SoylentNews - User contributions [en]

WhosWho

2020-07-27T02:40:51Z

Juggs:

In the interest of getting questions to the right people on via email or IRC, this is a summary of who is involved in SoylentNews. If you'd like to work with a team directly, try the [[TeamPages]].
==Team Contacts==

Teams are guided by leaders that may occasionally change. Teams can always be contacted directly at the following addresses:

*dev (at) SoylentNews.org ([[#Development|Development]])
*editors (at) SoylentNews.org ([[#Editors|Editors]])
*suggestions (at) soylentNews.org ([[#Community Support|Community Support]])
*wiki (at) SoylentNews.org ([[#Wiki|Wiki]])
*ircqueries (at) SoylentNews.org ([[#IRC|IRC]])
*style (at) SoylentNews.org ([[#Style|Style/User Experience]])
*art (at) SoylentNews.org ([[#Art|Art]])

==The Man Behind The Curtain==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| NCommander
| Site-wide responsibility
| UTC-5*
Has a sleep disorder, hours are erratic
|}

==Administration==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| mattie_p
| General Manager/Head Team Leader/Lead Cat herder
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| [[User:mrcoolbp|mrcoolbp]]
| [[CommunitySupport]]
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|}

==Development==

{{#lst:Development|whoarewe}}

==Sysops==

{{#lst:SystemAdministration|whoarewe}}

==Style/User Experience==

{{#lst:UserExperience|whoarewe}}

==Editors==

{{#lst:Editors|whoweare}}

==Community Support==

{{#lst:CommunitySupport|whoarewe}}

==Wiki==

{{#lst:Wiki|whoarewe}}

==IRC==

{{#lst:IRC|whoarewe}}

==QA==

{{#lst:QA|whoarewe}}

==Notes==
<references />

File:SN PBC 2014 BS.pdf

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SoylentNews Balance Sheet 2014

File:SoylentNews PBC 2014 Balance Sheet.pdf

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Juggs: SoylentNews Balance Sheet 2014

SoylentNews Balance Sheet 2014

Beryllium

2016-09-20T23:40:05Z

Juggs: /* IRC Services */

{{#lst:SystemAdministration/Special:Includes|server_header}}
== Description ==

This server is a Linode 2G server running Centos 6.5 which functions as the primary misc services machine and as the primary IRC server. The IRC server address is: irc.soylentnews.org and it's available at port 6667 for non-ssl users and 6697 for SSL users. It houses all of the other IRC related services as well as the url shortener at http://sylnt.us.

== Services running on this host ==

<section begin=services />
* Charybdis, IRC server, http://irc.soylentnews.org - port 6667, 6697(SSL)
* Atheme, IRC services
* Iris, IRC web chat, http://chat.soylentnews.org - port 3989, forwarded from 80 by [[#Apache |apache]]
* Various bots, [[#IRC Services| See IRC Services]]
* ZNC, IRC bouncer for staff, http://irc.soylentnews.org - port 60000
* Yourls, URL shorener service on http://sylnt.us - port 80
* MySQL, used for Yourls.
* [[SystemAdministration/Server/Beryllium/MySQL|MySQL]]
* [[SystemAdministration/Server/Beryllium/Postfix|Postfix]]
* [[SystemAdministration/Server/Beryllium/Mailman|Mailman]]
* [[SystemAdministration/Server/Beryllium/Dovecot|Dovecot]]
* [[SystemAdministration/Server/Beryllium/Apache|Apache2/httpd]]
* OpenSSH
* ntpd
<section end=services />

Please add any services that aren't listed here yet.

== Basic Information ==

This node's ip address: 72.14.184.41

Services set to run at startup (can be restarted via /etc/init.d/<script>):

*postfix - SMTP server, handles incoming and outgoing mail.
*dovecot - IMAP server and mail delivery agent.
*mailmain - listserv, this is just the qrunner service which picks up stuff in the queue to mail out.
*saslauthd - Mail authentication.
*mysqld - mysql databases
*httpd - apache webserver running multiple virtualhosts

Currently, mechanicjay, robind, ncommander, xlefay, and funpika have ssh access to this box.

== Apache Config ==
All vhost configs are in /etc/httpd/conf.d/<servicename>.soylentnews.org.conf
All vhost wwwroots are in /var/www/vhosts/<servicename> (except IRC and Dev ones)
--mailman (lists.soylentnews.org) is the exception since that was installed as a system package via yum

Current virtual hosts:
*lists
*postfixadmin
*wiki
*forums
*webmail (squirrelmail install)
*rt (not currently active)
*000_default (nothing to see here page if no or unrecognized host header is passed)
*chat (redirect to atheme iris server on port 3989)
*irc-stats (/home/sylnt/public_html/stats)
*irc-logs (/home/sylnt/public_html/logs)
*sylnt.us (/srv/sylnt.us YOURLS shortener service)
*vm (/srv/vm.soylentnews.org throttled vhost for Dev VM image)

== Mysql ==
Just a basic mysql install.

Current databases:
*postfix -- handles mail accounts -- all mail services auth against this db
*wiki
*forums
*rt
*yourls

== Mail Config ==

This is a nightmare, and will have to spend some time figuring out how to document it in a sane way.

==IRC Services==

<section begin=ircops />
IRC services are now served up by beryllium. The core IRC services as well as several bots live on this server. They are mostly run from the sylnt user account out of /home/sylnt/

Start and stop scripts are in the ~/bin directory. start.all and stop.all will start and stop each of the services below with the appropriate script in a proper order. start.all is also set in sylnt's crontab to start at reboot. Individual services can be stopped or started with the appropriate script stop.service or start.service where .service is replaced with the suffix listed in the table below.

The services each have a cron.service script, also in ~/bin, that monitors that the service is running and restarts it if it does not find it. This is done by monitoring the pid, set at startup, and seeing if the job is still running. cron.all is run at 10 minute intervals from sylnt's crontab as well.

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="6"|'''IRC Services'''
|-
| style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''Service'''
| style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''Description'''
| style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''Path'''
| style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''DNS'''
| style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''Ports'''
| style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''start/stop/cron suffix'''
|-
| Charybids 3.5.2
| ircd services
| ~/charybdis
| irc.soylentnews.org
| 6667, 6697(ssl)
| .charybdis
|-
| Atheme Services 7.2.6
| a modular IRC Services package
| ~/atheme-services
| internal only
|
| .atheme
|-
| Atheme Iris
| web frontend for IRC
| ~/atheme-iris
| chat.soylentnews.org
| 3989 (forwarded from 80)
| .iris
|-
| Bender
| jsonbot bot
| ~/.jsb
| internal only
|
| .bender
|-
| Loggie
| logging bot
| ~/logbot
| logs.sylnt.us
| 80
| .loggie
|-
| NerdRPG
| local Idle RPG
| ~/nerdrpg
| internal only
|
| .nerdrpg
|-
| Regurgitator
| local RSS aggregator based on Eggdrop
| ~/irc-bots/Regurgitator
| internal only
|
| .regurgitator
|-
| WikIRC
| wiki log bot
| ~/wikirc
| internal only
|
| .wikirc
|-
| ZNC
| IRC Bouncer service (n.b. repo install, config in sylnt home)
| ~/.znc
| internal only
|
| .znc
|}

All of /home/sylnt/ started out as a copy from the original server xlefay setup on his systems. No new files were added to this, only certain services need to be recompiled. Source files for most of the services are found in ~/source, and copies of the original services that ran on original server are in ~/OLD. Test compiles of some of the services were moved to ~/test before bring up the current versions.

Charybdis was compiled with ./configure --prefix=/home/sylnt/charybdis/ --enable-epoll --enable-openssl --enable-ipv6 --disable-assert. Atheme was compiled with $ ./configure --prefix=/home/sylnt/atheme-services. Iris was configure by running ./compile from the ~/atheme-iris directory. The bots did not require a recompile from what was transferred from original server.

Config files were adjusted to set the proper ip addresses for the new server (both IPv4 and IPv6) and to adjust the staff who had admin access.
<section end=ircops />

== System Packages ==

Stuff that was installed from yum will go here

[[Category:SystemAdministration/Servers]]

IRC Admin Guide

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Juggs: /* Useful Links */

== Information for Sysops / IRC admins ==

=== Server Related Info ===

{{#lst:Beryllium|ircops}}

== Information for IRC Operators ==

=== Useful Links ===

* [http://www.stack.nl/~jilles/irc/charybdis-oper-guide Charybdis IRC Ops Guide]
* [https://github.com/atheme/atheme/wiki Atheme Services Wiki Pages at Github]

IRC links

2016-08-02T00:29:09Z

Juggs:

Links that used to be in the topic in #soylent on IRC that were moved here to avoid cluttering it.

