On 18/11/2007, Florian Straub flominator@gmx.net wrote:

Hi there,

I just wanted to tell you, that there now it a way to connect to #wikimedia-commons on IRC without installing an IRC client:

http://wikipedia-irc.cruxwan.de/Chat-commons.html

You just need to have Java installed. For technical issues please refer to http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:DaB.

Hm, and is his ISP likely to shut it down?

regards, Brianna

Slight point of fact... And I tested it this morning just to be sure, you've always been able to connect to IRC via wikizine at http://www.wikizine.org, click the chat button at the bottom, and choose #wikimedia-commons from the drop down menu.

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-----Original Message----- From: commons-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:commons-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Florian Straub Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 3:21 AM To: commons-l Subject: [Commons-l] Web chat finally available

Hi there,

I just wanted to tell you, that there now it a way to connect to #wikimedia-commons on IRC without installing an IRC client:

http://wikipedia-irc.cruxwan.de/Chat-commons.html

You just need to have Java installed. For technical issues please refer to http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:DaB.

Best regards,

Flo

-- 'The brave ones shoot the enemy; the crazy ones shoot photos.' -Military photographer Joshua Strang

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On Nov 18, 2007 7:20 PM, Florian Straub flominator@gmx.net wrote:

Hi there,

I just wanted to tell you, that there now it a way to connect to #wikimedia-commons on IRC without installing an IRC client:

Freenode host their own java applet now which you can use to access any channel: http://java.freenode.net/

Angela