The Sims Wiki:IRC Channel

The Sims Wiki IRC Channel is an Internet Relay Chat channel that allows people to communicate with each other via live chat through the Internet. It is registered as #wikia-sims on the freenode network. The IRC channel contact for The Sims Wiki is GEORGIEGIBBONS.

Almost any topic is up for discussion in the channel. Administrators in the channel are marked with 'voice' a + in front of their name.

A guide to the general usage of IRC can be found here.

See how much fun we have in the channel: IRC quotes

Rules
The official policy for the IRC channel can be found here.

IRC client

 * Start your IRC client
 * Click here to join #wikia-sims
 * Wait a few seconds until the channel loads up.

Getting an IRC Client
The Sims Wiki can recommend the following IRC clients:
 * ChatZilla
 * For the Firefox browser. Get ChatZilla


 * mIRC
 * Not free. 30 day trial. Get mIRC

Browser connect through Freenode
Enter your desired username.

IRC

Useful IRC channels on Freenode
To join one of these channels when you have connected, type /join #channel and hit enter in order to access the appropriate channel.


 * #wikia-sims is for discussion about The Sims games, The Sims Wiki and off-topic talk as well.
 * ##simgame is a game that is similar to #wolfgame, but in the style of The Sims series and is used by members of #wikia-sims.
 * #wikia-simsmedieval is the IRC channel for The Sims Medieval Wiki.
 * ##wikia is for discussion and help about Wikia. Note that the people here are mostly volunteers from other channels and wikis. For direct contact with Wikia staff, use Special:Contact.
 * #wikia-vstf is for the Wikia Volunteer Spam Task Force, primarily used for reporting current vandalism and spam. If there is an issue in #wikia-sims and there are no ops active, please report it in #wikia-vstf so they can join #wikia-sims and resolve the issue.
 * #wikia-gaming IRC channel for the Wikia gaming hub, all sorts of talk about games goes on here.
 * #freenode is the help channel for the IRC network and other general support questions. This is NOT the place to ask questions about Wikia. Network staff are voiced (+v) in the channel, and they can help with issues in #wikia-sims if no local channel operators are present.
 * #defocus is the official off-topic channel of freenode. It's a place for general chit-chat.

IRC bots
These are bots seen on the IRC. Please remember that these are not humans. These are bots seen on the IRC. Please remember that these are not humans.