User blog comment:Freehugs41/Q, A, and all of the above./@comment-1756703-20100307103735

To be perfectly honest with you, too much of this wiki (or at least its users) seem far too centered around the IRC. It's not necessarily a bad thing, as it allows for further socialization amongst users here. But ever since I joined in December, I've been feeling obligated to join the IRC to be an "official" TDW user, despite all the mainspace edits I put in. And really, I don't think I have enough time to commit to the IRC as much as I'd like to.

Since this site is essentially all about the wiki, I believe it would help if we increased socialization on the wiki itself instead of falling back on IRC. I hope you don't take that the wrong way; it's just a suggestion to help newer users feel more welcome here. After all, I know I liked it when an established user (whether it be an admin, a rollback, or even just someone with a high edit count) posted words of encouragement or welcome on my talk page when I just began editing here.