You can stop other people from using your nickname by registering
with the NickServ (Nickname Server) service. Registering is very
simple and registration takes less than a minute to complete.

In addition to protecting your nicknames from unauthorised use,
NickServ allows you to save settings for things like channels and
other services. Registering your nickname even allows you to send
offline messages to other registered users and receive messages
(or 'memos') while offline.

To register your nickname with NickServ, type the following into
the WebChat client below:

  /msg NickServ REGISTER password email

  Note: Replace 'password' with the password you wish to use for
        your nickname and replace 'email' with a valid email
        address.

After you have registered your nickname with NickServ, you will
have to log in (or 'identify') each time you connect to IRC. To
identify, simply type the following in the WebChat client:

  /msg NickServ IDENTIFY password

  Note: Replace 'password' with the password you specified when
        you first registered your nickname with NickServ.

Do you have more than one nickname? Well, you don't have to waste
time registering each one individually. You can use NickServ's
'GROUP' command instead. Once nicknames are grouped together, you
will be automatically identified for each nickname in the group
once you identify.

To group a new nickname with an existing one, type the following
in the WebChat client below:

  /msg NickServ GROUP nickname password

  Note: Replace 'nickname' with existing nickname you would like
        to group the new nickname with. The existing nickname
        must already be registered with NickServ.

        Replace 'password' with the password for the nickname you
	would like to group with.

NickServ has many other commands which are available for use.
Information about these commands can be found by typing the
following into the WebChat client below:

  /msg NickServ HELP

Further information about a specific NickServ command can be
obtained by typing:

  /msg NickServ HELP COMMAND
  
  Note: Replace 'COMMAND' with the name of the NickServ command
	you would like more information about.