User blog comment:Timeoin/I'm back again, everyone/@comment-4074503-20110922121218/@comment-3456086-20110922131943

No, see, you're wrong. By joining IRC it hides your IP to users. or did you not read my second comment? Xertion is set to set mode +x on connect which is a default host masking service. (Something which networks like freenode, don't allow.) Not only that IF you register, you can request your own virtual host to even further hide your IP address. Whether you are registered or not, by using IRC your IP is not visible AT ALL to anyone. The only people it's visible by is its administrators. Whereas on Wikia it can be viewable by anyone.