Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7697305-20140827010817

Hi everyone.

Just to formally announce it: I've taken the liberty of setting up an IRC channel* for this wiki. If you are interested in joining it, it is  on the GameSurge network.

*If you don't know what this means, basically think chat, only with more features and quite a bit more time for refinement under its belt.

Joining
There'll be a project page at Terraria Wiki:IRC for it soon enough, but for now you can use the following instructions:
 * If you have an IRC client, you can just click here to join via your client.
 * Otherwise, you'll need to use a site like Mibbit or qwebirc (there will be a module embedded on a wiki page which uses the latter which will make this easier in the future):
 * Fill in the name you would like to use in the field labelled "Nickname" or "Nick". I'd recommend using your username on-wiki for this.
 * Keep the field which comes pre-filled with "#terraria-wikia" unchanged, unless you want to visit a different channel on the GameSurge network.
 * Press "Connect" or "Go". You are now talking in #terraria-wikia!

Advanced
''Most people reading this can safely skip straight to the next section unless they want to get on the channel's user list. People who should pay attention to this section are those who have advanced rights on the wiki (chatmod, rollback, admin, bureaucrat), as they will need this info to claim equivalent rights on the channel.''

This section contains info for signing up on GameSurge and registering via AuthServ. See this page for more info.
 * 1) Visit this page and sign up for an account.
 * 2) When you enter the channel, you will need to enter the command *. If this command is successful, then you will see a response from AuthServ saying "I recognize you."
 * 3) Once this is done, I will give your account name the rights appropriate to your rights on-wiki. Every time you join the channel and authenticate via AuthServ, you will automatically be given these same rights.

*It is recommended that you enter this command outside of the channel (for instance, in the "Status" tab (screenshot)) so that your password isn't revealed if you accidentally mistype the command.

Other notes

 * For now, I'm thinking that chatmods and admins will be channel operators while rollbackers will be given voice. This could change in the future.
 * This IRC channel is intended as an alternative to chat rather than a replacement, at least for now.
 * On a related note, it's unlikely that this IRC channel will actually replace chat unless the overwhelming majority of people prefer it or something (which seems unlikely to happen, to say the least). 