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Revision as of 19:51, 10 December 2001 by WojPob (talk | contribs) (corrections)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)For those you who are interested in real-time chat, there is a possibility to chat with other Wikipedians
on the Internet Relay Chat network. The name of the channel is #wikipedia located on the server
irc.openprojects.net.
How to connect
All you need is an IRC client installed on your machine (installation of a Java client on the Misplaced Pages server
is being considered). A list of clients respective to your operating system is given in the IRC entry.
Once downloaded and installed perform the following steps:
1. Use the /server command to connect to the server, eg. /server irc.openprojects.net
2. Choose a nickname /nick <nickname>, eg. /nick JohnDoe. Nicknames can be up to 8 characters long. You can use
letters and numbers (no spaces or symbols).
3. Join the channel, type /join #wikipedia. Channels are the equivalent of chat rooms on irc.
4. For help type /help. Commands on irc have to be preceeded by a '/', channel names by a '#'.
5. Optional: You can register your nick with the nickserv service - only you will be able to use it. Type
/msg nickserv register <password>, eg. /msg nickserv register foo. When logging on later on type /msg nickserv
idetify <password> so that nickserv can identify you as the owner of a nick. For more help type /msg nickserv help.
6. Read the help and readme files of the client you installed for more information.
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