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 #The_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.

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

Rules
The rules for #the_sims are pretty simple:

Trolling/Flaming - You will never be asked to be "nice," and personal attacks are unpreventable on IRC. But as as an IRC-wide guideline, don't go out of your way to irritate others. Vicious abuse towards users in an automatic ban. This rule also goes for cyberbullying.

Religious talk - If someone doesn't want to talk about them, drop the subject.

Spamming - The meaning should be obvious. Don't say the same thing six times because no one is responding to you. Don't keep yammering on about a subject nobody cares about. If you're told to stop - just do it, it's not worth risking a ban.

Sockpuppeting - Any signs of sockpuppeting, and you'll immediately receive a ban.

Impersonation - Impersonating another user on the IRC channel is forbidden as this will likely cause confusion and it is also fraud. Anybody who is seen to be impersonating another user will recieve a ban.

/nick function - Don't abuse the "/nick" function, meaning please don't go changing your nick every ten seconds as it might be confusing for some people. This also applies for spamming.

Ban evasion - If you are banned for a temporary period of time for whatever reason, using different nicks, IPs or hostmasks to evade a ban will result in your ban being extended.

IRC client

 * Start your IRC client
 * Click here to join #The_Sims
 * Wait a few seconds until the channel loads up.
 * Identify your nickname by typing: /msg nickserv identify - Users who do not register with Freenode and identify upon entering the channel will be unable to talk.

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.


 * #the_sims is for discussion about The Sims games, The Sims Wiki and sometimes off-topic talk as well.
 * #wikia is for discussion and help about Wikia. Note that the people here are most volunteers. 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.
 * #wikia-social A place for people from Wikia wikis to talk about almost anything not related to Wikia.
 * #wikia-gaming IRC channel for the Wikia gaming hub, all sorts of talk about games goes on here.
 * #freenode Freenode is the help channel for the IRC network, this is NOT the place to ask questions about Wikia.

IRC bots

 * ChanServ (Nickname Steve) is the "doorman". He is the one who recognizes admins from the wiki and allows them to kick or ban people if needed. He is present in many channels on Freenode.
 * unilinky (Nickname Linkita) produces clickable links in the chat when you post a wiki-link, eg.  Late Night  would make her say: http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Late_Night. Controlled by Nicmavr
 * Itachibot is a social bot. You can see what commands he can do by using !commands. If you need help how to use the command, type !cmds help (command name) = Example !cmds help !cuddle. !info to check informations about Itachibot. Controlled by Franciskyle09.
 * AnvilBot is similar to unilinky. He produces clickable links in the chat that are from Wikipedia. For example,  The Sims  would make him say: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims. Controlled by GEORGIEGIBBONS