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class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"><div class="subpages">< <bdi dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/IRC" title="IRC">IRC</a></bdi></div></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="communication" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r27186220">.mw-parser-output .communication{float:right;clear:right;width:250px;margin:2px 0 2px .5em;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:5px;background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);font-size:95%;line-height:1.5}.mw-parser-output .communication table{width:100%;border:none;border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .communication caption{border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .communication th,.mw-parser-output .communication td{border:none;padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .communication th{background-color:var(--background-color-notice-subtle,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .communication[dir="ltr"] .communication-indented{padding-left:2em}.mw-parser-output .communication[dir="rtl"] .communication-indented{padding-right:2em}.mw-parser-output .communication-footer{background-color:var(--background-color-notice-subtle,#eaecf0);font-size:smaller}.mw-parser-output .communication[dir="ltr"] .communication-footer{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .communication[dir="rtl"] .communication-footer{text-align:left}</style> <table> <caption><b>Communication</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Social_Suite" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Social Suite">Wikimedia Social Suite</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Meetup" title="Special:MyLanguage/Meetup">Meetup</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Meta:Babel" title="Special:MyLanguage/Meta:Babel">Babel</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Distribution_list" title="Special:MyLanguage/Distribution list">Distribution list</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/ComCom" title="Special:MyLanguage/ComCom">ComCom</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Mailing_lists" title="Special:MyLanguage/Mailing lists">Mailing lists</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Mailing_lists/Overview" title="Special:MyLanguage/Mailing lists/Overview">Overview</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Mailing_lists/Administration" title="Special:MyLanguage/Mailing lists/Administration">Administration</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Mailing_lists/Standardization" title="Special:MyLanguage/Mailing lists/Standardization">Standardization</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Mailing_lists/List_info" title="Special:MyLanguage/Mailing lists/List info">List info template</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Mailing_lists/Unsubscribing" title="Special:MyLanguage/Mailing lists/Unsubscribing">Unsubscribing</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC" title="Special:MyLanguage/IRC">Wikimedia IRC</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC/Channels" title="Special:MyLanguage/IRC/Channels">Channels listing</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="communication-indented"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC/wikidata-admin" title="Special:MyLanguage/IRC/wikidata-admin"><kbd>#wikidata-admin</kbd></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="communication-indented"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC/wikimedia-admin" title="Special:MyLanguage/IRC/wikimedia-admin"><kbd>#wikimedia-admin</kbd></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="communication-indented"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC/wikipedia-en-admins" title="Special:MyLanguage/IRC/wikipedia-en-admins"><kbd>#wikipedia-en-admins</kbd></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC/wikimedia-ops/Operators" title="Special:MyLanguage/IRC/wikimedia-ops/Operators">Channel operators</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="communication-indented"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC/wikimedia-admin#Gaining_Access" title="Special:MyLanguage/IRC/wikimedia-admin"><kbd>#wikimedia-admin</kbd></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="communication-indented"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC/wikipedia-en-admins/User_list#Active_channel_management" title="Special:MyLanguage/IRC/wikipedia-en-admins/User list"><kbd>#wikipedia-en-admins</kbd></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="communication-indented"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC/wikipedia/Operators" title="Special:MyLanguage/IRC/wikipedia/Operators"><kbd>#wikipedia</kbd> and <kbd>#wikipedia-en</kbd></a> 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title="Special:MyLanguage/IRC/Cloaks">Cloaks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC/Bots" title="Special:MyLanguage/IRC/Bots">Bots</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC/FAQ" title="Special:MyLanguage/IRC/FAQ">FAQ</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC/Stalkwords" title="Special:MyLanguage/IRC/Stalkwords">Stalkwords</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC/Quotes" title="Special:MyLanguage/IRC/Quotes">Quotes</a> <small>(en)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="communication-indented"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IRC/Quotes/archives" title="Special:MyLanguage/IRC/Quotes/archives">archives</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Canal_IRC/extraits_choisis" title="Special:MyLanguage/Canal IRC/extraits choisis">Quotes</a> <small>(fr)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Other chat networks </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Telegram" 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Admins can share data on disruptive users, organize anti-vandalism and anti-spam work, and so on. Additionally, new administrators may seek help with their tools here. </p><p>As such, while all administrators are welcome to join, doing so is likely to be useful only to those involved in multiple wikis in some fashion: <a href="/wiki/SWMT" class="mw-redirect" title="SWMT">SWMT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stewards" title="Stewards">stewards</a>, multilingual/multiwiki administrators, etc. