The result of the debate was This discussion is clearly tough to close – we have strong feelings on either side, and much conflict has been caused because of it. The overwhelming majority of people who have commented want this page deleted, they feel a process that has no official role here should not have its own page. People commenting feel that there is no special reason for this channel to have its own page. There is only one person who wishes to keep the page, and this is because they feel it must have an official role here. The channel itself cannot be deleted, it’s under the jurisdiction of a third party (Freenode) and users that frequent the channel are not going to go away. I have therefore found that the page should be redirected to Wikipedia:IRC channels and the access request section should be merged into the main Wikipedia:IRC channels page. Further to this, an RfC (Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Wikipedia:IRC channels) should be opened to look at the role that wikimedia IRC channels play within the project to air the community views – this will no doubt help the arbitration committee decide the future role of the channel (as they look set to decide on). Ryan Postlethwaite 01:30, 5 February 2008 (UTC)