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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ source code for [http://jsonapi.org](http://jsonapi.org).
 Resources
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-* IRC channel: #jsonapi on freenode.net
+* IRC channel: #jsonapi on [http://freenode.net](http://freenode.net)
 * Twitter: @jsonapi
 * Discourse: [http://discuss.jsonapi.org](http://discuss.jsonapi.org)