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{{short description|Internet Relay Chat network}}

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| website_url = [http://www.slashnet.org/ www.slashnet.org]

| primary_dns = [irc://irc.slashnet.org irc.slashnet.org]

| average_users = {{IRC NQNS link|SlashNET|1,500900 - 1,800000}}

| average_channels = {{IRC NQNS link|SlashNET|550300 - 600400}}

| average_servers = {{IRC NQNS link|SlashNET|105}}

| main_content = Public/Unrestricted

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'''SlashNET''' is a medium-sized, independently operated [[Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC) network. Originally sponsored by [[Slashdot]] and founded in 1998,<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://slashdot.org/story/98/05/11/211700/slashnet-irc-goes-live|title = SlashNET IRC Goes Live!|date = 11 May 1998|accessdateaccess-date = 25 Feb 2015|website = Slashdot|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> in 1999 SlashNET split off to become its own entity.<ref name="DiBona"/> A few well-known communities and projects maintain an IRC presence at SlashNET, including #g7 (the IRC [[idle RPG]]), #totse ([[Totse]]), #idiots-club ([[ZZT]] Community), #mefi (a [[Metafilter]]-related community), various [[Penny Arcade]]-related communities, #Twitterponies (a [[Twitter]] [[roleplay]]ing group), and #rags (an old-style rag calligraphy community). As of 2012 it is ranked in the top 40 networks by IRC.Netsplit.de,<ref>[http://irc.netsplit.de/networks/top100.php "Top 100 Networks"]. IRC.Netsplit.de.</ref> with an estimated relatively constant 1700 users,<ref>[http://irc.netsplit.de/networks/details.php?net=SlashNET&submenu=years "SlashNET last 2 years statistics"]. IRC.Netsplit.de.</ref> and #25/737 by SearchIRC.com.<ref>[http://searchirc.com/rank/SlashNET "SlashNET's network ranking"]. SearchIRC.com.</ref>

==Administration==

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<ref name="DiBona">{{cite book

|title=Open Sources 2.0: The Continuing Evolution

|page=[https://archive.org/details/opensources20con0000unse/page/391 391]

|page=391

|authorsauthor1=DiBona, Chris; |author2=Cooper, Danese; |author3=Stone, Mark

|year= 2005

|publisher=[[O'Reilly Media]]

|edition= 1

|isbn= 978-0596008024

|url= https://archive.org/details/opensources20con0000unse|url-access=registration

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=q9GnNrq3e5EC&pg=PA391#v=onepage&f=false}}</ref>

}}</ref>

}}

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==External links==

*[http://www.slashnet.org SlashNET Official Website]

*[http://irc.netsplit.de/networks/SlashNET/ Slashnet at Netsplit.de]

*[https://www.webychat.net/ Free Online Chat Portal ''WebyChat'']

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{{IRC networks}}

[[Category:Internet Relay ChatIRC networks]]