[gimp-web] Update IRC page and remove community-managed channels.



commit c969da0568e5722127e49e02d9f30089827c9690
Author: Jehan <jehan girinstud io>
Date:   Thu Jun 17 14:20:40 2021 +0200

    Update IRC page and remove community-managed channels.
    
    After the weird Freenode drama lately and the fact that the whole server
    just got wiped out apparently (I have not personally checked, and won't,
    but there are news everywhere of this), let's just get rid of the
    listing of known channels on Freenode.
    
    We had been discussing this topic for a few weeks anyway, and even more
    for the more general question of what we should list on this page, since
    even before, the Freenode channels never were official in any way (yet
    some known team members were also ops on some of these apparently). I
    guess the wipe simplifies the discussion as there is nothing to list
    anymore. Now the discussion we will have to have (and already started
    some time ago) will be to decide whether we should ever list there any
    more non-GIMPnet discussion channels in the future.

 content/about/irc.md | 25 ++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/content/about/irc.md b/content/about/irc.md
index bdd9f308..66f6e0f3 100644
--- a/content/about/irc.md
+++ b/content/about/irc.md
@@ -41,30 +41,9 @@ The official GIMP IRC channels are on GIMPNet ([irc.gimp.org](irc://irc.gimp.org
 
 ### Other IRC networks
 
-The main GIMP IRC channels described above are on GIMPNet (irc://irc.gimp.org/), the official network for 
topics related to GIMP and GNOME. However, several channels also exist on other IRC networks:
+The main GIMP IRC channels described above are on GIMPNet (irc://irc.gimp.org/), the official network for 
topics related to GIMP and GNOME. However, several channels also exist on other IRC networks, though 
sometimes also operated by core team members, more often by third-party community members.
 
-<dl>
-  <dt>irc://irc.freenode.net/<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/gimp">#gimp</a></dt>
-  <dd>It is recommended that users migrate from that channel to <a 
href="irc://irc.gimp.org/gimp-users">#gimp-users</a> on GIMPNet, described
-  above.</dd>
-
-  <dt>irc://irc.freenode.net/<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/gimp-fr">#gimp-fr</a></dt>
-  <dd>It is recommended that users migrate from that channel to <a 
href="irc://irc.gimp.org/gimp-fr">#gimp-fr</a> on GIMPNet, described
-  above.</dd>
-
-  <dt>irc://irc.freenode.net/<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/gimp-de">#gimp-de</a></dt>
-  <dd>GIMP in German.</dd>
-
-  <dt>irc://irc.freenode.net/<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/gimp-pl">#gimp-pl</a></dt>
-  <dd>GIMP in Polish.</dd>
-
-  <dt>irc://irc.freenode.net/<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/gimp-es">#gimp-es</a></dt>
-  <dd>GIMP in Spanish.</dd>
-
-  <dt>irc://irc.freenode.net/<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/gimp-it">#gimp-it</a></dt>
-  <dd>GIMP in Italian.</dd>
-
-</dl>
+The community is very welcome to discuss about GIMP anywhere, on other IRC channels as well as on other 
networks, chat protocols and forums. Nevertheless our channels on GIMPNet stay so far the only instant 
conversation means officially operated by the GIMP project (as this has been the case for many years).
 
 ### <a name="rules"></a>Rules and hints
 


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