On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, MJ Ray wrote: > Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > (A +q silences the individual in question, while allowing them to > > remain on the channel.) > > +q is a bizarre "half-ban" flag which doesn't appear in many (any?) > IRC newbie guides, confuses some software and used to give inciting > error messages on freenode like "the gods have taken your voice > away" (I have an unstable internet link today, so I haven't checked > now). Please don't use it on newcomers.
The alternative is to ban and remove them outright. I prefer using +q, and I plan on continuing to use it, and advising other operators to use it as well. http://freenode.net/using_the_network.shtml has the documentation about this flag, and is where we point anyone who asks about exactly what happened. [I will be puting in a notice so that people who get silenced like this will have an explanation, but not using a useful tool because it's possibly confusing is silly.] Don Armstrong -- There is no such thing as "social gambling." Either you are there to cut the other bloke's heart out and eat it--or you're a sucker. If you don't like this choice--don't gamble. -- Robert Heinlein _Time Enough For Love_ p250 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
