Private Message Someone in IRC

So you want to ask someone something in IRC but you don't want everyone to see it?

Steps

Make sure you're identified.
Click in the chat bar and type: /msg (whoever) (message).
For example, if you wanted to private message, say, a user named "wikiHowian", you'd type this: /msg wikiHowian Hi. Then the person you messaged would have a message saying "Hi." on it.
After you've typed that, the name you just messaged will appear. Wait for it to change colors.
Click on it when it does change colors. That will mean the other person messaged you back.
Read and start conversation.

If you have any typos it won't work, you'll just end up messaging no one.
You don't have to put /msg whoever every single time. Just click on the name and start typing.
Be sure to return to the channel afterwards by clicking on it.
If the other person messaged you first, it's basically opposite. Their name will appear at the top, and you have to click on it and type to them.
If you mess up typing the other person's user name, the message thing will usually say "***ChanServ: No such Nick/channel". However this is only true if ChanServ is on guard in the channel you're in (in wikiHow IRC this will always happen).
If you don't want to do /msg, you can also type /query or /privmsg.

If you use this feature to harass or have cyber sex and the like, in most channels, you will be caught and banned.