*IRC Logs: http://logs.sylnt.us/
*IRC Stats: http://stats.sylnt.us/pisg/index.html
*IRC General: http://wiki.soylentnews.org/wiki/IRC
*Wiki: [[SoylentNews]]
*Code: http://sylnt.us/code
*Got bugs? http://sylnt.us/bugs
*Get Involved: [[SoylentNews#Get_Involved]]
*Who's Who: [[WhosWho]]
*Submit Stories: http://sylnt.us/submit
*Latest code and testing on Dev Server: http://sylnt.us/dev

[[Category:IRC]]

IRC

2016-08-01T23:11:53Z

Juggs: /* Bots */

Contact '''chat@soylentnews.org''' if you are interested in working on one of these projects. Also, the [[SoylentNews:IRC|IRC Page]] has information about getting started with IRC, and the [[IRCVision|IRC vision]] is worth checking out.

==Who we are==
<section begin=whoarewe />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[IRC|IRC Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| [[User:xlefay|xlefay]]
| Co-team leader
| UTC+2 (CEST)
|-
| [[User:juggs|juggs]]
| Co-team leader
| UTC+1 (BST)
|-
| [[User:paulej72|paulej72]]
| Member
| UTC-4 (EDT)
|-
| [[User:FunPika|FunPika]]
| Member
| UTC-4 (EDT)
|-
| [[User:Landon|Landon]]
| Retired Member
| ?
|-
|}
<section end=whoarewe />

[[IRC links]]

==Current Projects==

===Chat bot (Python)===
* ELIZA module that uses Futurama personalities (to match the bot's current nick)
* Modify bot logging to match existing formats (mIRC preferably)

===Services (C)===
* Single sign on against the website (coordinate with NCommander)
* Get the web IRC to use the website's sessions to sign in

===Documentation===
* Quick-Start/How-to guide for staff members (.op .topic nickserv commands etc.)

===Misc bots===
* Anyone wanting to join existing bot development projects should contact the developer(s) noted below.

===IRC Games===
* NerdRPG

==Dependencies==
*servers
*bots

[[Category:Teams]]
[[Category:IRC]]

==Channels==

===Official channels===

* Official channels are usually safe for work / kids / family.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Channel !! Description !! Maintained by
|-
| #soylent || General chat/lobby, mostly family-friendly || All SoylentNews Staff
|-
| #staff || Public Staff channel - Everyone's welcome to join, but messages from non-voiced are only send to the ops in the channel || All SoylentNews Staff.
|-
| #editorial || The home of the SoylentNews editors, here you can volunteer for duty, report typo's & ask for submission tips and the like. || Editors & IRC Staff.
|-
| #dev || The home of and for developers that help develop our fork of SlashCode. || Development team & IRC staff.
|-
| #help || This is the IRC help channel, where IRC operators and others provide help and answer any questions related to IRC you may have. || IRC Staff.
|-
| #sysops || This is the Sysops homefront, where most of the magic happens. We maintain the servers and services. || Sysops & IRC Staff.
|-
| #wiki || This is the Wiki's channel, nothing much happens here except for a bot reporting our every edit on the wiki! || IRC Staff.
|-
| #irpg || This is our "nerdRPG"'s (our fork of idleRPG) channel, feel free to idle along! || IRC Staff.
|-
| #test || Main testing chambers, feel free to test anything in here (just be friendly & be considerative) || IRC Staff.
|}

===Private establishments (unofficial)===

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Channel !! NSFW !! Description !! Maintained by
|-
| ## || yes || mostly about bacon and stuff || team-bacon ([[User:kobach|kobach]], [[User:xlefay|xlefay]])
|-
| # || yes || the batcave; bot testing/borking, random chaos, exec's home || [[User:Alberto|Alberto]]
|-
| #derp || || aqu4bot's origin and the portal to Universe 2. Bring own peanut butter. || [[User:Subsentient|Subsentient]]
|-
| #sublight || || Sublight's bot home ground || [[User:xlefay|xlefay]]
|-
| #rss-bot || no || various rss/atom feeds || [[User:juggs|juggs]]
|-
| #debug || no || bot error spew || [[User:chromas|chromas]]
|-
| #comments || no || soylentnews.org comments feed || [[User:crutchy|crutchy]]
|-
| #github || no || ~github-list repos push feed - checked every 5 mins || [[User:crutchy|crutchy]]
|}

* NSFW = not safe for work / kids /family (contains adult themes and profanity)

==Bots==
There are a few bots lurking in the Soylent IRC channels besides the services mentioned above. 
Anyone wishing to develop bots should use #test or # for testing. 
Please avoid flooding in private establishments and official channels (except #test and #). The #debug channel is used by bots for public error reporting (if dumping errors to #debug, bots should ideally be set to not respond to commands in that channel to prevent race/infinite loop conditions).

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! nick !! channels !! triggers !! devs/ops/hosts !! source !! tasks !! usage/notes
|-
| [[Aqu4bot|aqu4]] ||
* # 
* ## 
* #Soylent 
* #derp 
* #test
||
* $ 
* aqu4:
||
* [[User:Subsentient|Subsentient]] (dev/op)
|| http://github.com/Subsentient/aqu4bot ||
* Memos ($sticky) 
* Messaging ($tell) 
* Logging/user tracking 
* Channel control (in #derp)
||
* $sr 
* $seen 
* $tell 
* $help 
* $burrito
|-
| [[IRC:Bender|Bender]] ||
* #Soylent 
* ## 
* #
||
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>
||
* [[User:paulej72|paulej72]] (op)
|| ||
* karma 
* todo
||
* coffee++ 
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>whoup 
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>todo stuff 
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>uid
|-
| [[IRC:ciri|ciri]] ||
* #
|| ||
* [[User:arti|arti]]
|| ||
* Entertainment
||
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>decide yes "other stuff"
* 8ball (your question)
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>country (2 digit code) - country lookup.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>bin2dec <binary value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>binary2decimal <binary value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>decimal <binary value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>dec2bin <decimal value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>decimal2binary <decimal value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>binary <decimal value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>calc <Equation> - Calculates a mathmatical equation.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>f2c <Fahrenheit> - Fahrenheit => Celsius.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>c2f <Celsius> - Celsius => Fahrenheit.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>ft2m <Feet> - Feet => Meters.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>m2ft <Meters> - Meters => Feet.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>mi2km <Miles> - Miles => Kilometers.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>km2mi <Kilometers> - Kilometers => Miles.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>lb2kgl <Pounds> - Pounds => Kilograms.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>kg2lb <Kilograms> - Kilograms => Pounds.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>word - word scramble game.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>idle - see who is idle.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>g (term) - google something.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>google (.countrycode) (term) - google something.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>google [.google.country.code] [define:|spell:]
* <search terms> <1+1> <1 cm in ft> <patent ##>
* <weather city|zip> <??? airport>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>images [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>groups [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>news [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>local [.google.country.code] <what> near <where>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>book [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>video [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>fight <word(s) one> vs <word(s) two>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>trans region@region <text>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>gamespot <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>gamefaqs <system> in <region>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>blog [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>ebay [.ebay.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>ebayfight <word(s) one> vs <word(s) two>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>wikipedia [.2-digit-country-code] <search terms>[#subtag]
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>wikimedia [.www.wikisite.org[/wiki]] <search terms>[#subtag]
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>locate <ip or hostmask>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>review <gamename> [@ <system>]
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>torrent <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>best <system>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>worst <system>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>rgb2hex (r:XXX g:XXX b:XXX) - converts rgb value to hex.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>hex2rgb (XXXXXX) - converts hex color value to rgb.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>roll (1dX) - rolls a X sided die (1d4, 2d6).
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>disc - discworld quotes
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>dict (word) - dictionary, word lookup via princeton.edu.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>dailymotion <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>ign <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>myspace <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>trends [.google.country.code] <YYYY-MM-DD>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>dawn - random dawn of war quote.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>bofh - random BOfH quote.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>duke - random duke nukem quote.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>coffee - order coffee for you or someone.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>coke - order coffee for you or someone.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>icecream - shows menu.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>order (nick) (something) - shows menu.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>pizza - shows menu.
|-
| [[IRC:exec|exec]] ||
* # 
* #comments 
* #debug 
* #github
||
* ~
||
* [[User:cmn32480|cmn32480]] (op) 
* [[User:Crutchy|crutchy]] (admin/dev) 
* [[User:chromas|chromas]] (admin)
|| http://sylnt.us/execsrc || ||
* SN comments feed (in #comments) 
* GitHub events feed (in #github) 
* refer to [[IRC:exec#Quick_start|quick start guide]]
|-
| [[IRC:Loggie|Loggie]] ||
* #Soylent
|| ||
* [[User:xlefay|xlefay]]
|| ||
* logging to logs.sylnt.us
||
* /invite Loggie
|-
| [[IRC:monopoly|Hedonismbot]] ||
* #
* #Soylent
||
* =
||
* [[User:chromas|chromas]] (dev/op)
|| ||
* link title output
||
|-
| [[IRC:NerdRPG|NerdRPG]] ||
* #irpg
|| || || ||
* outputs game data
||
|-
| [[IRC:MrPlow|MrPlow]] ||
* #Soylent 
* #test
||
* ; 
||
* [[User:TheMightyBuzzard|The Mighty Buzzard]] (dev/op)
|| ||
* Translate to Klingon 
* Get staff attention 
* Get help with commands 
* Get local weather 
* Set #weather location 
* Get time/date/channel/message of the last time someone spoke 
* Have a libertarian debate 
||
* #klingon 
* #battlestations 
* #help 
* #weather
* #weatheradd 
* #seen 
* #socialist 
|-
| [[IRC:perlbot|perlbot]] || || ||
* [[User:Konomi|Konomi]] (dev/op)
|| || ||
|-
| [[IRC:PlowKing|PlowKing]] || || ||
* [[User:TheMightyBuzzard|The Mighty Buzzard]] (dev/op)
|| || ||
|-
| [[IRC:Regurgitator|Regurgitator]] ||
* #rss-bot
* #soylent
||
* !rss
||
* [[User:juggs|juggs]] (op)
||
Eggdrop v1.8.0+fixbotnetloop http://www.egghelp.org/files.htm 
rss-synd v0.6 plugin https://github.com/eggtcl/rss-synd
||
* various rss / atom feeds
* logging only in #soylent for pisg stats
||
* #rss-bot !rss to see all feeds. !<feed> to see individual feed contents. Idle in channel to see all feeds.
* #soylent see pisg output here: http://stats.sylnt.us/pisg/index.html
|-
| [[SedBot]] || || ||
* [[User:FoobarBazbot|FoobarBazbot]] (dev/op)
|| https://github.com/FoobarBazbot/sedbot ||
* message correction
||
* s/old/new/ 
* nick: s/old/new/
|-
| [[IRC:SoylentMUD|SoylentMUD]] || || ||
* [[User:mattie_p|mattie_p]]
|| || ||
|-
| [[IRC:sublight|sublight]] || || ||
* [[User:xlefay|xlefay]] (dev/op)
|| || ||
|-
| [[IRC:tama|tama]] ||
* #
|| ||
* [[User:arti|arti]] (op)
|| || ||
|-
| [[WikiRC|WikiRC]] ||
* #wiki
|| ||
* [[User:FunPika|FunPika]]
|| ||
* wiki events feed
||
|-
| [[IRC:exec|x]] ||
* #debug 
* #crutchy
||
* ~
||
* [[User:Crutchy|crutchy]] (op/dev) 
* [[User:chromas|chromas]] (admin)
|| http://sylnt.us/execsrc || ||
* exec development
|}

