IRC

What is IRC?
Internet Relay Chat, or IRC, is a form of real-time Internet text chat. It is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication via private messaging.

We use IRC for some meetings, general discussion and party communication because it's widely supported and client software is available for virtually all platforms. A comparison of IRC clients can be found here. If you do not have an IRC client, you can connect online here.

Connecting to the Network
If you are using the web IRC client, ignore this section as you will automatically be connected to the right server.

The Pirate Party Australia IRC channels are hosted on the global PirateIRC network. This is linked to our Australian domain and also to the official Swedish Pirate Party network, Piratpartiet (when their network is stable).

Our server is located at au.pirateirc.net, the port numbers are: 6667 (clear) and 6697 (SSL)

To join the official channel from your IRC client:

You can also connect to the server at irc.pirateparty.org.au and irc.pirateirc.net. If at any time you are having trouble connecting with the PirateIRC.net server then join these ones, the channels are linked so you won't miss anything.

Our Channels
To join any channel, type /join #channel or click a link to open a new web IRC window.

Many people leave their clients connected indefinitely to these channels, and will respond to questions eventually, so please understand that responses to questions may not be immediate. The channels are not monitored 24/7.

Usage of IRC is moderated by the IRC Code of Conduct.

Registered Users
With IRC you can have a registered nickname, so that no one else on that server can pretend to be you.

To register, submit this, replacing PASSWORD with a password of your choice and EMAIL with a valid email address.

Once you have responded to the confirmation email you can now log in using:

User Modes
In a channel, users can have different 'modes', which allows a user to do more interactions to other users and moderate the channel. On this network, the following user modes are available: