On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 09:46, Paul Mison wrote: > On 26/11/2002 at 00:44 +0000, Dirk Koopman wrote: > > >As a matter of interest, having just become a #london.pm virgin this > >evening, why is [nearly] everybody op'd? > > So we can set the topic, mainly. And as mutually asssured destruction > if anyone goes nuts. > > >Is the fact that a newbie isn't > >an op part of the problem? What is going on here? > > We need to find out who you are. If you'd said 'Hello, I'm Dirk, I've > been active on list' you're more likely to be opped than if you > appear and start asking about k-lines. (People online on the morning > of Tuesday 4th June, when someone connected to rhizomatic and > unleashed a flood of clonebots, may remember what's wrong with that > one.) [0]
K-lines? Moi? > > Once the channel is convinced you are who you say you are, and that > you're not going to go mad, you'll get ops on a per-session basis or, > once you're fully trusted, via the opbot(s). > > This should probably be worked into > http://london.pm.org/about/irc.html along with a warning that we're a > bit... less tolerant, perhaps, as a rule, on the IRC channel. Umm... yes, I think that would be an excellent idea. It might save some confusion (as well as unnecessary heat) on here if the ground rules were spelled out. > > [0] As a side note, assuming we'll read your real name out of /whois > probably isn't enough. You may as well do the introduction too. Assuming I am actually bothered, which I am probably not. There are one or two people that I know (and who know me, viz: Mr Wetters and Ginger Dave) and that's about it. Op me if you like or not... it's cool, whatever... I am not sufficiently into IRC to really care one way or the other. I use it purely to communicate and keep up to date with the latest gossip. I was just interested, that's all... Dirk -- Please Note: Some Quantum Physics Theories Suggest That When the Consumer Is Not Directly Observing This Product, It May Cease to Exist or Will Exist Only in a Vague and Undetermined State.
