Wikipedia:IRC channels/wikipedia-en-admins

#wikipedia-en-admins is a closed channel for administrators on the English Wikipedia. Many admins on other Wikimedia projects, former admins, developers and OTRS respondents are there as well (at sole discretion of the channel lizards).

Purpose

There's a lot of chitchat, but it's basically somewhere to talk about admin work. It's also amazing how people who argue furiously on the wiki can be a lot nicer in real time. It's good for quickly asking questions. Admins are more likely to find a checkuser when they're in a hurry too.

The channel was originally created by Danny to deal with urgent living biography issues. Foundation staff and board members will often go onto the channel with a problem needing solving.

Important: The channel is useful for double-checking yourself, but don't decide things based solely on an IRC discussion. Unless there is a legitimate need for privacy, on-wiki discussion is usually a better choice than off-wiki.

Conduct on the channel

You're an admin, you were picked for your judgment. Use it.

Comport yourself in a collegial manner, even when you're really upset. The channel is not private, and logs have in the past been leaked or forwarded to ArbCom (and some arbitrators are on the channel). Don't disparage editors under discussion — it will get back to them (and is dickish anyway).

How to get access

If you're an English Wikipedia admin:

1. Request access below, providing your cloak details and/or IRC nick. (Someone will then process these by hand with /cs ACCESS #wikipedia-en-admins ADD nickname 5.). Once done, you can get access to the channel by typing /msg chanserv invite #wikipedia-en-admins

   (if you provide a link to your (successful) RfA I will do it faster than if you don't... I can't speak for anyone else.) ++Lar: t/c 14:22, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

2. If you wish, go here to request an IRC cloak. (Sean then processes these by hand). This step is optional

   If you wish for 'automatic' access where a /cs invite command is not required, please ask an op while in the channel. A cloak is required for this, they will op themselves and do /mode +I *!*@your/cloak/here

• The IRC instructions page may also be helpful.

Requests

1. wikipedia/TheRamblingMan -- link to RFA -- The Rambling Man 17:29, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
2. wikipedia/DavidFuchs -- link to RFA -- David Fuchs^{(talk / frog blast the vent core!)} 20:53, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Removal of access

• wikipedia/Demi -- No longer an admin; in the interests of keeping access rot to a minimum, please remove from invite list. Thanks! Demi ^T/_C 20:10, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Channel lizards

Flying monkeys dutifully carrying a new admin into the channel.

Access is at the sole discretion of James F., and his evil flying monkey helpers Shanel, Mindspillage, Interiot, Dmcdevit, Mark Ryan, Lar, David Gerard, sannse and Kelly Martin[1].

David and James F. would quite like all English Wikipedia admins on this channel, particularly new ones, so as to get the admins talking to each other. IRC, however, is not mandatory to being an admin, and if anyone tries to make it a criterion for support at Requests for adminship they should be ignored as hard as possible.

Sources of processes detailed on this page

James F. is the contact freenode has for Wikimedia-related IRC channels. The Foundation disclaims IRC, so James is the sole source of authority. It's a good thing he's sane.

Unfortunately, James is somewhat inactive at the moment in this area. This means that his deputy, seanw should be consulted instead of him for the majority of issues.

Parts of this page may have apparently frivolous wording. This is not a problem, because admins are picked for their judgement and cluefulness.

See also

• IRC