===Bot projects / task ideas===

* [[IRCiv]] is currently under development for the exec bot and is intended to be a civilization-like building game played on IRC.
* a Soylent PBC board meeting assistant script is currently under development for the exec bot, intended for minute taking and publishing on the wiki. See [[IRC:exec#Meeting_assistant]] for more details.
* an IRC voting system. refer to [[IRC:exec#Proposed_IRC_voting_system]] for details.
* returning data from the SoylentNews using the [[ApiDocs|SlashCode API]]
* [[IRC:exec suggestions]]

== Information for Sysops / IRC admins ==

=== Server Related Info ===

{{#lst:Beryllium|ircops}}

== Information for IRC Operators ==

=== Useful Links ===

* [http://www.stack.nl/~jilles/irc/charybdis-oper-guide Charybdis IRC Ops Guide]
* [http://atheme.net/help/7.0/ Atheme Services Help Pages]

[[Category:IRC]]

IRC links

2016-01-30T00:01:30Z

Juggs:

Links that used to be in the topic in #soylent on IRC that were moved here to avoid cluttering it.

*IRC Logs: http://logs.sylnt.us/
*IRC Stats: http://stats.sylnt.us/
*IRC General: http://wiki.soylentnews.org/wiki/IRC
*Wiki: [[SoylentNews]]
*Code: http://sylnt.us/code
*Got bugs? http://sylnt.us/bugs
*Get Involved: [[SoylentNews#Get_Involved]]
*Who's Who: [[WhosWho]]
*Submit Stories: http://sylnt.us/submit
*Latest code and testing on Dev Server: http://sylnt.us/dev

[[Category:IRC]]

IRC links

2016-01-29T23:58:13Z

Juggs:

Links that used to be in the topic in #soylent on IRC that were moved here to avoid cluttering it.

*IRC Logs: http://logs.sylnt.us/
*IRC Stats: http://stats.sylnt.us/
*IRC Bots: http://wiki.soylentnews.org/wiki/IRC#Bots
*Wiki: [[SoylentNews]]
*Code: http://sylnt.us/code
*Got bugs? http://sylnt.us/bugs
*Get Involved: [[SoylentNews#Get_Involved]]
*Who's Who: [[WhosWho]]
*Submit Stories: http://sylnt.us/submit
*Latest code and testing on Dev Server: http://sylnt.us/dev

[[Category:IRC]]

ZNC

2015-11-19T04:00:43Z

Juggs: /* ZNC Settings Inheritance */

SoylentNews runs its own IRC bouncer (ZNC) for staff use.

== What is an IRC bouncer? ==
An IRC bouncer is benign. It acts as your proxy to IRC servers of your choice, a concierge if you will. While you are away, the bouncer stays connected to all your IRC networks and channels as your representative then (optionally) tells you everything that went on while you were away.
Rather than your connection to an IRC server being client >> IRC server(s) it becomes client >> Bouncer >> IRC server(s). The nice thing is the bouncer never sleeps so Bouncer >> IRC server(s) is always maintained, the client can come and go at will. When you reconnect your IRC client to the Bouncer you can (optionally) get scrollback for all the channels you were in prior to your client disconnection.

== What is ZNC? ==
ZNC is a popular IRC bouncer. See [http://wiki.znc.in/ZNC ZNC] Along with [http://www.psybnc.at/ psyBNC] these two are the most commonly used IRC Bouncers. psyBNC seems unmaintained right now unfortunately.

== ZNC Settings Inheritance ==
As a user of ZNC you will find 3 levels of configuration options. Your Settings > Network Settings > Channel Settings.
Settings inherit from left to right in that list. i.e. if you check a module on in Your Settings it will be on in any Network or Channel you add. Hence if you are using ZNC to connect to multiple IRC networks, you probably want to keep Your Settings to a minimum and configure things on a per Network or Channel basis e.g. to be sane about the amount of scrollback you get on a busy Network or Channel. You can override this inheritance at any time by specifying details at the lower level.
n.b. If you use the chansaver module, you never need to bother with the Channel level stuff, chansaver remembers what channels you are in on any given network and maintains connection there, so there is no need to go to that level of granularity unless you really want to.
The following sections assume you will just be using the SN bouncer to connect to SN IRC, so a lot is placed into the top level settings. If you wish to connect to other Networks using the SN bouncer, you're free to do so, but note you will need to customise your nickserv settings at the Network level for each

== Setting up ZNC - for Staff ==
Assumptions at this point are that you have a SoylentNews IRC nick, have it registered with nickserv, have an irc client (rather than using the web interface) and are SN staff.. so let's get on with the nuts and bolts... 

=== Your Settings ===
* An IRC Admin will notify you of your ZNC username and initial password.
* Go to [https://irc.soylentnews.org:60000/ SN ZNC Web Interface] with a web browser and login with your shiny new ZNC credentials.
* Go to Your Settings in the right hand menu and change your password in the subsequent screen by populating the Password and Confirm password fields, scroll all the way down and hit Save.
* Probably want to go ahead and Logout & log back in with your new password at this point.

* Return to Your Settings and populate the IRC Information section (same kind of info you'd use in an IRC client).
* Scroll down to the Modules section - as a minimum you probably want chansaver and ctcpflood checked, you may want to check some of the others n.b. the name of each module is clickable to bring up a ZNC wiki page on what they each do.
* Further down the page still, in Flags - you probably want to check Prepend Timestamps - this prepends played back messages with their time/date on client reconnection after a time away.
* Nearly done - ZNC Behaviour section - probably want to set a Timezone there so replayed messages carry your localised time rather than UTC. You can also have some fun with CTCP replies. e.g.
<nowiki>CLIENTINFO No
FINGER Kinky
PING No
TIME No
USERINFO No
VERSION No
</nowiki>
* Finally... hit Save :)


=== Add the SN IRC Server as a Network ===
* First thing to note here - as soon as you hit Save in this part of the configuration, ZNC will attempt to connect as you, using your nickserv auth details, so it is imperative to drop your direct IRC Client connection before doing so.
* Go To Your Settings and hit the Add link in the Networks section. Name it Soylent for the purposes of this article... this comes in later.
* If you populated your SN IRC details at the Your Settings level you can leave much of this blank (inheritance remember). But feel free to populate the Top fields again if it satisfies an OCD itch.
* Make sure BindHost is set to ::1, Active: "Connect to IRC & automatically re-connect is checked, add ::1 +6697 in the "Servers of this IRC network:" box, set Flood Protection as you wish, it's self explanatory.
* Scroll down to Modules, at a minimum you will want chansaver, keepnick and nickserv checked. Copy / pasta your nickserv password into the box to the right of the nickserv checkbox so ZNC can authenticate as you.
* Disconnect your direct IRC Client > SN IRC server connection, then hit Save in the ZNC interface.
* All being well, at this point ZNC connects as you to the SN IRC server and sits amiably at the server channel only.

