Forum:Internet Relay Chat basics

This is a basic tutorial for those of you who are new to the IRC! If you would like to, click here and follow along these simple steps.

Listening to the Admins
The first thing you should do is pay attention to the admins. Imagine them as the IRC moderators. Don't know who the admins are? The admins of the wiki are:


 * Bbhinton15 (commonly referred to as BB).
 * His username is "Bbhinton15", but it also may be "BB" or "BB15". Usually uses neon blue font.


 * Bigez620 (commonly referred to as "Bigez").
 * His username is "Bigez620", but it also may be "Bubbles". Usually uses lime font.


 * Jam7 (commonly referred to as "Jam").
 * Her username is "Jam7", but it also may be "Ham7" or "Jammeh". Co-president of the Wiki, usually uses pink font.


 * Kgman04 (commonly referred to as "Kg").
 * His username is "Kgman04", but it also may be "Kg". Co-president of the Wiki, usually uses brown font.


 * Nalyd Renrut (commonly referred to as "Nalyd").
 * His username is "NalydRenrut", but it also may be "Nalyd", "Renny", or sometimes "OwenFan95". Usually uses green font.


 * Webkinz Mania (commonly referred to as "WM").
 * His username is "WebkinzMania", but it also may be "Webby". Usually uses black font.

Ops
Ops are the people with an @ symbol next to their name. Ops are usually only the admins (sometimes rollbacks if), unless there is some sort of special occasion. Ops can kick you from the IRC, and if they kick you, they have a good reason to.


 * Rude Behavior.
 * Cursing, annoying other users, swearing.
 * Spamming, flooding.
 * Threatening others.
 * Blurting out the council room's name and if you go to the council room and don't have permission and you are not in council.
 * Having more than one account in the chat as long as it's not an admin/IP checker.

If you kick one of the staff members from the wiki, you will lose your op. To kick people, right click your mouse under the person's username. You will see: Kick, Ban, and Kick and Ban. Kicking is just to kick them, they can return with that username. Banning is a ban so they can't return with that username (unless they are unbanned). Kicking and banning is to kick them and ban that username. If you need to kick, ban or kick and ban, always remember to right click under the person's username.

To Op someone, right click your mouse under the person's username and you will see Op, click it. After that the user has @ (aka: Op). To De-Op someone, right click your mouse under the person's username and you will find De-Op and you will De-Op them. If you need to op or de-op, always remember to right click under the person's username. Banned users that are in an indefinite ban can't come to the IRC, since you are banned and not allowed to come.

Ever since the channel #TDWIKI was registered, Op can now be automatically gained if the admins of the wiki are in the chatroom. In #TDWIKI-RP, if TDIFan13 is in the chatroom, Op can also be automatically gained. If one of these are not in the chatroom you're in, everyone in the chatroom will have to leave until they return or when op is regained.

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

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

/nick (insert desired name here)

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:

/me (insert words here) So if I enter: /me is wanting ice cream. It will show up as " ThePerson is wanting ice cream. "

To join a different channel, do this:

/join (insert desired channel here) So if I enter: /join TDWIKI-RP I will be in channel TDWIKI-RP in less than a second.

Only Ops:

To change the topic, do this:

/topic #(Channel Name) (Topic) So if I enter /topic #TDWIKI-RP RoleplayIt 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. 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.

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

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. A list of inappropriate words are located in this forum. 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.

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.

These are the basics. Have fun in the IRC!