maintained by the Perl Foundation (L<https://www.perlfoundation.org/>),
which tracks and provides services for a variety of other community sites.
+=head3 Raku
+
+Perl's sister language, Raku (formerly known as Perl 6), maintains its own
+directory of community resources at L<https://raku.org/community/>.
+
=head2 Mailing Lists and Newsgroups
Perl runs on e-mail; there is no doubt about it. The Camel book was originally
found at L<irc://irc.perl.org/#perl>. Many other more specific chats are also
hosted on the network. Information about irc.perl.org is located on the
network's website: L<https://www.irc.perl.org>. For a more help-oriented #perl,
-check out L<irc://irc.freenode.net/#perl>. Perl 6 development also has a
-presence in L<irc://irc.freenode.net/#perl6>. Most Perl-related channels will
-be kind enough to point you in the right direction if you ask nicely.
+check out L<irc://irc.libera.chat/#perl>
+(L<webchat|https://web.libera.chat/#perl>). Most Perl-related channels
+will be kind enough to point you in the right direction if you ask nicely.
Any large IRC network (Dalnet, EFnet) is also likely to have a #perl channel,
with varying activity levels.
Many members of the community have a Perl-related blog on this site. If
you'd like to join them, you can sign up for free.
-=item L<http://perlsphere.net/>
+=item L<https://perl.theplanetarium.org/>
-Perlsphere is one of several aggregators of Perl-related blog feeds.
+Planet Perl is one of several aggregators of Perl-related blog feeds.
-=item L<http://perlweekly.com/>
+=item L<https://perlweekly.com/>
Perl Weekly is a weekly mailing list that keeps you up to date on conferences,
releases and notable blog posts.
=head2 Conventions
-Perl has two major annual conventions: The Perl Conference (now part of OSCON),
+Perl had two major annual conventions: The Perl Conference (now part of OSCON),
put on by O'Reilly, and Yet Another Perl Conference or YAPC (pronounced
yap-see), which is localized into several regional YAPCs (North America,
-Europe, Asia) in a stunning grassroots display by the Perl community. For more
-information about either conference, check out their respective web pages:
-OSCON L<http://conferences.oreillynet.com/>; YAPC L<http://www.yapc.org>.
+Europe, Asia) in a stunning grassroots display by the Perl community.
+
+In 2016, YAPC was rebranded as The Perl Conference again. It is now referred
+to as The Perl and Raku Conference.
+
+OSCON had been discontinued.
+
+For more information about either conference, check out their respective web
+pages:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item * The Perl Conference
+
+L<http://perlconference.us/>.
+
+=item * OSCON
+
+L<https://www.oreilly.com/conferences/>
+
+=back
-A relatively new conference franchise with a large Perl portion is the
-Open Source Developers Conference or OSDC. First held in Australia it has
-recently also spread to Israel and France. More information can be found at:
+An additional conference franchise with a large Perl portion was the
+Open Source Developers Conference or OSDC. First held in Australia, it
+also spread to Israel and France. More information can be found at:
L<http://www.osdc.org.il> for Israel, and L<http://www.osdc.fr/> for France.
=head2 Calendar of Perl Events
The Perl Review, L<http://www.theperlreview.com> maintains a website
-and Google calendar
-(L<https://www.theperlreview.com/community_calendar>) for tracking
-workshops, hackathons, Perl Mongers meetings, and other events. Views
-of this calendar are at L<https://www.perl.org/events.html> and
-L<https://www.yapc.org>.
+and Google calendar for tracking
+workshops, hackathons, Perl Mongers meetings, and other events. A view
+of this calendar is available at L<https://www.perl.org/events.html>.
Not every event or Perl Mongers group is on that calendar, so don't lose
heart if you don't see yours posted. To have your event or group listed,
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