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by progval 1088 days ago
> NickServ. "If you don't register your nick in 1 minute you be renamed to "anonymous".

Are you sure it was prompting you to register rather than to authenticate? It sounds like you were using a nick someone else registered, but you can usually use unregistered nicks freely.
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doublerabbit 1088 days ago
Some Channels enforce the flag for registered users.

I've visited networks where you have forced you to register nicks. You have the option to leave, but same principle.

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tredre3 1088 days ago
Some channels do indeed enforce registered users. But the message you quoted is 100% because you were using someone's nickname and they enabled nick protection.
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doublerabbit 1088 days ago
No. My nick was an unregistered nick. I know IRC -.- don't tell me otherwise.

"To use this server you MUST register with IRC services."

The server had mandatory nickserv registration.

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