User:BobNewbie/IRC

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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 Lost Labyrinth.

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[edit source]

The rules for #wikia-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. [1]

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. [2]

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. [3]

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.

Notes[edit source]

  1. ↑ This goes back to the rule, "play nice with others"
  2. ↑ If it's just your computer or internet connection lagging, tell others so you won't be unfairly warned.
  3. ↑ Changing your nick every ten seconds is considered spam and it floods the channel.

Accessing the channel[edit source]

IRC client[edit source]

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

Getting an IRC Client[edit source]

See also: Wikipedia:Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients

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[edit source]

Enter your desired username.

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Useful IRC channels on Freenode[edit source]

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 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[edit source]

  • 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 Lost Labyrinth.
  • RuneScript (Nickname Alejandro) is capable of processing YouTube links and Google/YT searches. For example, posting a link from YouTube will make the bot give information about the video, such as the name, rating, uploader etc. More information can be found about RuneScript here. Controlled by Lost Labyrinth.

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External links[edit source]

Bots[edit source]

These are some bots seen on the IRC. Please, do not try to directly talk to them. They will not answer and you will look weird.

Chanserv, A.K.A 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 Lost Labyrinth.
RuneScript (Nickname Alejandro and RuinedScript) is capable of processing YouTube video links and Google/YT searches. For example, posting a link from YouTube will make the bot give information about the video, such as the name, rating, uploader, number of likes/dislikes etc. The bot also features some leisure commands. More information can be found about RuneScript here. Controlled by Lost Labyrinth.
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