To answer myself, I have now transferred #fr.wikipedia to
#wikipedia-fr, and #de.wikipedia to #wikipedia-de. I have also
transferred the access list and settings of the old channels across to
the new ones. I also carried the ban on tor on #fr.wikipedia's
autoremove list over to #wikipedia-fr. FennecFoxen is now the channel
contact for these two channels. Anthere is the #wikipedia-fr alternate
contact and JeLuF is the #wikipedia-de alternate contact.
The old channels, at #fr.wikipedia and #de.wikipedia, redirect to the
new channels, so most IRC users won't be adversely affected (except
for a few that use one Linux client called Irssi or something like
that).
If you want me to make this change for any other channels, I'm more
than willing to help out.
~Mark Ryan