Forum:Internet Relay Chat basics

Hello. If you've somehow managed to find your way here, chances are that you're thinking about joining the wiki's IRC channel. The IRC is a handy online chatroom used for social purposes, such as Council meetings, weekly events, and Wiki-Fests. Users also log on daily to chat with one another about the wiki and other off-site topics.

Listening to the Operators
The first thing you should do is pay attention to the operators. The operators in the IRC channel are, in fact, the wiki's administrators, rollbacks and bureaucrats. Don't know who they are? Check out the list below!

Operators may sometimes be users that aren't staff on the wiki. If you are kicked from the wiki's chatroom by an operator, it may be because they felt as if you were exhibiting inappropriate behavior, such as:


 * Annoying or harassing another user.
 * Entering the chat with more than one account.
 * Making threatening or malicious statements.
 * Spamming (saying something more than three times in a row) or flooding the chatroom.
 * Posting links to inappropriate websites, such as pornography or trojans.
 * Using inappropriate language.

If you are given operator status, even momentarily, this usually indicates that you are a trusted user. Abusing operator privileges may dissolve the trust that the normal operators have in you. If you are an operator, you have the ability to perform the following actions; kicking a user, banning a user, changing the topic, or setting the channel modes.

Often, you may see that one of the administrators, rollbacks and bureaucrats automatically get operator status without anyone giving it to them. This is due to the fact that the wiki's staff can get op when they log in. In #TDWIKI-RP, if TDIFan13 is in the chatroom, Op can also be gained.

Name Changes, Actions, and Joining
To change your name, do this:

So if I enter: /nick ThePerson "(Name) is now known as ThePerson."

PLEASE NOTE: When you change your name, please do not make it anything that isn't respectful and don't make it something that has a swear in it. Things said in the Total Drama series for Teletoon is allowed. Otherwise, no. WTF is also allowed with the letters WTF only.

To show an action, do this:

So if I enter: /me wants ice cream. It will show up as " ThePerson wants ice cream. "

To join a different channel, do this:

/join (insert desired channel here) So if I enter:

I will be in channel TDWIKI-RP in less than a second.

Only Ops:

To change the topic, do this:

So if I enter It will show up as " ThePerson changed the topic to Roleplay. "

Private Chat
You can use private chat in order to take to one individual from the chatroom. To do this, you need to double click on their name in the right sidebar and a new chatroom will appear for you to talk to them privately. You can also enter  and you will be taken to a separate screen to talk to this user privately. If you disobey any rules in this, the other person may alert someone with Op in order to enforce the rules.

Private Chat can come in handy in roleplay and any other circumstances where you wish to tell only one person something. Most users refer to the as PM.

Easy to Understand Words
Sometimes, words won't be easy to understand. Here, in alphabetical order, are short words that are considered "slang." Swear words are an issue, as well. Words such as "gay," "lesbian," or any other sexual words must be used responsibly. If you were to call someone gay when they were actually not as a way of insulting them, you will be kicked. Other sexual words may be used if you use them responsibly. Please do not say any swear words that were not said in Total Drama.

C o l o r s
Think that the thin black font is boring? No problem! Right underneath the list of people in the IRC you'll see a color palette. Click a color, and click the bold 'a' next to the palette. This way, you'll be unique and you're writing will stand out! Try not to use colors that have already been used for two reasons.
 * It'll be harder to tell who's typing what.
 * People don't like it when you use their color.
 * Also, it may be for you own benefit that you change your color, as nearly half the people on the IRC chat use black font color.

There are colors: black, navy , green , red , brown , violet , orange , white (please don't use that), yellow (please don't use that), lime , teal , aqua , pink , blue , gray and light gray (please don't use that).

You can also make text bold and or underline text also as these colors. Try to use bold like everyone else in the IRC. It is really easy to see!

Backgrounds
To use a background, do the following (don't use the pipes [|], they're only being used to separate):

Ctrl+'K'|Number For Font|Comma|Number For Background|Text

These are the numbers:

0 = White

1 = Black

2 = Dark Blue

3 = Green

4 = Red

5 = Brown

6 = Purple

7 = Orange

8 = Yellow

9 = Lime

10 = Navy

11 = Light Blue

12 = Blue

13 = Pink

14 = Gray

15 = Light Gray

Emoticons
This is the fun part! We've all used smiles. Here are some basics:

Flooding and Spamming
If you start spamming and flooding, you will be kicked. Repeating something more than three times in a row is considered spamming, and if you continue to repeat yourself multiple times then you will be kicked. If you don't get kicked or banned, you'll lose your IRC connection and be out of the IRC. You can return though but be careful to not flood.

You are also not allowed to advertise chatrooms of users currently banned from the wiki.

Also, if the admins and council feel that a user who frequents the IRC is not and has never been making an active contribution to the wiki they have the right to request they leave.

Connect to Freenode
IRC

These are the basics. Have fun in the IRC!