IRC

IRC is an acronym for "Internet Relay Chat".

WoW has been described as an RPG wrapped around an IRC client because so many of its slash commands and chat concepts are lifted from IRC (including, some would say, the atmosphere). The syntax for emotes, joining and parting a channel, and ignore are all familiar to IRC users.

For more information about IRC, go to irchelp.org.

See also

• WoWWiki IRC channel info

UI channels

The WoWWiki channel is not the best place to ask UI questions - we suggest the following:

• WoWUIdev - chat.freenode.net, #WoWUIDev - for UI development questions.
• WowAce - chat.freenode.net, #wowace - for Ace questions.
• Dongle - chat.freenode.net, #dongle - a small embeddable framework for addon developers.
• Cosmos - irc.datavertex.com, #cosmostesters - for Cosmos questions.
• Norganna - chat.freenode.net, #norganna - for Norganna's addons questions.

List of WoW-related channels by IRC server

WoW IRC (irc.wowirc.net)

• #WoW - For World of Warcraft users only.
• Try Now! - For web users
• #thaurissan - A collective gathering of World of Warcraft players from the Thaurissan US Realm.
• #ghostlands - A collective gathering of World of Warcraft players from the Ghostlands US Realm.
• #exodar - A collective gathering of World of Warcraft players from the Exodar US Realm.

Freenode (irc.freenode.net)

• #wowwiki - users of this wiki! =)
• #lua - Lua users
• #wowuidev - Addon developers
• #wowace - Ace developers
• #dongle - Dongle developers
• #wikia - Template:Wikialink (WoWWiki owners)
• #wowhead - Wowhead users!
• #norganna - Norganna's AddOns users.

MMOIRC (irc.mmoirc.com)

• #wowradio - WoW Radio hang-out
• #WorldofWarcraft - general WoW discussion
• List of current channels

Data Vertex (irc.datavertex.com)

• #cosmostesters - Cosmos users

GameSurge (irc.gamesurge.net)

• #chromaggus-pvp - Players on the Chromaggus server
• #dalvengyr - Players on the Dalvengyr Realm

Rizon (irc.rizon.net)

• #bleedinghollow - Players on the Bleeding_Hollow Realm

Blitzed (irc.blitzed.org)

• #wow - Horde Players on Icecrown and Alliance on Muradin

EnterTheGame (irc.enterthegame.net)

• #wwchat - Players on Whisperwind Realm
• #dalvengyr - Players on Dalvengyr Realm

Quakenet (irc.quakenet.org)

• Ahn'Qiraj Europe - irc.quakenet.org, #ahn'qiraj - Ahn'Qiraj Europe
• Al'Akir Europe - irc.quakenet.org, #alakir - Al'Akir Europe
• Darksorrow Europe - irc.quakenet.org, #darksorrow - Darksorrow Europe
• Dunemaul Europe - irc.quakenet.org, #dunemaul - Dunemaul Europe
• Vashj Europe - irc.quakenet.org, #vashj - Vashj Europe
• Emeriss Europe - irc.quakenet.org, #emeriss - Emeriss Europe
• Executus Europe - irc.quakenet.org, #Executus - Executus Europe
• Kor'gall Europe - irc.quakenet.org, #kor'gall - Kor'gall Europe
• Machinima - irc.quakenet.org, #Machinima - Discussion of machinima, mostly Warcraft.
• Quel'Thalas Europe - irc.quakenet.org, #quel'thalas - Quel'Thalas Europe
• Silvermoon Europe - irc.quakenet.org, #eu-silvermoon - Silvermoon Europe
• Stormrage Europe - irc.quakenet.org, #stormrage-europe - Stormrage Europe
• Trollbane Europe - irc.quakenet.org, #Trollbane - Trollbane Europe
• WoW.fr - irc.quakenet.org, #wow.fr - for French WoW players.
• Vashj FM - irc.quakenet.org, #vashjfm - Vashj Europe's very own online radio station

Stratics (irc.stratics.com)

• Executus US - irc.stratics.com, #executus - Executus US
• Thrall US - irc.stratics.com, #thrall - Thrall US

Other

• Stonemaul Europe - irc.lv, #wow.stonemaul - Stonemaul Europe