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@@ -1,49 +1,40 @@
-# Ergonomadic
+Ergonomadic (anagram of "go IRC daemon") is an IRC daemon written from scratch
+in Go. Pull requests and issues are welcome.
 
-Ergonomadic is an IRC daemon written from scratch in Go. Pull requests and
-issues are welcome. Discuss it here or on Freenode in [#ergonomadic][irc].
+Discussion at:
+* host/port: irc.skub.club:6697, use SSL
+* password: smellyoulater
+* #darwin
 
-## Some Features
+# Features
 
-- follows the RFCs where possible
-- UTF-8 nick and channel names
-- [gcfg][gcfg] gitconfig-style configuration
-- server password (PASS command)
-- channels with most standard modes
-- IRC operators (OPER command)
-- haproxy [PROXY protocol][proxy-proto] header for hostname setting
-- passwords stored in [bcrypt][go-crypto] format
-- channels that [persist][go-sqlite] between restarts (+P)
-- messages are queued in the same order to all connected clients
+* follows the RFCs where possible
+* UTF-8 nick and channel names
+* [gcfg](https://code.google.com/p/gcfg/) gitconfig-style configuration
+* server password (PASS command)
+* channels with most standard modes
+* IRC operators (OPER command)
+* haproxy [PROXY protocol][proxy-proto] header for hostname setting
+* passwords stored in [bcrypt][go-crypto] format
+* channels that [persist][go-sqlite] between restarts (+P)
+* messages are queued in the same order to all connected clients
 
-## Users
-
-If anyone is running and using this software, I'd love to link to you here with
-any details you deem appropriate.
-
-## Why?
-
-I wanted to learn Go.
-
-## What's with the name?
-
-"Ergonomadic" is an anagram of "Go IRC Daemon".
-
-## What about SSL/TLS support?
+# What about SSL/TLS support?
 
 Go has a not-yet-verified-as-safe TLS 1.2 implementation. Sadly, many popular
 IRC clients will negotiate nothing newer than SSLv2. If you want to use SSL to
-protect traffic, I recommend using [stunnel][stunnel] version 4.56 with
-haproxy's [PROXY protocol][proxy-proto]. This will allow the server to get the
-client's original addresses for hostname lookups.
+protect traffic, I recommend using
+[stunnel](https://www.stunnel.org/index.html) version 4.56 with haproxy's
+[PROXY protocol][proxy-proto]. This will allow the server to get the client's
+original addresses for hostname lookups.
 
-## What about federation?
+# What about federation?
 
 IRC federation solves a problem that was more likely to occur on the internet of
 1991 than today. We are exploring alternatives to federation that avoid nickname
 and channel sync issues created during netsplits.
 
-## Installation
+# Installation
 
 ```sh
 go get
@@ -51,7 +42,7 @@ go install
 ergonomadic initdb -conf ergonomadic.conf
 ```
 
-## Configuration
+# Configuration
 
 See the example [`ergonomadic.conf`](ergonomadic.conf). Passwords are base64-encoded bcrypted byte
 strings. You can generate them with the `genpasswd` subcommand.
@@ -60,25 +51,19 @@ strings. You can generate them with the `genpasswd` subcommand.
 ergonomadic genpasswd 'hunter2!'
 ```
 
-## Running the Server
+# Running the server
 
 ```sh
 ergonomadic run -conf ergonomadic.conf
 ```
 
-## IRC Documentation
+# Credits
 
-- [RFC 1459: Internet Relay Chat Protocol](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1459)
-- [RFC 2811: IRC Channel Management](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2811)
-- [RFC 2812: IRC Client Protocol](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2812)
-- [RFC 2813: IRC Server Protocol](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2813)
-- [IRC/2 Numeric List](https://www.alien.net.au/irc/irc2numerics.html)
+* Jeremy Latt, creator, <https://github.com/jlatt>
+* Edmund Huber, maintainer, <https://github.com/edmund-huber>
+* Niels Freier, added WebSocket support, <https://github.com/stumpyfr>
+* apologies to anyone I forgot.
 
-
-[conf]: blob/master/ergonomadic.conf
-[gcfg]: https://code.google.com/p/gcfg/
 [go-crypto]: http://godoc.org/code.google.com/p/go.crypto
 [go-sqlite]: https://github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3
-[irc]: irc://chat.freenode.net/#ergonomadic
 [proxy-proto]: http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/1.5/doc/proxy-protocol.txt
-[stunnel]: https://www.stunnel.org/index.html