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Gaining_Access" data-mw-thread-id="h-Gaining_Access"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Gaining_Access"></span>Gaining Access<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Gaining_Access"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=IRC/wikimedia-admin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Gaining Access"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The channel is invite-only. You must have a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://freenode.net/kb/answer/registration">registered nickname</a> to gain access, and you must have a <a href="/wiki/Cloak" class="mw-redirect" title="Cloak">cloak</a> to get an invite exemption. </p> <dl><dt>Access</dt> <dd><i>"Access"</i> refers to flags set on your IRC account. To enter the channel using your access: <code>/msg chanserv invite #wikimedia-admin</code> (in some clients you will also have to <code>/join #wikimedia-admin</code> after ChanServ invites you in)</dd> <dd>You need a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://libera.chat/guides/registration">registered nickname</a> before you ask for access.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Invite exemption</dt> <dd>An <i>"invite exemption"</i> (or <i>"invex"</i>) is a channel mode set on your cloak which allows you to bypass the above procedure. Simply <code>/join #wikimedia-admin</code>.</dd> <dd>You need a <a href="/wiki/Cloak" class="mw-redirect" title="Cloak">cloak</a> before you ask for an invex.</dd></dl> <p>If you have neither access nor an invite exemption, any user in the channel may let you in temporarily (using <code>/invite nick</code>), however you will have to contact one of the following users to gain permanent access + invex: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Main nick</th> <th>Username</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Cloak" class="mw-redirect" title="Cloak">Cloak</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><code>AmandaNP</code></td> <td><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/AmandaNP" class="extiw" title="sulutil:AmandaNP">AmandaNP</a></td> <td><code>*!*@wikimedia/AmandaNP</code> </td></tr> <tr> <td><code>Az1568</code></td> <td><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Az1568" class="extiw" title="sulutil:Az1568">Az1568</a></td> <td><code>*!*@wikimedia/Az1568</code> </td></tr> <tr> <td><code>taavi</code></td> <td><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Taavi" class="extiw" title="sulutil:Taavi">Taavi</a></td> <td><code>*!*@mediawiki/taavi</code> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Stalkwords" data-mw-thread-id="h-Stalkwords"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Stalkwords"></span>Stalkwords<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Stalkwords"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=IRC/wikimedia-admin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Stalkwords"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To assist in urgent situations, the following <a href="/wiki/IRC_stalkwords" class="mw-redirect" title="IRC stalkwords">stalkwords</a> are used in the channel (in addition to the standard ones): </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>Stalkword </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="background:#DDD;"><b>Vandalism</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Specific wiki </td> <td><code>!admin@...</code> - see <a href="/wiki/IRC_stalkwords" class="mw-redirect" title="IRC stalkwords">IRC stalkwords</a> for construction </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="background:#DDD;"><b>Urgent assistance from stewards</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Any steward </td> <td><code>!steward reason</code> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=IRC/wikimedia-admin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IRC/wikimedia-admin/User_list" title="IRC/wikimedia-admin/User list">IRC/wikimedia-admin/User list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRC_guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="IRC guidelines">IRC guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRC_stalkwords" class="mw-redirect" title="IRC stalkwords">IRC stalkwords</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRC/wikipedia-en-admins" title="IRC/wikipedia-en-admins">IRC/wikipedia-en-admins</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IRC/wikipedia-en-admins/User_list" title="IRC/wikipedia-en-admins/User list">IRC/wikipedia-en-admins/User list</a></li></ul></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=IRC/wikimedia-admin&oldid=27682989">https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=IRC/wikimedia-admin&oldid=27682989</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_that_need_updating" title="Category:Pages that need updating">Pages that need updating</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:IRC" title="Category:IRC">IRC</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 31 October 2024, at 03:44.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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