Monday, April 03, 2006
Reasons
Why do ops remove people from the channel?
The main reason why ops take action in a channel is to ensure users and visitors that the channel itself is what people expect it to be, this has been predifined by operators and users over time.
Here are some specific reasons why you can be blocked from the channel:1. Violence
Threats of violence against channel users and nonusers, this includes inciting violence.
2: Use of ad hominem.
Click here for nizkor.orgs definition of adhominem.
3: Derogatory language
Use of derogatory epithets, be they personal, racial, religious or other.
Click here for Dictionary.coms definition of epithet
NOTE: a list of racial epithets to avoid, can be found here
4: Exessive control chars
Posting in ALL CAPS, excessive use of boldface, underline, colours, or any other methods of making your posts irritating to look at.
5: Flooding
i.e. repetitive postings. This also includes cutting and pasting text to the channel, unless it is limited to no more than 4 posts per 10 minutes.
6: Spamming
hIncludes advertising of other sites when it is not relevant to an ongoing discussion. This also includes political slogans, i.e., phrases that are or might be used by a political organisation to advertise their goals (e.g., Australians for Australians, Put The Liberals Last, etc.)
7: Discussion of channel issues in the channel itself
If you disagree with how the channel is run, or want to contribute ideas on how its should be run or other channel operation questions, send a private message to an op.
8: Not backing up your statements with 'proof'.
If a statement is made and needs to be supported, it is the statement maker's responsibility to either back it up with argument, cite references or find the supporting documentation.
9: Language
English is the language of the channel. Continuous use of any language other than English (for example, more than one consecutive post at a time) is generaly not appropriate.
10:Identity theft
Use of a nick regularly used by a another chatter to disguise yourself or to represent yourself as that person.
11: Evading actions of channel operators
Evading a ban or a devoice will get you banned longer.
12: Lameness
This includes such behaviour as trawling the channel for personal information, being a pervert and persistently talking about subjects that don't have anything to do with the channels theme.
13: Use of language that is generally not appropriate to be used in the presence of minors
this includes swearing, sexual innuendos and violent language.
14: Interupting chatters.
Take time to pick up the current topic of conversation if there is one before contributing.
15: Quoting from other irc sources other than #politics
Referring to private messages or chats on other channels, We have no proof of what goes on in private msg or other channels.
16: Direct insults or name calling
Lets keep the underhanded ones to a minimum, this includes calling people stupid or idiot ect. (this was taken from #newsgarden rules on undernet... thanks.) It is number 2 but it sometimes needs to be spelled out.
17: Making the channel your own lounge room
Not everyone that uses the chat room knows the history of what everyone has said, so keep ongoing chats between regular users in other channels and save #politics for political input, keep topics not related to the channel theme in another channel.
