Board Thread:Community Announcements and Events/@comment-4544033-20150329010905/@comment-4544033-20150329191943

SuperSajuuk wrote: The IRC is now working and is ready for use as a second chat. Thanks for giving users a reason to stop coming to the wiki completely and never return. IRC is not needed and it hasn't been needed for an extremely long time: in fact, there was a consensus (which I was part of) that agreed that Wikia Chat would be enabled to replace the IRC, so I don't know why you didn't consult with the wiki community about it, quite a lot of users were clear that they didn't see the point in it and wouldn't use it.

I'd also like to know exactly what "other options" IRC offers that Wikia Chat does not, and there's not been a problem with Wikia Chat for a long time. I also want to call bullshit on the "weaker connections" claim: this is simply unfounded and nonsense, as I have a pretty poor connection and have NO issues with Wikia Chat at all. So yeah, I really want to know what you are basing these claims that Wikia Chat sucks, because it does not.

I bring up weaker connection because I have seen and heard several people complain about lag and other issues. Game has had it crash on him often, as have most of us have that problem at least once. Seeing as I have never had the IRC crash, nor do I recall anybody complaining about it crashing, I find it more stable.

Unlike the Wiki chat, the IRC can connect to other chats and boards, many are not chats but games. We used to have UNO and a trivia. I am pretty sure that the fallout wiki has a nuka-bot that plays Russian roulette. I will be honest and say at this time, that UNO is gone, but if we asked we could get it fixed again. We also have the RC and Trixie (a bot) that connect us to the wiki so we are not as separated. The RC is connected to our edited counter and informs us of recent edits, and Trixie allows links to the wiki to work just like in chat. Then are there are the small and tiny features that are not that important in deciding what chat is better, that people use to play around and have fun.

I didn't consult the wiki because we already had the IRC, it was just missing the bots. It was still in use, and it is not intended to replace the chat. I wanted to give people a second option and to fix a chat we had used in the past that I myself prefer because the wiki chat drops more then I find reasonable. I do not intend to remove the wiki chat, nor was that even a thought. If it end up only myself and and the few who are in the IRC, then that's fine. The IRC is nothing more then another tool the wiki has had at her disposal, and is now working as it should. But Penilnal is right that most people will prefer what is easier and what they know. The wiki chat works, and some people only want and need what the chat offers, so when it comes to most people, the IRC will probably only be used once to see what it is and leave. While I prefer the IRC, that chat works and more people then not have no problems with the stability.