Talk:Pound vtluug

Note: these rules were modified at a meeting on 2012-09-13 after multiple complaints of IRC behavior

Proposed Rules

• Please do not announce /away in the channel (or change your nick to indicate such).
  • Keep
• Off topic conversation cannot distract from on topic talk.
  • Proposed: move non-linux/computing/food to #vtluug-social, but people will only idle in #vtluug-social if this is done
  • Define: distract - people are not always getting noticed when asking for help, but some people read the backlog to fix this.
  • Make a Wadsworth help module?
  • "Primary purpose is not help" -- Telnoratti
  • Not confined to #vtluug, other channels either don't deal with the problem or have a notice on their site telling people to
  • Voice does not indicate knowledge of linux or familiarity with other members
    • Solution: remove autovoicing?
    • Removing autovoicing does not solve anything
    • Solution: Remove "ping people with voice by their names..." from topic and wiki, make more clear in join message how to ask for help
  • Keep #cs-lounge and #vtluug separate
  • Add irssi/weechat highlighting scripts to "help:" or "does anyone know"
  • Not an issue if people get drowned out, because we aren't a help channel
  • Add join message telling people to stay in the channel for a while before people are available to help them, also put this on wiki / website.
  • Add IRC tutorial to wiki (and maybe join message)
  • Join message can link to IRC page
  • Remove rule
• Use common sense and treat others as you wish to be treated. No flaming or personal attacks; if you must, take it to PM please.
  • Agreed
  • Enforce more
  • All racist slurs, sexist remarks, and name calling are prohibited
  • Tell people when they're being condescending (outside of channel), would like to control, but most cases are misunderstandings
  • Use common sense and treat others as you wish to be treated. All racist slurs, sexist remarks, and name calling are prohibited.
  • Do not consider profane language in this remark, only things specifically designed to be offensive
• #vtluug is for newcomers and experts alike. Please be helpful and friendly to everyone or don't say anything at all.
  • no change
  • "Improving computing skills of members ... and serving the community..."
• Nicks should be SFW; discriminatory language is prohibited.
  • Nicks are not channel specific, should not be enforcing things separate from what OFTC policy dictates
  • Causes problems if other channels have nick restrictions
  • Do not change nick when away
  • People can't change their nick in a certain channel
  • Solution: kill rule, just don't nick when away
  • Do not change your nick to indicate that you are away
• Do not flood the channel; if it's more than 3 lines, please use a pastebin (http://linxb.in/).
  • change to "if your message is more than 3 lines", e.g. when posting logs/code, otherwise posting three lines in a row is OK
  • Do not flood the channel; if your message is more than ~3 lines when posting logs or code, please use a pastebin such as http://linxb.in
• Do not spam the channel.
  • literaling truncatedcone which interrupts channel -> people in the channel should tell the person to change to PM
  • kill
  • Truncatedcone
    • Lots of complaints
    • part of channel
    • shut up option, /ignore
    • Increase throttling (if possible)
    • Solution: use him responsibly, increase throttling if possible
  • Kill rule
    • Trial period earlier to eliminate him, failed
    • No interrupting conversations with excessive singing in channel with truncatedcone
• In the unlikely event that you are banned, do not attempt to evade your ban. Ban evasion will be dealt with strictly and will result in extension of your ban
  • Keep as is
  • Only there because it's standard, but apparently mutantmonkey needs to be explicit for it becuase of btreecat

Other rules

• Discuss later?
  • Personal info