Currently the #fedora channel on freenode requires some kind of registration. In my opinion it is pretty difficult to register on freenode (I have tried but haven't managed). Do you think it would be possible to drop the registration requirement? It is a pretty big barrier to newbies and people like me who can't find IRC help easily. I know there are a lot of bots and spam, but maybe it would be possible to try and see if it really gets bad?
Best regards Andreas