
Hrvatski |
Croatian |
| #wikipedia-hu |
Hungarian |
Hungarian |
| #wikipedia-in |
Any Indian language, also English |
Languages of India |
| #wikipedia-ga |
|
Irish |
| #is.wikipedia |
Íslenska |
Icelandic |
| #wikipedia-it |
Italiano |
Italian |
| #wikipedia-ja |
日本語 |
Japanese, UTF-8 encoding. |
| #wikipedia-kl |
Kalaallisut |
Greenlandic, however most conversations are in Danish. |
| Hanirc:#wikipedia |
한국어 |
Korean, CP949, NOT on freenode. #wikipedia-ko(UTF-8) also exists on freenode, but not mainly used. |
| #wikipedia-nl |
Nederlands |
Dutch, may be logged for meetings. |
| #wikipedia-nordic |
Nordic languages |
Nordic languages, see also WIKIng and Skanwiki |
| #wikipedia-no |
Norsk |
Norwegian |
| #wikipedia-pl |
Polski |
Polish, WWW gate |
| #wikipedia-pt |
Português |
Portugese, UTF-8/latin 2 encoding. |
| #ro.wikipedia |
Română |
Romanian |
| #wikipedia-ru |
Русский |
Russian |
| #wikipedia-simple |
English |
Simple English |
| #wikipedia-sk |
Slovenský |
Slovak |
| #slavopedia |
English, Slovio |
Slavopedia and Slovio artificial language (www gate). |
| #sq.wikipedia |
Shqip |
Albanian, low traffic. |
| #wikipedia-sr |
српски/srpski |
Serbian, UTF-8/ASCII encoding. |
| #wikipedia-sv |
Svenska |
Swedish |
| #tewiki |
తెలుగు |
Telugu |
| #wikipedia-tr |
Türkçe |
Turkish, UTF-8/ASCII. |
| #wikipedia-uk |
Ukrainian |
Ukrainian |
| #wikipedia-ur |
اردو |
Urdu, UTF-8 |
| #wikipedia-vec |
Veneto |
Venetian |
| #wikipedia-vi |
Tiếng Việt, English. |
Vietnamese |
| #wikipedia-wuu |
吴语, English |
Wu; UTF-8 encoding |
| #wikipedia-yue |
粵語, 廣東話, English |
Cantonese, UTF-8 encoding. |
| #wikipedia-zh |
中文 |
Chinese, UTF-8 encoding. |
| #wikipedia-ml |
മലയാളം, UTF-8 encoding. |
Malayalam |
[edit] Other projects
| Channel |
Language |
Notes |
| #wikibooks |
Any |
Wikibooks discussion. |
| #wikimedia-commons |
Any |
Wikimedia Commons discussion. |
| #wikimedia-incubator |
Any |
Wikimedia Incubator discussion. |
| #wikinews |
Any |
Wikinews discussion and story coordination, see Wikinews/IRC. |
| #wikiquote |
Any |
Wikiquote discussion. |
| #wikisource |
Any |
Wikisource discussion. |
| #wiktionary |
Any (sv, de, fr, and en are most common) |
Wiktionary discussions. |
| #wiktionary-gfdl |
Any |
Publicly logged channel for Wiktionary. |
| #wikiversity |
Any |
Wikiversity discussions. |
| Language-specific channels |
| #Wiki (alkar.net) |
Українська |
CP1251 encoding. |
| #kannada |
|
| Wikisource |
| #wikisource-de |
Deutsch |
German Wikisource |
| #wikisource-it |
Italiano |
Italian Wikisource |
| Wikiquote |
| #wikiquote-en |
English |
English Wikiquote |
| #wikiquote-ja |
日本語 |
Japanese Wikiquote, UTF-8 encoding. |
| Wikinews |
| #wikinews-feeds |
English |
News feeds not suitable for the main #wikinews channel |
| #wikinews-ar |
العربية |
Arabic Wikinews |
| #wikinews-de |
Deutsch |
German Wikinews |
| #wikinews-en |
English |
English Wikinews, may be logged for meetings. |
| #wikinews-fi |
Suomi (Finnish) |
Finnish Wikinews |
| #wikinews-fr |
Français |
Wikinews in French |
| #wikinews-it |
Italiano |
Italian Wikinews. (WikiNotizie) |
| #wikinews-ja |
日本語 |
Japanese Wikinews, UTF-8 encoding. |
| #wikinews-pl |
Polish |
Polish Wikinews |
| #wikinews-ru |
Русский |
Russian Wikinews, UTF-8 encoding. |
| Wikibooks |
| #wikibooks-de |
German |
German Wikibooks |
| #wikibooks-el |
Ελληνικά (Greek) |
Greek Wikibooks |
| #wikibooks-fi |
Suomi (Finnish) |
Finnish Wikibooks |
| #wikiknjige-hr |
Hrvatski (Croatian) |
Croatian Wikibooks |
| #wikibooks-it |
Italian |
Italian Wikibooks |
| #wikibooks-ja |
日本語 - Japanese |
Japanese Wikibooks, UTF-8 encoding. |
| #wikibooks-pt |
Portuguese |
Portuguese Wikibooks |
| #wikibooks-ru |
Русский |
Russian Wikibooks, UTF-8 encoding. |
| Wikiversity |
| #wikiversity-cs |
Česky (Czech) |
Czech Wikiversity |
| #wikiversity-de |
Deutsch (German) |
German Wikiversity |
| #wikiversity-el |
Ελληνικά (Greek) |
Greek Wikiversity |
| #wikiversity-en |
English |
English Wikiversity |
| #wikiversidad |
Español (Spanish) |
Spanish Wikiversity |
| #wikiversity-fr |
Français (French) |
French Wikiversity |
| #wikiversity-it |
Italiano (Italian) |
Italian Wikiversity |
| #wikiversity-ja |
日本語 (Japanese) |
Japanese Wikiversity, UTF-8 encoding. |
| #wikiversity-pt |
Português (Portuguese) |
Portuguese Wikiversity |
| Wiktionaries |
| #wiktionary-da |
Dansk (Danish) |
Danish wiktionary |
| #wiktionary-de |
Deutsch (German) |
|
| #wikcionario |
Español (Spanish) |
Canal del Wikcionario. |
| #wiktionary-fr |
French |
French wiktionary discussions |
| #wiktionary-el |
Ελληνικά (Greek) |
Greek wiktionary discussions |
| #wjecnik-hr |
Hrvatski (Croatian) |
Croatian Wiktionary |
| #is.wiktionary |
Íslenska (Icelandic) |
|
| #wiktionary-it |
Italiano (Italian) |
|
| #wiktionary-nl |
Nederlands (Dutch) |
Dutch wiktionary discussions |
| #wikislownik |
Polish |
Polish Wiktionary (Wikisłownik) |
| #wiktionary-pt |
Portugese |
Portugese wiktionary discussions |
| #wiktionary-sv |
Svenska (Swedish) |
|
[edit] Specific projects
[edit] en.wikipedia
[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.
With few exceptions, every one of the >730 Wikimedia wikis has an IRC RC feed. Those which do not are noted in bugzilla:13646. The channel name is #lang.project. For example, the channel for German Wikibooks channel is #de.wikibooks.
[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.
[edit] Multilingual
[edit] English
[edit] French
[edit] Other languages
[edit] Non-Wikimedia
[edit] General
The following channels are for dicussion 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.