=== Connecting your IRC Client to the Bouncer ===
This section is unspecific as it is client dependent, but it basically involves adding a new connection in your IRC client. It's just the usual stuff you would configure for any new IRC network you connect to. Below are the quirks for Hexchat.
<nowiki>Servers tab: irc.soylentnews.org/60000
Check - Use SSL for all the servers on this network
Check - Accept invalid SSL certificates (self-signed cert) - Hexchat farts on self-signed certs.
Nick name: $YourZNCUserName$/Soylent (Obviously substitute your ZNC username in there)
User name: $YourZNCUserName$/Soylent (Obviously substitute your ZNC username in there)
Password: $Your ZNC passwd$
</nowiki>

* At this point you should be able to connect your IRC client to the new network you just setup and find it sitting in the server channel. If you got that far all you have to do is /j #channels to get the bouncer into your usual channels.

* Henceforth when you disconnect your client from the bouncer, the bouncer will will stay in channel for you (you can use the auto-away module if you want) and play back what went on in your abscence on re-connect.

* If you got this far, good work! It all slots into place once you have one network up and running. Now you are free to configure ZNC to your whims either by the web interface or by entering /znc while connected via the SN bouncer. You will get a PM from "status" - this article will not cover ZNC configuration via that method.

ZNC

2015-07-04T03:23:14Z

Juggs:

SoylentNews runs its own IRC bouncer (ZNC) for staff use.

== What is an IRC bouncer? ==
An IRC bouncer is benign. It acts as your proxy to IRC servers of your choice, a concierge if you will. While you are away, the bouncer stays connected to all your IRC networks and channels as your representative then (optionally) tells you everything that went on while you were away.
Rather than your connection to an IRC server being client >> IRC server(s) it becomes client >> Bouncer >> IRC server(s). The nice thing is the bouncer never sleeps so Bouncer >> IRC server(s) is always maintained, the client can come and go at will. When you reconnect your IRC client to the Bouncer you can (optionally) get scrollback for all the channels you were in prior to your client disconnection.

== What is ZNC? ==
ZNC is a popular IRC bouncer. See [http://wiki.znc.in/ZNC ZNC] Along with [http://www.psybnc.at/ psyBNC] these two are the most commonly used IRC Bouncers. psyBNC seems unmaintained right now unfortunately.

== ZNC Settings Inheritance ==
As a user of ZNC you will find 3 levels of configuration options. Your Settings > Network Settings > Channel Settings.
Settings inherit from left to right in that list. i.e. if you check a module on in Your Settings it will be on in any Network or Channel you add. Hence if you are using ZNC to connect to multiple IRC networks, you probably want to keep Your Settings to a minimum and configure things on a per Network or Channel basis e.g. to be sane about the amount of scrollback you get on a busy Network or Channel. You can override this inheritance at any time by specifying details at the lower level.
n.b. If you use the chansaver module, you never need to bother with the Channel level stuff, chansaver remembers what channels you are in on any given network and maintains connection there, so there is no need to go to that level of grabularity unless you really want to.
The following sections assume you will just be using the SN bouncer to connect to SN IRC, so a lot is placed into the top level settings. If you wish to connect to other Networks using the SN bouncer, you're free to do so, but note you will need to customise your nickserv settings at the Network level for each

== Setting up ZNC - for Staff ==
Assumptions at this point are that you have a SoylentNews IRC nick, have it registered with nickserv, have an irc client (rather than using the web interface) and are SN staff.. so let's get on with the nuts and bolts... 

=== Your Settings ===
* An IRC Admin will notify you of your ZNC username and initial password.
* Go to [https://irc.soylentnews.org:60000/ SN ZNC Web Interface] with a web browser and login with your shiny new ZNC credentials.
* Go to Your Settings in the right hand menu and change your password in the subsequent screen by populating the Password and Confirm password fields, scroll all the way down and hit Save.
* Probably want to go ahead and Logout & log back in with your new password at this point.

* Return to Your Settings and populate the IRC Information section (same kind of info you'd use in an IRC client).
* Scroll down to the Modules section - as a minimum you probably want chansaver and ctcpflood checked, you may want to check some of the others n.b. the name of each module is clickable to bring up a ZNC wiki page on what they each do.
* Further down the page still, in Flags - you probably want to check Prepend Timestamps - this prepends played back messages with their time/date on client reconnection after a time away.
* Nearly done - ZNC Behaviour section - probably want to set a Timezone there so replayed messages carry your localised time rather than UTC. You can also have some fun with CTCP replies. e.g.
<nowiki>CLIENTINFO No
FINGER Kinky
PING No
TIME No
USERINFO No
VERSION No
</nowiki>
* Finally... hit Save :)


=== Add the SN IRC Server as a Network ===
* First thing to note here - as soon as you hit Save in this part of the configuration, ZNC will attempt to connect as you, using your nickserv auth details, so it is imperative to drop your direct IRC Client connection before doing so.
* Go To Your Settings and hit the Add link in the Networks section. Name it Soylent for the purposes of this article... this comes in later.
* If you populated your SN IRC details at the Your Settings level you can leave much of this blank (inheritance remember). But feel free to populate the Top fields again if it satisfies an OCD itch.
* Make sure BindHost is set to ::1, Active: "Connect to IRC & automatically re-connect is checked, add ::1 +6697 in the "Servers of this IRC network:" box, set Flood Protection as you wish, it's self explanatory.
* Scroll down to Modules, at a minimum you will want chansaver, keepnick and nickserv checked. Copy / pasta your nickserv password into the box to the right of the nickserv checkbox so ZNC can authenticate as you.
* Disconnect your direct IRC Client > SN IRC server connection, then hit Save in the ZNC interface.
* All being well, at this point ZNC connects as you to the SN IRC server and sits amiably at the server channel only.

=== Connecting your IRC Client to the Bouncer ===
This section is unspecific as it is client dependent, but it basically involves adding a new connection in your IRC client. It's just the usual stuff you would configure for any new IRC network you connect to. Below are the quirks for Hexchat.
<nowiki>Servers tab: irc.soylentnews.org/60000
Check - Use SSL for all the servers on this network
Check - Accept invalid SSL certificates (self-signed cert) - Hexchat farts on self-signed certs.
Nick name: $YourZNCUserName$/Soylent (Obviously substitute your ZNC username in there)
User name: $YourZNCUserName$/Soylent (Obviously substitute your ZNC username in there)
Password: $Your ZNC passwd$
</nowiki>

* At this point you should be able to connect your IRC client to the new network you just setup and find it sitting in the server channel. If you got that far all you have to do is /j #channels to get the bouncer into your usual channels.

* Henceforth when you disconnect your client from the bouncer, the bouncer will will stay in channel for you (you can use the auto-away module if you want) and play back what went on in your abscence on re-connect.

* If you got this far, good work! It all slots into place once you have one network up and running. Now you are free to configure ZNC to your whims either by the web interface or by entering /znc while connected via the SN bouncer. You will get a PM from "status" - this article will not cover ZNC configuration via that method.

ZNC

2015-06-14T03:55:47Z

Juggs:

ZNC

2015-06-14T03:25:20Z

Juggs:

ZNC

2015-06-14T02:50:47Z

Juggs:

ZNC

2015-06-14T02:11:20Z

Juggs: /* Setting up ZNC - for Staff */

ZNC

2015-06-14T02:10:10Z

Juggs: /* Setting up ZNC for Staff */

ZNC

2015-06-05T02:24:31Z

Juggs:

ZNC

2015-06-05T01:55:24Z

Juggs:

SoylentNews:IRC

2015-06-04T00:44:49Z

Juggs:

SoylentNews has an IRC Channel at '''#soylent on irc.soylentnews.org/6697'''

If you do not have an IRC client installed on your machine, you can use [http://irc.sylnt.us/?channels=#soylent Our webchat]

The IRC Team's main page: '''[[IRC|IRC Team]]''', and there is a [[IRCVision|page for the "vision" for our IRC server]].

Staff ZNC bouncer configuration stuff can be found here: [[ZNC|SN Staff ZNC Bouncer]]

== IRC Clients ==

First, you'll need to select an IRC client if you haven't already. You can use our own "web chat" called [http://chat.soylentnews.org/ IRIS] or you can use Mibbit, IRCCloud or another client which you'll have to install on your computer, here's a short list of clients that are compatible with multiple Operating Systems, I've left out links since they may get outdated.

