direct discussion about administrative action away from the main channel and into #reddit-diabetes-ops to minimise disruption. our -ops channel is the place where users should come to ask for our help. examples:
- asking why a ban was set
- reports of harassment (unless the user is confiding in you)
- warn a user with
/kick - consider quieting instead of setting a ban
- using chanserv will keep your nick from appearing as the user who set a ban. this may help prevent suspicion of bias if you have interacted with the user in the channel.
- about hostmasks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat#Hostmasks
- match a user by IP address with a mask like
*!*@1.2.3.4or*!*@ip-4-3-2-1.city.dynamic.someisp.net - match pools of IP addresses with masks like
*!*@1.2.3.*or*!*@*.city.dynamic.someisp.net
note that using chanserv requires you to be authenticated to nickserv
-
to op yourself:
/msg chanserv op #reddit-diabetes -
to deop yourself:
/msg chanserv deop #reddit-diabetes -
to set a permanent akick rule:
/msg chanserv akick #reddit-diabetes add *!*@1.2.3.4 kick message | private notes -
to set an akick rule to expire in two weeks:
/msg chanserv akick #reddit-diabetes add *!*@1.2.3.4 !T 14d kick message | private notes -
to unset an akick rule:
/msg chanserv akick #reddit-diabetes del *!*@1.2.3.4 -
to list akick rules:
/msg chanserv akick #reddit-diabetes list -
to quiet a user:
/msg chanserv quiet #reddit-diabetes *!*@1.2.3.4 -
to unquiet a user:
/msg chanserv unquiet #reddit-diabetes *!*@1.2.3.4 -
to set the channel topic:
/msg chanserv topic #reddit-diabetes Welcome to the /r/diabetes IRC channel. Please interrupt any off-topic discussion if you would like to talk about diabetes. -
to append to the channel topic:
/msg chanserv topicappend #reddit-diabetes FYI about recent abusive intrusions: http://git.io/zrffqw -
to prepend to the channel topic:
/msg chanserv topicprepend #reddit-diabetes FYI about recent abusive intrusions: http://git.io/zrffqw
- to kick a user from the channel:
/kick username - to set a ban mode (requires op):
/mode #reddit-diabetes +b *!*@1.2.3.4 - to set a quiet mode (requires op):
/mode #reddit-diabetes +q *!*@1.2.3.4 - to set an op mode:
/mode #reddit-diabetes +o awaxa - to remove an op mode:
/mode #reddit-diabetes -o awaxa - to set/remove an op mode for up to four users at once:
/mode #reddit-diabetes -oooo Ariensus dosman711 clarksonguy04 awaxa(your nick must be last if deopping yourself along with others) - to set the topic manually:
/topic FYI about recent abusive intrusions: http://git.io/zrffqw
- to list ban modes:
/mode #reddit-diabetes +b - to list quieted users:
/mode #reddit-diabetes +q
- people will not die if they get spammed on irc
- ping other ops for help
- quiet unregistered users with
/mode #reddit-diabetes +q $~a - temporarily block unregistered users from joining the channel with
/mode #reddit-diabetes +r - ban users who are already banned in another channel using an extban with
/mode #reddit-diabetes +b $j:#other_channel. for example, use/mode #reddit-diabetes +b $j:#freenodeto ban users from#reddit-diabetesthat staff have banned from#freenode
- https://freenode.net/channel_guidelines.shtml
- https://freenode.net/using_the_network.shtml
##chops-loungeis a great source of advice
- our old community rules post if a user asks why their behavior is not allowed http://www.reddit.com/r/diabetes/comments/1677wz/meta_rules_for_our_community/
#freenodehttps://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=freenode for technical issues