Recently we, some of the Bengali Wikimedian, were discussing about a public chat channel for one of our Wikipedia project, and we found ourselves nowhere. No Messenger, no Hangout, not even #Slack. It’s the IRC that stood out. Yes, IRC (Internet Relay Chat), the age-old 1988 application layer protocol for chit-chat. Steps are simple: Create a channel, invite people Get to the channel Put a nickname