Editing Online chat (section)

== Chatiquette ==
The term ''[[chatiquette]]'' (chat etiquette) is a variation of [[Etiquette (technology)#Netiquette|netiquette]] (Internet etiquette) and describes basic rules of online communication.<ref name="LivingInternet" /><ref name="BBC" /><ref name="Mills" /> These conventions or guidelines have been created to avoid misunderstandings and to simplify the communication between users. Chatiquette varies from community to community and generally describes basic [[courtesy]]. As an example, it is considered rude to write only in upper case, because it appears as if the user is shouting. The word "chatiquette" has been used in connection with various chat systems (e.g. [[Internet Relay Chat]]) since 1995.<ref name="LuleåTekniskaUniversitet" /><ref name="Cnet" />

Chatrooms can produce a strong sense of [[online identity]] leading to [[IRC subculture|impression of subculture]].<ref name="Wired-2007.05" />

Chats are valuable sources of various types of information, the automatic processing of which is the object of chat/[[text mining]] technologies.<ref name="KatanovStateUniversityRussia" />