* X-Chat (on Windows, you might wish to use HexChat, which is basically X-Chat);
* irssi
* kvirc
* quassel
* chatzilla (firefox extension)

== Configuring IRC Clients ==

If you're not using a web based client (e.g. mibbit, irccloud or our own iris) you'll need to configure your client. When you first start the client, it'll often show you a dialog in which you can set your nickname, username and real name (you can also fill in something random, if you prefer) and you'll be asked to select a server to connect to.

For the moment, SoylentNews IRC isn't in the default list, so you'll have to add it. Here is the information you can use:

Network name: SoylentNews IRC
Server: irc.soylentnews.org
Port: 6667 (without SSL) and 6697 (with SSL, be sure to tick the correct field)

When you first connect to our server, you might wish to join a channel, you can do so by entering: /join #soylent [channels are prefixed with a hash mark (#)].

You can find a list of channels by entering: /list

=== Examples ===

Screenshots of setup in Xchat (Hexchat should also have a similar interface):
<gallery>
File:Xchatconnect.png
File:Xchatnetworksetup.png
File:Xchatsetup.png
</gallery>

== Registering a nickname ==
It is strongly recommended that new users register their nickname with NickServ so that others can not use it. To do this you can use the following command:
<pre>/msg NickServ REGISTER <password> <email-address></pre>
If you would like to have your IP Address/Hostname hidden from other users, you can go into the #help channel and ask about a cloak once you are logged into your NickServ account. An IRC staff member should be able to help you out.

== Useful links and tutorials ==
*[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial|Wikipedia's IRC Tutorial]] (this may be a little specific to Freenode and #wikipedia-* channels, but should still have some useful general information)
*[http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html Another tutorial on irchelp.org]
*[[IRCVision]] - Plans for SoylentNews's IRC network.

[[Category:IRC]]

ZNC

2015-05-17T05:50:39Z

Juggs:

'''What on earth is an IRC bouncer? What is ZNC? Just why?'''

* What on earth is an IRC bouncer?
It sounds like some overly muscled steroid overloaded aggressive meatsack that denies entry to a bar on spurious grounds. It's not.
An IRC bouncer is benign. It acts as your proxy to IRC servers of your choice, a concierge if you will. While you are away, the bouncer stays connected to all your IRC networks and channels as your representative then (optionally) tells you everything that went on while you were away.
Rather than your connection to an IRC server being client >> IRC server it becomes client >> Bouncer >> IRC server(s). The nice thing is Bouncer never sleeps so Bouncer >> IRC server(s) is always maintained, the client can come and go at will. When you reconnect to the Bouncer you can (electively) get scrollback for all the channels you were in prior to disconnection.

* What is ZNC?
ZNC is a popular IRC bouncer. See [http://wiki.znc.in/ZNC ZNC] Along with PsyBNC [http://www.psybnc.at/ psyBNC] these two are the most commonly used IRC Bouncers. psyBNC seems unmaintained right now unfortunately.

* Just why?
Very good question. Asked by pretty much everyone that has never used an IRC bouncer.
- Channels you want a permanent presence in without keeping your own in home computers powered up.
- Unreliable connection causing disconnections.
- Less effort! Make technology work for you.

'''SN's ZNC Bouncer for Staff'''
SoylentNews runs its own bouncer on the same server that the IRC daemon runs on. This allows staff to remain in channels even when they are physically away so that they can avail themselves of scrollback on their return.

Staff are welcome to use the SN bouncer for other networks, but given you have to surrender your nickserv password to the bouncer to act on your behalf, something something on your own recognisance be it. 

Assumptions at this point are that you have a SoylentNews IRC nick, have it registered.. so let's get on with the nuts and bolts... 

THIS IS ARTICLE NEEDS A LOT OF WORK! :D

ZNC

2015-05-17T05:24:19Z

Juggs: Created page with "'''What on earth is an IRC bouncer? What is ZNC? Just why?''' * What on earth is an IRC bouncer? It sounds like some overly muscled steroid overloaded aggressive meatsack tha..."

SoylentNews:IRC

2015-05-17T04:29:10Z

Juggs:

SoylentNews has an IRC Channel at '''#soylent on irc.soylentnews.org/6697'''

If you do not have an IRC client installed on your machine, you can use [http://irc.sylnt.us/?channels=#soylent Our webchat]

The IRC Team's main page: '''[[IRC|IRC Team]]''', and there is a [[IRCVision|page for the "vision" for our IRC server]].

Staff ZNC bouncer configuration stuff can be found here: [[ZNC|SN Staff ZNC Bouncer Setup]]

== IRC Clients ==

First, you'll need to select an IRC client if you haven't already. You can use our own "web chat" called [http://chat.soylentnews.org/ IRIS] or you can use Mibbit, IRCCloud or another client which you'll have to install on your computer, here's a short list of clients that are compatible with multiple Operating Systems, I've left out links since they may get outdated.

* X-Chat (on Windows, you might wish to use HexChat, which is basically X-Chat);
* irssi
* kvirc
* quassel
* chatzilla (firefox extension)

== Configuring IRC Clients ==

If you're not using a web based client (e.g. mibbit, irccloud or our own iris) you'll need to configure your client. When you first start the client, it'll often show you a dialog in which you can set your nickname, username and real name (you can also fill in something random, if you prefer) and you'll be asked to select a server to connect to.

For the moment, SoylentNews IRC isn't in the default list, so you'll have to add it. Here is the information you can use:

Network name: SoylentNews IRC
Server: irc.soylentnews.org
Port: 6667 (without SSL) and 6697 (with SSL, be sure to tick the correct field)

When you first connect to our server, you might wish to join a channel, you can do so by entering: /join #soylent [channels are prefixed with a hash mark (#)].

You can find a list of channels by entering: /list

=== Examples ===

Screenshots of setup in Xchat (Hexchat should also have a similar interface):
<gallery>
File:Xchatconnect.png
File:Xchatnetworksetup.png
File:Xchatsetup.png
</gallery>

== Registering a nickname ==
It is strongly recommended that new users register their nickname with NickServ so that others can not use it. To do this you can use the following command:
<pre>/msg NickServ REGISTER <password> <email-address></pre>
If you would like to have your IP Address/Hostname hidden from other users, you can go into the #help channel and ask about a cloak once you are logged into your NickServ account. An IRC staff member should be able to help you out.

== Useful links and tutorials ==
*[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial|Wikipedia's IRC Tutorial]] (this may be a little specific to Freenode and #wikipedia-* channels, but should still have some useful general information)
*[http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html Another tutorial on irchelp.org]
*[[IRCVision]] - Plans for SoylentNews's IRC network.

[[Category:IRC]]

Issues to Be Raised at the Next Board Meeting

2015-04-27T05:51:47Z

Juggs: /* Next meeting */

If there is an issue that you would like to be raised at the next Board meeting, please include it in the list below. The list will be cleared following each meeting. If you feel that your issue was not adequately addressed at the meeting, please feel free to add it to the list again, with additional detail as needed, and it will be raised at the following meeting.

==Next meeting==
Time: TBD 
Place: irc.sylnt.us:6667/6697#staff ([http://72.14.184.41:3989/ Webchat]) 
Chair: To Be Determined

==Issues/Agenda==
* Issue 1: Transfer of domains from matt_ to SN PBC.
* Issue 2: Progress on change of fiscal year end. _matt
* Issue 3: Statement of current financial position by Treasurer.
* Issue 4: Approve Treasurer CPA spend of ~$1200 (Treasurer to itemise retainer vs. one-off fees here).

[[Category:Board of Directors]]

Issues to Be Raised at the Next Board Meeting

2015-04-27T05:47:53Z

Juggs: /* Next meeting */

If there is an issue that you would like to be raised at the next Board meeting, please include it in the list below. The list will be cleared following each meeting. If you feel that your issue was not adequately addressed at the meeting, please feel free to add it to the list again, with additional detail as needed, and it will be raised at the following meeting.

==Next meeting==
Time: TBD 
Place: irc.sylnt.us:6667/6697#staff ([http://50.116.18.95:3989/ Webchat]) 
Chair: To Be Determined

==Issues/Agenda==
* Issue 1: Transfer of domains from matt_ to SN PBC.
* Issue 2: Progress on change of fiscal year end. _matt
* Issue 3: Statement of current financial position by Treasurer.
* Issue 4: Approve Treasurer CPA spend of ~$1200 (Treasurer to itemise retainer vs. one-off fees here).

[[Category:Board of Directors]]

Issues to Be Raised at the Next Board Meeting

2015-04-27T05:47:06Z

Juggs: /* Issues/Agenda */

If there is an issue that you would like to be raised at the next Board meeting, please include it in the list below. The list will be cleared following each meeting. If you feel that your issue was not adequately addressed at the meeting, please feel free to add it to the list again, with additional detail as needed, and it will be raised at the following meeting.

