[wplug-plan] IRC problem for #wplug

[Richard Farina]

Hence the reason I said that I wouldn't blame you for a perma-ban :-)

-Rick Farina

At 03:00 PM 11/20/2004, Jonathan S. Billings wrote:

>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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