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Rules and Requirements for IRC

By JC on 11/05/2008
My Proposal for the chat rules:

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[B][U][SIZE=7]IRC Chat Rules[/SIZE][/U][/B]

[B]All Wilderness Guardians rules apply in the #WG and #WG_lobby IRC rooms.[/b]
[i]If you are unsure of what these are exactly please take the time to read over them [URL=http://www.wildernessguardians.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=837]Here[/URL][/i]

Succinctly these rules are:

~Obey The Runescape Rules

~Show Courtesy At All Times
[I]Including no begging, flaming or spamming.  Please make sure you are particularily careful to obey this rule in #WG_lobby for the sake of out public image[/I]

~Do Not Compromise The Clan's Privacy
[i]Unless it is a PUBLIC WG event do not discuss an event of any shape or form in #WG_lobby, if they cannot get access to #WG they should be attending the event anyway.  No sensitive clan information at all should be posted in the lobby.[/i]

~Follow The Chain Of Command
[i]People have Operator and Half-Operator status for a reason, if they request that they do something you are obligated to follow their request.  If there is an insufficient amount of activer OP's/H-OP's temporay ones may be appointed (based on their rank within the clan), please do not demand to be given this.[/i]

[b]Other non-clan rules must also be followed, these are:[/b]

~No scripts are to be run in either #WG_lobby or #WG.
[i]We have some people who are running approved scripts, please do not run your own unless you have prior approval from a tertiary leader or higher, as we feel our current bot's provide us with the services we require.[/i]

~No Excessive spamming for events
[i]We know you want good attendance, that's fine, but please do not spam more than 3 lines per 30 seconds about one event.  If you feel that someone may have missed your event spam's then notify them nicely via pm that an event that they may be intersted is upcomming.[/i]

~Use your Forum name as at least part of your IRC nick
[i]This is for everyone's benefit, we do need to know who you are and nicks such as these:

Dave[Mining] <-- IRL Name
a13, or c_3, or r403 <-- Not enough to identify you
s_t_1_n_k_y <-- Someone's pure.... Not your WG nick.

Please use a nick that we can easily connect to your Forum account, such as:

Evil[Busy]
Buzz
Nirvanas[/i]

~Do not pretend to be someone else.
[i]expect to be kicked or potentially banned from our chatroom if you impresonate someone esle excessively.[/i]

~English only
[i]The majority of WG can speak english, and it is hard to monitor what is being said when it is in a language you so not understand.  Please if you want to talk in your native language take it to pm.[/i]



Thats all I can think of at the moment? would anyone else like to add anything?

By His Lordship on 11/05/2008
What's wrong with the IRC now?
Does it need specific rules?
I really hate making rules where they are not needed.

~English only
The majority of WG can speak english, and it is hard to monitor what is being said when it is in a language you so not understand. Please if you want to talk in your native language take it to pm.

I mean, how often does this happen for a start?
Rarely... except as a few one liners made as jokes.
It really doesn't need to be a rule.

These rules are way too specific and don't need to be around at all.
How about just relying on common sense and if someone is misbehaving, boot them.

Don't overcomplicate things.

By JC on 11/05/2008
The reason I think we need rules is we have people such as Slade (who uses the nick [MM]Ixile[TS]) that basically wont listen so with some firm rules we can enforce them, if they complain "Here's the IRC rules.... learn them."

By His Lordship on 11/05/2008
Is there another case or is it isolated?
I don't like making rules for one member.
We lead using common sense.
This is not democracy. We don't allow loopholes.
Just tell him bluntly the council wants him to use his RSN or part of it so we can identify him.
If he doesn't want to listen ban him from the IRC.
Deal with it case by case.
Misbehaviour in the IRC is a minority nowadays.

By RobbieThe1st on 11/05/2008
Nick wise, it shouldn't be an issue anymore - RobbieBot checks whatever is put in the profile, and so long as it is registered, it shouldn't be a problem. I may need to add a .whois command to the script, which would get the name and rank of the IRC nick specified.
I *could* enforce tight nick rules by having it kick you if you change your name to one not specified in your profile, but that would be mean.


-RobbieThe1st



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