Random idea: create an ikiwiki IRC bot, which notices the use of ikiwiki syntax in the channel and translates.  This would work nicely for "frequently-given answer" bots like dpkg on #debian, since you could give answers by linking to wiki pages.  ikibot could also excerpt page content.

    <newikiuser> How do I set up ikiwiki with Git?
    <ikihacker> \[[setup]]
    <ikibot> http://ikiwiki.info/setup.html: "This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki. ..."

--[[JoshTriplett]]

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