TL;DR: * The #pywikibot IRC channel is moving from Freenode to Libera.Chat. * Register an account on Libera.Chat and join us there!

There has been a lot of activity over the last 2-3 days related to staffing changes on the Freenode IRC network [0]. The Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts (GCs) [1] evaluated the situation and decided that moving the Wikimedia IRC channels from Freenode to the brand new Libera.Chat IRC network [2] would be the best course of action [3]. So, we are moving!

A new #pywikibot channel has been created on irc.libera.chat for handling Pywikibot discussion, support, Phab/Gerrit updates, etc. I am waiting for a bit more people to join us over on Libera before closing down the Freenode room.

There is a new subpage on Meta-Wiki [4] for information on how to create a new account for yourself on Libera.Chat and other related information.

There is also a tracking task [5] that you can look at to see various activities that the community hopes to take action on to complete the migration.

One last thing: The #wmhack Freenode channel is bridged to #wikimedia-hackathon on Libera.Chat. The new channel name will make it easier for the GCs to help manage spam and other issues that come up occasionally on IRC. Don't miss the fun of our 2021 virtual hackathon from Friday, May 21st to Sunday, May 23rd! [6]

[0]: https://www.kline.sh/ [1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Group_Contacts [2]: https://libera.chat/ [3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?diff=21476411 [4]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Migrating_to_Libera_Chat [5]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T283247 [6]: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021

-- Legoktm