On July 5th the #drupal channel on the Freenode IRC network had the freenode webchat gateway silenced. This was not noticed until today (July 29th). The block has been removed and information is flowing as designed. We apologize to all users who came through the webchat and were not heard in the room. If you are not getting a response in a particular channel feel free to try look in other channels such as #drupal-contribute where we gather to make Drupal better (come join us) or #drupal-support (where the more involved support queries get discussed). The community welcomes everyone in IRC.