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.
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 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.
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.