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November 22, 2005 at 2:06 am #20707MrEggsaladParticipant
Ok, well, after various problems me and Brock have seen in the IRC chat, we have decided to write up some rules so people know what they can/can’t do. We have also decided to make a room (#ircrules) that will have a way to get to rules, and some people in there to help answer and questions/concerns. We have adapted Neowin’s and made it more fitted to us. (Yes we did see the other IRC Rules topic)
Guidelines Introduction
We welcome you to participate in the BigBlueBall IRC Channel. However, as with all communities, there are a few guidelines you must abide by in order to participate in the #bigblueball channel.We are trying to provide the highest quality community experience for all of our users. Following these guidelines is the best way to maintain a quality environment for all users. If we find that you break any of these guidelines, you may be restricted from participating in the channel. These guidelines are very basic, and we hope that you read them fully. We appreciate your cooperation!
- No Graphic Material of either a macabre or pornographic nature
Any posts or links to such content will not be tolerated without a warning to what it is. - No Extremely Explicit/Nasty Language
No Nasty/Extremely Explicit language from anyone in the channel. Non-excessive language however, is permitted. - No Racism, Threatening, Flaming, Personal Attacks, No (citing) Victimization or Hateful posts / Retaliation of any kind against a user, or group of users
If you are a long standing user, act like one; lead by example and assist other newer users rather than attacking them. We look upon our experienced users to use this opportunity to teach the newer users the appropriate way to conduct themselves in a live interactive environment. - If you have a grudge against someone or dislike them, please take it to private messages
(double-click on the user name if using an IRC client that supports this, or type the command “/query [nickname]” or “/msg [nickname]”) or another channel. Arguments in the channel are not tolerated and if any occur, the Ops are encouraged to deal with them accordingly. Instigating an argument (also called “flame-bating”) is grounds for an immediate ban. If you are known to ignore warnings and kicks, or the Ops have had problems with you on IRC in the past, the Ops are encouraged to skip directly to a ban.If someone is harassing you, you can also use the command:
/ignore [nickname]
to stop ignoring someone, use
/ignore -r [nickname] or /unignore [nickname]
The ignore command blocks all messages from that user. - No Warez & Cracks Through Server
No warez (direct links, DCC transfers) or cracks (such as serial numbers) may go through the IRC server, however discussion is allowed. - No Spamming/Flooding
Spamming/Flooding is characterized by the repeated posting of links or text in rapid succession and disrupting the flow of conversation. There are currently scripts in place that will automatically kick spammers/flooders. If this occurs, a mod may still take further action against you for spamming/flooding. - Script Abuse
Please keep your script use to a minimum. There are a few scripts that are allowed, like Dave’s infamous “Global Command” and his robot “Davey” are allowed. - [font=Arial, sans-serif]Colors[/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif]Colors are only permitted in approved scripts and to emphasize certain things in what you say.[/font] - [font=Arial, sans-serif]Use Your BigBlueBall User Name In #bigblueball
We request that you use your BigBlueBall account name as your nickname on BigBlueBall IRC. This allows us to recognize you as a BigBlueBall user.
Note:
You may use your nickname to denote your channel status. Please do so by leaving your original nickname in tact and appending your status after your nickname. These muse stick to your status only, nothing offensive or not pertaining to your status.Example:
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Username – Username|away – Username|sleep – Username|brb - BigBlueBall requires that users respect the decision of Administrators / Ops
If you have been banned or been warned by an administrator/mod/op that you have broken the IRC guidelines and you think that their decision is unfair, then you should speak to the administrator/op who made the decision directly via PM or /msg. Please make your case in a polite manner and include any relevant information. If this doesn’t resolve your issue, please do not continue pushing the issue with the administrator/mod/op.Note: Do NOT complain to other administrators/ops in the channel about warnings, kicks or bans. Each admin/op’s bans will remain until the person who initiated the ban removes it. Bans will not be removed or overridden by another op.
BigBlueBall reserves the right to change or alter these guidelines at any time. An administrator/op’s word is final.
If guidelines are broken, administrators will take the following actions:
# 1st Offense: Verbal Warning (either in channel or in private message)
# 2nd Offense: Kick
# 3rd Offense: Up to 24 hour ban
# 4th Offense: Indefinite ban
# Subsequent Offenses/Ban Evasion: Permanent ban[font=Arial, sans-serif]Note: Any infraction of these guidelines will result in a warning placed against your BigBlueBall account and will be added to your overall warning level.
BigBlueBall, consider it’s main website, news comments, forums and IRC chatroom individual parts of an overall community. IRC rules and Forum rules are meant to be used in conjuncture with each other.
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Any suggestions or anything is greatly appriciated.
