IRC examples, let's have them please Options

[Peter Damian]

As another strand of my work for the UK Charity Commission on how well WMUK is controlling and monitoring Wikipedia, I would like recent IRC logs. The smuttier and more juvenile, the better. Extra barnstars for prominent Wikipedians involved.

Thanking you all in advance!

[Selina]

meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Channels

This page attempts to track and identify the numerous Wikimedia IRC channels (most of which are on the freenode network)

Contents

• 1 Channel policies
• 2 Wikimedia
  • 2.1 Foundation
  • 2.2 Chapters
  • 2.3 Crosswiki access coordination
• 3 Projects
  • 3.1 Project channels
    • 3.1.1 Wikipedia
    • 3.1.2 Other projects
  • 3.2 Specific projects
    • 3.2.1 en.wikipedia
    • 3.2.2 es.wikipedia
    • 3.2.3 it.wikipedia
    • 3.2.4 zh.wikipedia
  • 3.3 Other
• 4 Recent changes
  • 4.1 Raw feeds
  • 4.2 Filtered rc
  • 4.3 Abuse monitoring channels
• 5 Non-Wikimedia
  • 5.1 General
  • 5.2 Tools

wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration&oldid=104702658#The_need_for_existence_of_#wikipedia-en-admins

Confirmation that other steps in dispute resolution have been tried

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IRC admin channel is the last of the multitude of places where this has been discussed. Many ArbCom members took part in these discussions.
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ArbCom recognized that the channel has an evil side
[..]
No examples have been given for inherently confidential "Admin-only" issues to this day, while the very confidentiality of the "Admin-only" channel has been proven to be the reason of several abusive actions. 'The illusion of confidentiality created an illusion of impunity among certain regulars of the channel which resulted in severe offenses, gross incivility, violations of the WP:BLOCKing policies and other malaise.
In view of this, ArbCom is asked to rule whether there is any justification to have the said channel associated with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia foundation.
The decision to shut down the channel, if rendered, would not in any way violate its members' freedom of speech. Nothing prevents the small group of people most closely associated with the channel from communicating in a private medium.
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Reject, community policy issue. Fred Bauder
Reject. I don't believe this is within Arbcom's purview. [..]jpgordon

meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/wikipedia-en-admins/User_list

up-to-date userlist using the following command on any freenode IRC connection: /msg chanserv access #wikipedia-en-admins list (warning: ~430 lines long!).

Contents

• 1 Privacy and last update
• 2 Active channel management
  • 2.1 Channel contact
  • 2.2 SuperOps
  • 2.3 Operators
• 3 Inactive channel management
  • 3.1 Inactive SuperOps
  • 3.2 Inactive Operators
• 4 Complete list of admins
• 5 Contacts
• 6 See also