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'''Internet Relay Chat''' (IRC) is a form of instant communication over the Internet, popularly used by many members of the NationStates community. It is mainly designed for group (many-to-many) communication in discussion groups called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication. | '''Internet Relay Chat''' (IRC) is a form of instant communication over the Internet, popularly used by many members of the NationStates community. It is mainly designed for group (many-to-many) communication in discussion groups called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication. | ||
− | Most NationStates discussion is on the EsperNet (irc.esper.net, port: 6667) | + | Most NationStates discussion is on the EsperNet IRC network (irc.esper.net, port: 6667). There are many channels, but the most common are: |
− | *[[NationStates (IRC | + | * <tt>[[NationStates (IRC channel)|#nationstates]]</tt> - general NationStates chat |
− | *[[ | + | * <tt>[[NationStates2|#nationstates_2]]</tt> - [[NS2]] discussion |
− | *[[ | + | * <tt>[[NationStates General|#nationstates_general]]</tt> - NationStates chat, specifically for General forum posters |
− | *[[ | + | * <tt>[[NationStates Politics|#nationstates_politics]]</tt> - [[Real Life|RL]] political discussion |
− | + | * <tt>[[NationStates Technical|#nationstates_technical]]</tt> - the IRC equivalent of the Technical forum | |
− | * [[Sport|# | + | * <tt>[[Sport (IRC channel)|#nssport]]</tt> - OOC discussion and chat about NationStates sports, particularly the [[World Cup]] series, and other things that cross the minds of sport-geeks. |
− | * #themodcave - a place to make request for NationStates [[Moderator]] intervention, idling is prohibited | + | * <tt>[[TheModCave|#themodcave]]</tt> - a place to make request for NationStates [[Moderator]] intervention, idling is prohibited |
+ | * <tt>[[United Nations (IRC channel)|#unitednations]]</tt> - discussion of all things [[UN]] | ||
+ | * <tt>[[NSwiki (IRC channel)|#nswiki]]</tt> - discussions of this very place | ||
+ | * <tt>[[Draftroom (IRC channel)|#draftroom]]</tt> - general chat for NSDraftroom Members | ||
− | + | Note that if you use [http://tor.freehaven.net Tor] for privacy, that all Tor servers are Klined on all Esper.net servers. | |
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+ | == External links == | ||
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+ | * [http://esper.net/servers/ EsperNet servers] | ||
+ | * [http://esper.net/documents/policy.html EsperNet user policy] | ||
+ | * [[Max Barry]]'s apparitions on IRC: [http://www.nationstates.net/pages/MaxChat.html 30 January 2004], [http://www.nationstates.net/pages/MaxChat2.html 17 April 2004], [http://www.nationstates.net/~salusasecondus/MaxChat3.html 13 November 2004], [http://www.nationstates.net/~salusasecondus/MaxChat4.html 6 August 2005] | ||
[[Category:Internet Relay Chat]] | [[Category:Internet Relay Chat]] |
Latest revision as of 17:22, 22 February 2007
This article deals with Internet Relay Chat as it relates to NationStates. For more general information, see the Wikipedia article on this subject.
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of instant communication over the Internet, popularly used by many members of the NationStates community. It is mainly designed for group (many-to-many) communication in discussion groups called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication.
Most NationStates discussion is on the EsperNet IRC network (irc.esper.net, port: 6667). There are many channels, but the most common are:
- #nationstates - general NationStates chat
- #nationstates_2 - NS2 discussion
- #nationstates_general - NationStates chat, specifically for General forum posters
- #nationstates_politics - RL political discussion
- #nationstates_technical - the IRC equivalent of the Technical forum
- #nssport - OOC discussion and chat about NationStates sports, particularly the World Cup series, and other things that cross the minds of sport-geeks.
- #themodcave - a place to make request for NationStates Moderator intervention, idling is prohibited
- #unitednations - discussion of all things UN
- #nswiki - discussions of this very place
- #draftroom - general chat for NSDraftroom Members
Note that if you use Tor for privacy, that all Tor servers are Klined on all Esper.net servers.
External links
- EsperNet servers
- EsperNet user policy
- Max Barry's apparitions on IRC: 30 January 2004, 17 April 2004, 13 November 2004, 6 August 2005