Adding a new IRC channel

Last updated February 8, 2013.

If you need to start a new Drupal channel (called "#drupal-foo" in this example):

1. /join #drupal-foo
2. /msg chanserv register #drupal-foo password
3. /msg chanserv flags #drupal-foo nnewton +votriAsf (nnewton is the primary Drupal group contact to freenode and he can help you with any problems with your channel.)
4. /msg chanserv set #drupal-foo founder drupalircowner. (drupalircowner owns the #drupal-* channels, the password of this user is known to chx, nnewton, webchick, Dries, Gerhard and Kieran. Do not bother them with IRC problems, however. This is an absolute last resort.
5. Please file an infrastructure issue at
   http://drupal.org/node/add/project-issue/infrastructure so a member of the infrastructure team can acknowledge the drupalircowner founder transfer.
6. For "topical" channels, open a request in the Documentation issue queue to ask that your channel be added to the topical channel list (for regional channels, you can add it yourself on the regional channels list page). Include in your issue:
   • Channel name.
   • Description suitable for the channel list page.
   • Indication that you have followed all the instructions on this page.
7. If you want Druplicon in your channel, please get in touch with Morbus.
8. Rejoice. :)