==Next meeting==
Time: Wednesday October 29th at 1:15am UTC (Tuesday October 28th at 9:15pm EDT) 
Place: irc.sylnt.us:6667/6697#staff ([http://50.116.18.95:3989/ Webchat]) 
Chair: To Be Determined

==Issues/Agenda==
* Issue 1: Transfer of domains from matt_ to SN PBC.
* Issue 2: Progress on change of fiscal year end. _matt
* Issue 3: Statement of current financial position by Treasurer.
* Issue 4: Approve Treasurer CPA spend of ~$1200 (Treasurer to itemise retainer vs. one-off fees here).

[[Category:Board of Directors]]

IRC

2015-03-30T02:38:36Z

Juggs: /* Who we are */

Contact '''chat@soylentnews.org''' if you are interested in working on one of these projects. Also, the [[SoylentNews:IRC|IRC Page]] has information about getting started with IRC, and the [[IRCVision|IRC vision]] is worth checking out.

==Who we are==
<section begin=whoarewe />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[IRC|IRC Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| [[User:xlefay|xlefay]]
| Co-team leader
| UTC+2 (CEST)
|-
| [[User:juggs|juggs]]
| Co-team leader
| UTC+1 (BST)
|-
| [[User:paulej72|paulej72]]
| Member
| UTC-4 (EDT)
|-
| [[User:FunPika|FunPika]]
| Member
| UTC-4 (EDT)
|-
| [[User:Landon|Landon]]
| Retired Member
| ?
|-
|}
<section end=whoarewe />

==Current Projects==

===Chat bot (Python)===
* ELIZA module that uses Futurama personalities (to match the bot's current nick)
* Modify bot logging to match existing formats (mIRC preferably)

===Services (C)===
* Single sign on against the website (coordinate with NCommander)
* Get the web IRC to use the website's sessions to sign in

===Documentation===
* Quick-Start/How-to guide for staff members (.op .topic nickserv commands etc.)

===Misc bots===
* Anyone wanting to join existing bot development projects should contact the developer(s) noted below.

===IRC Games===
* NerdRPG

==Dependencies==
*servers
*bots

[[Category:Teams]]
[[Category:IRC]]

==Channels==

===Official channels===

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Channel !! Description !! Maintained by
|-
| #soylent || General chat/lobby, mostly family-friendly || All SoylentNews Staff
|-
| #staff || Public Staff channel - Everyone's welcome to join, but messages from non-voiced are only send to the ops in the channel || All SoylentNews Staff.
|-
| #editorial || The home of the SoylentNews editors, here you can volunteer for duty, report typo's & ask for submission tips and the like. || Editors & IRC Staff.
|-
| #dev || The home of and for developers that help develop our fork of SlashCode. || Development team & IRC staff.
|-
| #help || This is the IRC help channel, where IRC operators and others provide help and answer any questions related to IRC you may have. || IRC Staff.
|-
| #sysops || This is the Sysops homefront, where most of the magic happens. We maintain the servers and services. || Sysops & IRC Staff.
|-
| #wiki || This is the Wiki's channel, nothing much happens here except for a bot reporting our every edit on the wiki! || IRC Staff.
|-
| #irpg || This is our "nerdRPG"'s (our fork of idleRPG) channel, feel free to idle along! || IRC Staff.
|-
| #test || Main testing chambers, feel free to test anything in here (just be friendly & be considerative) || IRC Staff.
|}

===Private establishments (unofficial)===

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Channel !! Description !! Maintained by
|-
| ## || This is a channel which isn't family safe. It's mostly about bacon and stuff' || team-bacon ([[User:kobach|kobach]], [[User:xlefay|xlefay]])
|-
| # || the batcave; bot testing/borking, random chaos, exec's home || [[User:Alberto|Alberto]]
|-
| #derp || aqu4bot's origin and the portal to Universe 2. Bring own peanut butter. || [[User:Subsentient|Subsentient]]
|-
| #sublight || Sublight's bot home ground || [[User:xlefay|xlefay]]
|-
| #rss-bot || various rss/atom feeds || [[User:juggs|juggs]]
|-
| #debug || bot error spew || [[User:chromas|chromas]]
|-
| #comments || soylentnews.org comments feed || [[User:crutchy|crutchy]]
|-
| #github || ~github-list repos push feed - checked every 5 mins || [[User:crutchy|crutchy]]
|}

==Bots==
There are a few bots lurking in the Soylent IRC channels besides the services mentioned above. 
Anyone wishing to develop bots should use #test or # for testing. 
Please avoid flooding in private establishments and official channels (except #test and #). The #debug channel is used by bots for public error reporting.

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! nick !! channels !! triggers !! devs/ops/hosts !! source !! tasks !! usage/notes
|-
| [[Aqu4bot|aqu4]] ||
* # 
* ## 
* #Soylent 
* #derp 
* #test
||
* $ 
* aqu4:
||
* [[User:Subsentient|Subsentient]] (dev/op)
|| http://github.com/Subsentient/aqu4bot ||
* Memos ($sticky) 
* Messaging ($tell) 
* Logging/user tracking 
* Channel control (in #derp)
||
* $sr 
* $seen 
* $tell 
* $help 
* $burrito
|-
| [[IRC:Bender|Bender]] ||
* #Soylent 
* ## 
* #
||
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>
||
* [[User:paulej72|paulej72]] (op)
|| ||
* karma 
* todo
||
* coffee++ 
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>whoup 
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>todo stuff 
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>uid
|-
| [[IRC:ciri|ciri]] ||
* #
|| ||
* [[User:arti|arti]]
|| ||
* Entertainment
||
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>decide yes "other stuff"
* 8ball (your question)
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>country (2 digit code) - country lookup.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>bin2dec <binary value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>binary2decimal <binary value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>decimal <binary value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>dec2bin <decimal value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>decimal2binary <decimal value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>binary <decimal value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>calc <Equation> - Calculates a mathmatical equation.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>f2c <Fahrenheit> - Fahrenheit => Celsius.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>c2f <Celsius> - Celsius => Fahrenheit.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>ft2m <Feet> - Feet => Meters.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>m2ft <Meters> - Meters => Feet.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>mi2km <Miles> - Miles => Kilometers.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>km2mi <Kilometers> - Kilometers => Miles.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>lb2kgl <Pounds> - Pounds => Kilograms.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>kg2lb <Kilograms> - Kilograms => Pounds.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>word - word scramble game.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>idle - see who is idle.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>g (term) - google something.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>google (.countrycode) (term) - google something.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>google [.google.country.code] [define:|spell:]
* <search terms> <1+1> <1 cm in ft> <patent ##>
* <weather city|zip> <??? airport>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>images [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>groups [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>news [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>local [.google.country.code] <what> near <where>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>book [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>video [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>fight <word(s) one> vs <word(s) two>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>trans region@region <text>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>gamespot <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>gamefaqs <system> in <region>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>blog [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>ebay [.ebay.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>ebayfight <word(s) one> vs <word(s) two>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>wikipedia [.2-digit-country-code] <search terms>[#subtag]
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>wikimedia [.www.wikisite.org[/wiki]] <search terms>[#subtag]
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>locate <ip or hostmask>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>review <gamename> [@ <system>]
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>torrent <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>best <system>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>worst <system>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>rgb2hex (r:XXX g:XXX b:XXX) - converts rgb value to hex.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>hex2rgb (XXXXXX) - converts hex color value to rgb.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>roll (1dX) - rolls a X sided die (1d4, 2d6).
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>disc - discworld quotes
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>dict (word) - dictionary, word lookup via princeton.edu.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>dailymotion <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>ign <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>myspace <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>trends [.google.country.code] <YYYY-MM-DD>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>dawn - random dawn of war quote.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>bofh - random BOfH quote.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>duke - random duke nukem quote.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>coffee - order coffee for you or someone.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>coke - order coffee for you or someone.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>icecream - shows menu.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>order (nick) (something) - shows menu.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>pizza - shows menu.
|-
| [[IRC:diego|diego]] ||
* #soylent
|| ||
* [[User:juggs|juggs]] (op)
|| pircbot + piespy
|| * Generation of piespy relationship maps for #soylent
|| http://stats.sylnt.us/social/soylent/index.html
|-
| [[IRC:exec|exec]] ||
* # 
* #comments 
* #debug 
* #github
||
* ~
||
* [[User:Crutchy|crutchy]] (dev/op) 
* [[User:chromas|chromas]] (admin) 
* [[User:juggs|juggs]] (admin)
|| http://sylnt.us/execsrc || ||
* SN comments feed (in #comments) 
* GitHub events feed (in #github) 
* refer to [[IRC:exec#Quick_start|quick start guide]]
|-
| [[IRC:Loggie|Loggie]] ||
* #Soylent
|| ||
* [[User:xlefay|xlefay]]
|| ||
* logging to logs.sylnt.us
||
* /invite Loggie
|-
| [[IRC:monopoly|Hedonismbot]] ||
* #
* #Soylent
||
* =
||
* [[User:chromas|chromas]] (dev/op)
|| ||
* link title output
||
|-
| [[IRC:NerdRPG|NerdRPG]] ||
* #irpg
|| || || ||
* outputs game data
||
|-
| [[IRC:MrPlow|MrPlow]] ||
* #Soylent 
* #test
||
* ; 
||
* [[User:TheMightyBuzzard|The Mighty Buzzard]] (dev/op)
|| ||
* Translate to Klingon 
* Get staff attention 
||
* ;klingon 
* ;battlestations 
|-
| [[IRC:perlbot|perlbot]] || || ||
* [[User:Konomi|Konomi]] (dev/op)
|| || ||
|-
| [[IRC:Regurgitator|Regurgitator]] ||
* #rss-bot
* #soylent
||
* !rss
||
* [[User:juggs|juggs]] (op)
||
Eggdrop v1.8.0+fixbotnetloop http://www.egghelp.org/files.htm 
rss-synd v0.6 plugin https://github.com/eggtcl/rss-synd
||
* various rss / atom feeds
* logging only in #soylent for pisg stats
||
* #rss-bot !rss to see all feeds. !<feed> to see individual feed contents. Idle in channel to see all feeds.
* #soylent see pisg output here: http://stats.sylnt.us/pisg/index.html
|-
| [[SedBot]] || || ||
* [[User:FoobarBazbot|FoobarBazbot]] (dev/op)
|| https://github.com/FoobarBazbot/sedbot ||
* message correction
||
* s/old/new/ 
* nick: s/old/new/
|-
| [[IRC:SoylentMUD|SoylentMUD]] || || ||
* [[User:mattie_p|mattie_p]]
|| || ||
|-
| [[IRC:sublight|sublight]] || || ||
* [[User:xlefay|xlefay]] (dev/op)
|| || ||
|-
| [[IRC:tama|tama]] ||
* #
|| ||
* [[User:arti|arti]] (op)
|| || ||
|-
| [[WikiRC|WikiRC]] ||
* #wiki
|| ||
* [[User:FunPika|FunPika]]
|| ||
* wiki events feed
||
|}

