Add IRC Nick Registration to Developer Docs

As of Aug 1, 2018 all channels require users to register their
nicks. Add this information to the developer docs.

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@ -13,8 +13,15 @@ reference for Freenode is found in the `Freenode Knowledgebase`_, this document
contains some more specific information for those who are new to IRC and would
like to know more about common OpenStack practices.
As of August 1, 2018 all OpenStack IRC channels require users to `register`_ their
nickname in order to join channels. Unregistered users will be redirected to
#openstack-unregistered which has the above link in the channel topic. This was
unfortunately `required`_ as a result of spam.
.. _Freenode: http://freenode.net
.. _Freenode Knowledgebase: http://freenode.net/kb/all
.. _register: https://freenode.net/kb/answer/registration
.. _required: http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2018-August/132692.html
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