[wplug-plan] IRC problem for #wplug

[Jonathan S. Billings]

On Nov 20, 2004, at 2:54 PM, Richard Farina wrote:

> For the good of the channel, you have my whole-hearted permission to 
> ban individuals that are of to extreme detriment to the atmosphere of 
> the channel, however, this is not my solution.  I would simply prefer 
> is a user was kicked (maybe 30 minute ban) for misbehavior, depsite 
> the fact that some users can be a detriment to the channel, we should 
> encourage better behave and not just cut off people.
>
> But as I said, I would not fault you for a perma-ban in this 
> situation....
>
> -Rick Farina

Unfortunately, there are varying degrees of misbehavior that one can 
judge, and it would be up to the IRC operator to make that decisions, 
which would be purely subjective and not necessarily representative of 
the Group At Large.   One would have to continue to judge, and kick/ban 
as necessary, which is too much like babysitting, and there won't 
always be an operator around paying attention.



> At 12:53 PM 11/20/2004, you wrote:
>> I've received 3 complaints through private messages, and seen several 
>> public complaints about someone who has been hanging out in the IRC 
>> channel #wplug.  I'd like to ask the planning group about what kind 
>> of actions I should take to remedy the situation.  I've tried asking 
>> him to behave but it hasn't worked since two of these complaints came 
>> after that discussion.
>>
>> It's easy for me to simply put his IP address in my irc client's 
>> /ignore list, but I think he's bothering many people and lowering the 
>> quality of the channel.  I have the ability to kick and ban people 
>> from the channel since I'm nominally the operator for #wplug, but I 
>> don't want to dictate policy.
>>
>>
>> Jonathan S. Billings <billings at negate.org>
>>
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