===Bot projects / task ideas===

* [[IRCiv]] is currently under development for the exec bot and is intended to be a civilization-like building game played on IRC.
* a Soylent PBC board meeting assistant script is currently under development for the exec bot, intended for minute taking and publishing on the wiki. See [[IRC:exec#Meeting_assistant]] for more details.
* an IRC voting system. refer to [[IRC:exec#Proposed_IRC_voting_system]] for details.
* returning data from the SoylentNews using the [[ApiDocs|SlashCode API]]

== Information for Sysops / IRC admins ==

=== Server Related Info ===

{{#lst:Carbon|ircops}}

== Information for IRC Operators ==

=== Useful Links ===

* [http://www.stack.nl/~jilles/irc/charybdis-oper-guide Charybdis IRC Ops Guide]
* [http://atheme.net/help/7.0/ Atheme Services Help Pages]

[[Category:IRC]]

Neon

2014-12-05T03:40:38Z

Juggs:

{{#lst:SystemAdministration/Special:Includes|server_header}}
== Description ==

This server is is a Linode 4G server running Ubuntu Linux 12.04 server which functions as the Production Slash DB server.

== Services running on this host ==

Any services that is prepended with an exclamation mark is not yet being monitored by our Icinga instance.
<section begin=services />
* ![[SystemAdministration/Server/Neon/MySQL|MySQL]], soylnetnews db Master - slave is [[Helium]]
* OpenSSH
* ntpd
<section end=services />

[[Category:SystemAdministration/Servers]]

IRC links

2014-11-17T03:44:54Z

Juggs:

Links that used to be in the topic in #soylent on IRC that were moved here to avoid cluttering it.

*IRC Logs: http://logs.sylnt.us/
*IRC Stats: http://stats.sylnt.us/
*Wiki: [[SoylentNews]]
*Code: http://sylnt.us/code
*Got bugs? http://sylnt.us/bugs
*Get Involved: [[SoylentNews#Get_Involved]]
*Who's Who: [[WhosWho]]
*Submit Stories: http://sylnt.us/submit
*Latest code and testing on Dev Server: http://sylnt.us/dev

[[Category:IRC]]

IRC

2014-11-17T02:59:48Z

Juggs: /* Bots */

IRC

2014-11-17T02:41:38Z

Juggs: /* Bots */

IRC

2014-11-17T02:30:28Z

Juggs: /* Bots */

Suggestions

2014-11-13T03:06:17Z

Juggs: /* Suggestions from IRC */

this page: http://sylnt.us/suggest

==Introduction==
This is a compilation of Suggestions from various users. Think of it like a "wish list". These differ from feature requests in that they are projects that may require a significant amount of time to implement. A system should be developed for selecting from one, and having the community vote on which to tackle.

Suggestions can currently be added via suggestions@soylentnews.org, or by typing "~suggest [your suggestion here]" in our IRC rooms (must be identified with NickServ). You can also just add them below (must be signed up / logged into wiki). You should check the [https://github.com/SoylentNews/slashcode/issues bug tracker on github] for bugs and feature requests, the [[TodoList]], or the respective team page before suggesting something to see if it is already being worked on.

Teams: feel free to draw from the following main and IRC suggestion lists and move to a todo list if you would like to tackle one (please remove from here if you do).

==Related pages==
* [[SNPodcast]]
* [[Spreading the word]]
* [[IRC#Bot_projects_.2F_task_ideas|IRC bot projects / task ideas]]
* [[SN API ideas]]
* [[ApiDocs|SlashCode API]]

==Suggestions: Main List==
*SoylentNewsRoundup or SNR (best stories, comments, journals, best of IRC)
*Articles Revisited: (by +5 commenters)
**research, correct, expand
**re-submit to topic "revisited.soylentnews.org"
**example: [[Articles:Watch_the_Watchers_with_Federal_Contracts_Database|Here]]
**Submit story for discussion/publicizing idea
*Add a "settled arguments" section to the wiki (example: the world population is out of control!)
*Add markdown support in SoylentNews ex: http://dillinger.io/
*SoylentNews alternate logo S/N (signal/noise) (also SN = Tin atomic symbol)
*Allow users to mod stories down.
*Allow up-modding of journal entries
*Host our own advertisements
**Keep them in separate areas (sidebars, boxes)
**Keep them (mostly) static
**Keep the off-site javascript requirements for them minimal
*Banner ads that people can use as forum signatures, etc. to spread the word about SoylentNews. See [[Banner ads|this archived forum thread]] for more information.
*Extend validity of mod points (new mod points only awarded once old mod points were used up, but once a user gets mod points he can use them for 3-4 days for topics he cares about instead of just using them up)
*add a field for 'submitters' comment' feature to the story submission process (see [https://soylentnews.org/~drussell/journal/543 this journal entry])

==Suggestions from IRC==
* for moderation, maybe allow anyone to moderate at any time as long as they are logged in and haven't contributed to the conversation, and only have a 'report spam' option as the only negative mod available ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 02:11, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
* put a link to the story queue on the front page instead of burying it under submit story :) ~ [[User:SpallsHurgenson|SpallsHurgenson]] @ 02:52, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
* cofee++ karma slashbox ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 07:22, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
* community-building: soylent could 'borrow' the nation states model (maybe with some modifications) and embed it into the SN community/karma/mod/relationship systems ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 08:03, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
* We should put the rss feed on the mainpage as a link ~ [[User:swiss|swiss]] @ 08:19, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
* increase karma to maybe 10,000, have badge for number of comments posted, have badge for number of accepted stories, have badge for high levels of karma (bronze for 50+, silver for 250+ and gold for 500+ or something like that) ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 17:32, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
* Show users their own AC comments in their history ~ [[User:chromas|chromas]] @ 07:31, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
* if "comments are owned by whoever posted them" does that mean Soylent PBC has the right to publish them? just a comment on licensing ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 08:40, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
* TheMightyBuzzard make an irc bot for SN api suggestions :D ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 10:58, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
* 'xkcd of the week' slashbox. perhaps start with random xkcd and adjust if an xkcd has been mentioned in a comment/story/wiki edit/journal/irc chat/etc ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 00:44, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
* badges for no. of +5 comments (maybe inc separate funny, informative, etc). badge for no. of successful story submits ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 04:00, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
* need a way to submit SoylentNews bugs/issues without having to sign up to github, and also would be handy to have scripty check for similar existing issues and either automagically append or link to related issues ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 05:37, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
* write a scripty that extracts comments that don't include certain keywords (such as systemd) ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 09:58, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
* a compiled gui client application for SN, with integrated IRC, wiki, auto-login, feeds (based on keywords, username, topic, etc), treeview for comments, user relationship diagram, metadata collection for stats on users (such as no of comments, no of -1/0/1/2/3/4/5 comments, no of accepted submission...
* crutchy to build the above client ~ [[User:TheMightyBuzzard|TheMightyBuzzard]] @ 10:16, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
* community-building: free subscription to SN as prize for various activities, such as coding/bugsmashing comps, 50x+5 comments, etc (sorry not many ideas). not sure of legalities of prizes ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 19:00, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
* for SN client IRC module, a bar that shows the last line (or last few lines) said out of all channels that user is in ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 02:59, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
* we get moar meta moderation ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 11:09, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
* IRC op policy development ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 05:22, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
* incoming tweet feed for irc ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 21:33, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
* if #soylent becomes unruly could always make a server bot automatically redirect quotes containing keywords to a particular channel. then anyone that's interested can congregate there ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 04:13, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
* or if one person in particular becomes unruly, instead of banning them the server bot could be instructed to redirect all that nick's messages to some other channel with a message indicating where when first enabled ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 04:15, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
* a slashbox on SN showing the latest few privmsgs from #soylent ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 09:58, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
* irc polls published in a SN slashbox ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 23:44, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
* a user setting in SN that replaces every instance of a particular word with another word, such as "cloud" could be changed to "butt" (i know there's a firefox plugin for cloud to butt, but for any word in just SN) ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 09:07, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

