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This screenshot shows a private message flood. Taken on Windows XP (in classic mode) in mIRC. (the network this was taken on was freenode) The clones here were made through tor.

• I believe that it is fair to use this image in the IRC flood article:
  • To illustrate how a message flood can render the user interface of the client difficult to use.
  • In the absence of any free alternative. (note, that if anybody on a free <as in speech> client happens to be hit with a message flood, please upload a new screenshot to replace this)
  • For use in the free encyclopædia, Wikipedia, hosted by the non-profit Wikimedia foundation.

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