Forum:CT:Move Wookieepedia IRC channels to Libera Chat

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The result of the debate was support proposal. Tommy-Macaroni 11:06, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

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First, some links for those unaware of the recent events regarding Freenode:

• https://gist.github.com/joepie91/df80d8d36cd9d1bde46ba018af497409
• https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/freenode-irc-has-been-taken-over-by-the-crown-prince-of-korea/
• https://hackaday.com/2021/05/20/freenode-debacle-prompts-staff-exodus-new-network/

TL;DR, control of Freenode IRC network has been taken over by Andrew Lee in what former staff describe as "hostile takeover". Former staff members have created Libera Chat, where several FOSS projects, such as Gentoo, Ubuntu, and Wikimedia, have already moved.

Meanwhile, Freenode staff is taking control of channels belonging to moved projects ([1], [2], [3]).

I see no reason for Wookieepedia to stay in Freenode after all these events, and propose moving all of our IRC channels to Libera Chat as soon as possible. 01miki10 ^{Open comlink} 21:49, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

Support

1. As proposer. 01miki10 ^{Open comlink} 21:49, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
2. Well, that explain why Wikimedia moved to Libera. seems like the sensible thing to do given this new development, even if I don't use IRC myself. NanoLuuke^{Cloning facility} 12:22, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
3. This is a trivial thing on our end and I see no reason to continue supporting freenode due to reasons listed above when a good alternative is available. 1358 ^(Talk) 15:46, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
4. Ayrehead02 (talk) 15:47, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
5. OOM 224 ^{༼༽talk༼༽} 15:49, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
6. UberSoldat93 (talk) 15:55, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
7. JediMasterMacaroni(Talk) 16:24, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
8. Supreme Emperor ^Holocomm 17:55, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
9. Per Xd1358. --Jedimca0^{(Do or Do Not, There is No Try)} 19:12, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
10. Tommy-Macaroni 21:01, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
11. I was waiting to see if Ecks was in support given his technical expertise, and anyway this seems very sensible if there's privacy risks involved with continuing to use freenode. Fan26 (Talk) 21:08, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
12. MasterFred(talk) 21:30, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
13. DarthRuiz30 (talk) 21:37, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
14. SilverSunbird (talk) 21:40, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
15. Zed42 (talk) 04:56, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
16. If it takes away the uncertainty with privacy and that, I'll back it. Braha'tok enthusiast ^{(Hello there)} 10:04, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
17. Now that our IRC expert Ecks has confirmed his support, and because we can't support what's been done to Freenode. Immi Thrax (talk) 15:54, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
18. Forever alone in Libera Chat JangFett ^(Talk) 15:05, 1 June 2021 (UTC)