Libera Chat
Libera Chat is an IRC network used by the Wikimedia community since May 2021. Community-maintained documentation about how to use IRC can be found at m:IRC, and to manage your channel, refer to m:IRC/Instructions#Instructions for channel ops.
Create a public channel
Consider using our Git-configured channel manager for this. Refer to IRC/Bots/ircservserv, for how.
Or to do it manually:
/join #mychannel /cs register #mychannel /cs set #mychannel verbose on /cs set #mychannel guard on /mode #mychannel +b $j:#wikimedia-bans
Create a private channel
Basic template for a channel that's invite-only:
/join #mychannel /cs register #mychannel /cs set #mychannel verbose on /cs set #mychannel guard on /cs set #mychannel mlock +ings-t /mode #mychannel +b $j:#wikimedia-bans
In the future, these may be managed via a Git repo like our public channels (T283492).
Manage a channel
Common actions to do as a channel operator.
Op your self
/msg ChanServ OP #mychannel
and deop
/msg ChanServ DEOP #mychannel
To verify nick protection
/msg nickserv info Account_name_here
you should see Account_name_here has enabled nick protection
Show invite list
/mode #mychannel +I
Invite someone to a channel (permanently)
/mode #mychannel +I $a:Account_name_here
The name here should be their registered NickServ name. To be sure, open whois for the username in your client (e.g. right click on their name) or run /whois Name_here, to see their registered name in case they have a temporary display name that's different.
Invite yourself to a private channel
/msg ChanServ INVITE #mychannel $nick
Remove someone from the invite list
/mode #mychannel -I $a:Account_name_here
Invite someone to a list temporarily
From within the channel itself:
/invite Name_here
Edit the topic
In a public channel, set yourself in operator mode first via /cs op #mychannel. For private channels this step is generally not needed.
Edit the topic directly via your graphical interface or use /topic #mychannel New topic text here.
View access list
/cs flags #mychannel
Add channel operator
Set yourself in operator mode first via /cs op #mychannel.
/cs flags #mychannel Account_name_here +Afiortv
Remove a guest
Set yourself in operator mode first via /cs op #mychannel.
Remove them once by current nick
/kick Name_here
Or ban by IP/host name:
/mode #mychannel +b *!*@hostnamehere
You can use wildcards in place of part of the hostname.
Manage Users
Check user has nick protection
/msg nickserv info nick_goes_here
you should see a message similar to nick_goes_here has enabled nick protection
09:20 -NickServ(NickServ@services.libera.chat)- Information on jbond (account jbond): 09:20 -NickServ(NickServ@services.libera.chat)- Registered : May 19 12:28:41 2021 +0000 (1y 18w 0d ago) 09:20 -NickServ(NickServ@services.libera.chat)- Last seen : now 09:20 -NickServ(NickServ@services.libera.chat)- User seen : now 09:20 -NickServ(NickServ@services.libera.chat)- Flags : HideMail, Private 09:20 -NickServ(NickServ@services.libera.chat)- jbond has enabled nick protection 09:20 -NickServ(NickServ@services.libera.chat)- *** End of Info ***
See also
Freenode IRC network
For the twenty years prior to 2021, the movement chat channels were on the Freenode IRC network since 2002.[1]
Wikimedia Foundation used to operate one of the network servers for Freenode: dickson.freenode.net.