Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-4787430-20131105053223/@comment-4787430-20131111190036

IRC will stil be available, but it won't be the main chat option. It will still be noted on the Chat page (that is yet to be created).

I don't see how it's irrelvant to have 50 mainspace edits (UAM, you currenlty have 25 mainspace edits), that's not even asking a lot. The forum and chat wouldn't be possible without the wiki or it's articles. Are you going to be able to answer a user's question about wiki articles, and the editing policies and practices? Chat is not only about off-topic chatting, you should expect that people will join chat to talk about the articles and it's content, too.