[/font]November 22, 2005 at 2:38 am #133716OreoMemberEggsalad wrote:f you are a long standing user, act like one; lead by example and assist other newer users rather then attacking them.It is “rather THAN” not “THEN” that’s the only thing that jumps out at me…granted I just did a quick scan and the teacher part of my brain woke up. I’m off on a road trip early in the morning so I don’t have time to really look at it more closely….are things really getting that bad in IRC that we need all of these rules?? Just curious…
November 22, 2005 at 2:41 am #133721MrEggsaladParticipantThanks for the help in grammer, Brock and I have agreed that things do get bad in there, and recently there have been various cases where rules really would have been helpful.
November 22, 2005 at 2:45 am #133717OreoMemberHave you talked to Dave or Jeff about it? I’m sure they can offer you some help from what has happened in the past…. 🙂 Just a suggestion. 😀
November 22, 2005 at 2:48 am #133720DrBroccoliParticipantThis just came to me, the site age restriction is 13. So why not add an age rule to the chat as well. I am not saying this to be Nazi like, but what happens in the chat is promised to be 10x, if not more, worse than what happens on the forums. I think there is a parental consent form of some type when registering (when people don’t lie about ages) but what about adding a separate IRC form as well? This is only a suggestion. :).
November 22, 2005 at 2:52 am #133722MrEggsaladParticipantShadowdogMU wrote:This just came to me, the site age restriction is 13. So why not add an age rule to the chat as well. I am not saying this to be Nazi like, but what happens in the chat is promised to be 10x, if not more, worse than what happens on the forums. I think there is a parental consent form of some type when registering (when people don’t lie about ages) but what about adding a separate IRC form as well? This is only a suggestion. :).Hmm…well yes I do agree on that, but let’s see what Jeff has to say about ages. Since I do recall him saying you could be under 13 in the chat.
November 22, 2005 at 3:24 am #133718TigerbladeParticipantQuote:Arguments in the channel are not tolerated and if any occur, the Ops are encouraged to deal with them accordingly.do you have any idea how often there’s an argument going in the channel?? all the time. that’s part of the fun.
Quote:We request that you use your BigBlueBall account name as your nickname on BigBlueBall IRC. This allows us to recognize you as a BigBlueBall user.aww… well i suppose… but what about people who we know is someone from here with a different name? like Sami.
and just out of curiosity, if you’ve seen the other topic about irc rules, why post a new one?
November 22, 2005 at 12:51 pm #133723MrEggsaladParticipantWell, yes we did see the other post, and since me and Brock are in there almost all day (we may have a problem…) the arguments are part of the fun, oh yeah! However, when they get “nasty” and it’s between a sex-talking-wanting guest, and the rest of the group, well…and I feel that BigBlueBall IRC SHOULDN’T be a sex chat place. It’s not always just guests, it’s also this guy called “Time” in there. He is nice for computer support and stuff, but he also will every now and then get us rallied up and some people will end up in a sex chat.
Now about nicks, I feel that the rule may have a few exceptions, like RabidKitten being Sami. We all (most anyway) know her as both, so I think it’s ok. That rule is mainly saying, well another example of a problem. LLXerxes changes to oohfajitas, swedishfish, sleepyfish, and most recently Mantastic. I think that Sami should be allowed to use “Sami”, and others can do so also. But when they are going from nick to nick, being enitrely different, that’s just plain annoying.
November 22, 2005 at 3:06 pm #133719TigerbladeParticipantMrEggsalad wrote:However, when they get “nasty” and it’s between a sex-talking-wanting guest, and the rest of the group, well…and I feel that BigBlueBall IRC SHOULDN’T be a sex chat place.agreed. when it gets to that point, its too much.
Quote:Now about nicks, I feel that the rule may have a few exceptions, like RabidKitten being Sami. We all (most anyway) know her as both, so I think it’s ok.any rule needs to apply to everyone. if we let one person change to a different nickname, we have to let everyone else have that option.
Quote:But when they are going from nick to nick, being enitrely different, that’s just plain annoying.true, that can get annoying, its hard to know who’s who. but exceptions must be universal, not specific to any individual, or its not fair for the rest of the users.i think as a general rule, just use common sense, people. the so-called “common-man” rule. that’s a better rule for most things than a long list of formal expectations. the common sense realization should be that an IRC channel for BBB should not turn into a sex-filled chat or flame-war; that people should be fairly easily recognized as who they are; etc.
November 22, 2005 at 9:47 pm #133724MrEggsaladParticipantYeah, ok, we really should just go with what Tigerblade said,
Tigerblade wrote:i think as a general rule, just use common sense, people. the so-called “common-man” rule. that’s a better rule for most things than a long list of formal expectations. the common sense realization should be that an IRC channel for BBB should not turn into a sex-filled chat or flame-war; that people should be fairly easily recognized as who they are; etc.As long as we do this, everyone should be fine, so I guess we really all should go by this. Then when people don’t follow, we can first give a warning, then kick, then 24 hour ban, then lifetime ban.
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