User blog comment:JCM/IRC/@comment-168424-20110426013904

Charitwo can be kind of a butthead. Just saying. And, yes, I really mean that. Charitwo sometimes reminds me of PCJ (if you know who that is).

I generally don't use IRC, because lots of admins use it to discuss changes to wikis without really involving the wiki community, just their IRC cronies. Also, IRC logs really aren't a good substitute for wiki history.

I'm a believer in wiki admin transparency and IRC just seems a little opaque to me. Also, IRC is pretty arcane to most users who are having enough time trying to edit the wiki.

I'll have to be careful with the new Wikia chat, because it is easy to use and I might forget to discuss stuff on the wiki where history can be seen.