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====== #Defocus ====== | ====== #Defocus ====== | ||
+ | ...is a channel full of pretty okay < | ||
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+ | ===== Subject matter ===== | ||
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+ | The subject of #defocus can change quite quickly. | ||
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+ | ===== Rules ===== | ||
+ | ==== Generalities ==== | ||
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+ | - The ops will always try to make reasonable decisions with the goal of preventing the channel from sucking. | ||
+ | - Follow the spirit of the rules, not the letter. | ||
+ | - All rules have an implicit " | ||
+ | - These rules will change if a change is called for. | ||
+ | - Saying something " | ||
+ | - The ops can and will break all of these rules and get away with it. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Insta-bans ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | //You get a ban. Keep doing it, you get a kline.// | ||
+ | |||
+ | - Clear-cut spam: sending the same line, meaningless lines, advertising lines, et cetera over and over to the channel. | ||
+ | - Statements which are completely hurtful and have no other value. | ||
+ | - Auto-joining after a kick: if you are kicked for a non-joke reason and automatically re-join the channel, you will very likely line yourself up for a short temporary ban to make the kick stick. | ||
+ | - Ban evasion. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Insta-kick offences ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | //You get a kick. Keep doing it, you get a ban.// | ||
+ | |||
+ | - [[http:// | ||
+ | - Failing the Turing test. No new bots are allowed, and people whose output is so inane that they can't be distinguished from bots are not wanted. | ||
+ | - Conceivably accidental or non-malicious spam: pasting something into channel which is long enough that you have time to get kicked before it finishes pasting. | ||
+ | - Misleading other users into thinking you're someone else by means you could reasonably have predicted - that is, either it's on purpose or you should have known better. | ||
+ | - Getting on a soapbox in the channel about your disagreement with an op's decisions. | ||
+ | - CAPS LOCK IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. HOLDING DOWN THE SHIFT KEY IS EVEN WORSE. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Bad form ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | //Our collective hate is selective and predictable. | ||
+ | |||
+ | - Borderline spam: for example, rambling for a long time when no one is responding or participating. | ||
+ | - Advertising other IRC networks/ | ||
+ | - Being rude without being funny. | ||
+ | - Posting NSFW links without marking them as such. Yes, even when it seems obvious from the URL. | ||
+ | - Using chatspeak: | ||
+ | - Similarly, don't censor yourself with asterisks. | ||
+ | - Forcing everyone to notice when you're away and back. Using a script which announces this in channel will get you kicked or knocked out (like any other visible script). | ||
+ | - In general, if someone asks you not to do something because it bothers them, stop. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Other rules ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | - No discussion of how to forcibly ground planes safely. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== What to do if you object to a kick or ban ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | - If you want to discuss a decision made by one of the ops, private message the op in question. | ||
+ | - If you have a problem with a specific op which you don't feel you can resolve directly with that person, private message another op about your concerns. | ||
+ | - Most of the time, we confer before making major decisions for the channel. | ||
+ | - If you get on one op's case about something, we'll all take it into account when dealing with you in the future. | ||
+ | - If one of us says no, don't turn around and ask someone else. It's obvious you're just looking for someone to say yes, and it's no more effective than bothering the same op over and over. The difference is that you annoy a lot more of us this way. | ||
+ | - Conference notwithstanding, | ||
+ | - The important thing in getting what you want is not to make sure we understand just how outraged, important, or even obsequious you are. Those things are irritating, and irritated people are less helpful. |