IRC

2014-10-26T01:14:09Z

Juggs: /* Who we are */

IRC

2014-09-22T01:02:50Z

Juggs: /* Who we are */

IRC

2014-09-13T16:27:02Z

Juggs:

IRC

2014-09-13T16:03:09Z

Juggs: /* Information for Sysops / IRC admins */

IRC

2014-08-18T14:38:53Z

Juggs: /* Bots */

Contact '''chat@soylentnews.org''' if you are interested in working on one of these projects. Also, the [[SoylentNews:IRC|IRC Page]] has information about getting started with IRC, and the [[IRCVision|IRC vision]] is worth checking out.

==Who we are==
<section begin=whoarewe />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[IRC|IRC Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| [[User:xlefay|xlefay]]
| Co-team leader
| UTC+2 (CEST)
|-
|-
| [[User:paulej72|paulej72]]
| Co-team leader
| UTC-4 (EDT)
|-
| [[User:kobach|Kobach]]
| Co-leader | Chief Bacon Officer
| UTC-5 (us/central)
|-
| [[User:Landon|Landon]]
| Member
| ?
|-
| [[User:FunPika|FunPika]]
| Member
| UTC-4 (EDT)
|-
| [[User:juggs|juggs]]
| Member
| UTC+1 (BST)
|}
<section end=whoarewe />

==Current Projects==

===Chat bot (Python)===
* ELIZA module that uses Futurama personalities (to match the bot's current nick)
* Modify bot logging to match existing formats (mIRC preferably)

===Services (C)===
* Single sign on against the website (coordinate with NCommander)
* Get the web IRC to use the website's sessions to sign in

===Documentation===
* Quick-Start/How-to guide for staff members (.op .topic nickserv commands etc.)

===Misc bots===
* Anyone wanting to join existing bot development projects should contact the developer(s) noted below.

===IRC Games===
* NerdRPG

==Dependencies==
*servers
*bots

[[Category:Teams]]
[[Category:IRC]]

==Channels==

===Official channels===

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Channel !! Description !! Maintained by
|-
| #soylent || General chat/lobby, mostly family-friendly || All SoylentNews Staff
|-
| #staff || Public Staff channel - Everyone's welcome to join, but messages from non-voiced are only send to the ops in the channel || All SoylentNews Staff.
|-
| #editorial || The home of the SoylentNews editors, here you can volunteer for duty, report typo's & ask for submission tips and the like. || Editors & IRC Staff.
|-
| #dev || The home of and for developers that help develop our fork of SlashCode. || Development team & IRC staff.
|-
| #help || This is the IRC help channel, where IRC operators and others provide help and answer any questions related to IRC you may have. || IRC Staff.
|-
| #sysops || This is the Sysops homefront, where most of the magic happens. We maintain the servers and services. || Sysops & IRC Staff.
|-
| #wiki || This is the Wiki's channel, nothing much happens here except for a bot reporting our every edit on the wiki! || IRC Staff.
|-
| #irpg || This is our "nerdRPG"'s (our fork of idleRPG) channel, feel free to idle along! || IRC Staff.
|-
| #test || Main testing chambers, feel free to test anything in here (just be friendly & be considerative) || IRC Staff.
|}

===Private establishments (unofficial)===

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Channel !! Description !! Maintained by
|-
| ## || This is a channel which isn't family safe. It's mostly about bacon and stuff' || team-bacon ([[User:kobach|kobach]], [[User:xlefay|xlefay]])
|-
| # || the batcave; bot testing/borking, random chaos, exec's home || [[User:crutchy|crutchy]], [[User:xlefay|xlefay]]
|-
| #derp || aqu4bot's origin and the portal to Universe 2. Bring own peanut butter. || [[User:Subsentient|Subsentient]]
|-
| #sublight || Sublight's bot home ground || [[User:xlefay|xlefay]]
|}

==Bots==
There are a few bots lurking in the Soylent IRC channels besides the services mentioned above. 
Anyone wishing to develop bots should use #test for testing. 
Please avoid flooding in private establishments and official channels (except #test).

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! Nick !! Channel(s) !! Trigger(s) !! Developer(s)/host(s) !! Source !! Tasks !! Usage/notes
|-
| [[IRC:aqu4|aqu4]] || # ## #Soylent #derp #test|| $, aqu4: || [[User:Subsentient|Subsentient]] || http://github.com/Subsentient/aqu4bot || || $sr $seen $tell $help $burrito
|-
| [[IRC:Bender|Bender]] ||#Soylent ## #
|| <nowiki>!</nowiki> || || ||
* karma
* todo
||
coffee++ 
<nowiki>!</nowiki>whoup 
<nowiki>!</nowiki>todo stuff
|-
| [[IRC:ciri|ciri]] || # || || [[User:arti|arti]] || || || !decide yes no maybe sometimes "could be" "won't be" "light it on fire"
|-
| [[IRC:exec|exec]] || # || ~ || [[User:Crutchy|crutchy]] || https://github.com/crutchy-/exec-irc-bot || ||
[[IRC:exec_aliases#weather|~weather]] 
[[IRC:exec_aliases#define|~define]] 
[[IRC:exec_aliases#time|~time]]
|-
| [[IRC:Loggie|Loggie]] || #Soylent || || [[User:xlefay|xlefay]] || ||
* logging to logs.sylnt.us
|| /invite Loggie
|-
| [[IRC:monopoly|monopoly]] || # #Soylent
|| / (//) || [[User:chromas|chromas]] || ||
* link title output
||
|-
| [[IRC:NerdRPG|NerdRPG]] || #irpg || || || ||
* Outputs game data
||
|-
| [[IRC:Regurgitator|Regurgitator]] || #rss-bot || !rss || [[User:juggs|juggs]] ||
Eggdrop v1.8.0+fixbotnetloop http://www.egghelp.org/files.htm 
rss-synd v0.6 plugin https://github.com/eggtcl/rss-synd
||
* Outputs various rss / atom feeds.
|| Use the !rss command to see a list of all configured feeds, then use the ! commands from the list to request a particular feed's history. Or just idle in the #rss-bot channel to see all feed outputs as they are picked up.
|-
| [[SedBot]] || || || [[User:FoobarBazbot|FoobarBazbot]] || https://github.com/FoobarBazbot/sedbot ||
* message correction
|| s/old/new/ nick: s/old/new/
|-
| [[IRC:SoylentMUD|SoylentMUD]] || || || [[User:mattie_p|mattie_p]] || || ||
|-
| [[IRC:sublight|sublight]] || || || [[User:xlefay|xlefay]] || || ||
|-
| [[IRC:tama|tama]] || # || || [[User:arti|arti]] || || ||
|-
| [[WikiRC|WikiRC]] || #wiki || || [[User:FunPika|FunPika]] || ||
* wiki changes feed
||
|}

===Bot projects / task ideas===

* [[IRCiv]] is currently under development for the exec bot and is intended to be a civilization-like building game played on IRC.
* a Soylent PBC board meeting assistant script is currently under development for the exec bot, intended for minute taking and publishing on the wiki. See [[IRC:exec#Meeting_assistant]] for more details.
* an IRC voting system. refer to [[IRC:exec#Proposed_IRC_voting_system]] for details

==Sysops==

<section begin=sysops />
IRC services are now server up on carbon.li694.22. The core IRC services as well as several bot live on this server. They are run from the sylnt user account out of /home/sylnt/.

Start and stop scripts are in the ~/bin directory. start.all and stop.all will start and stop each of the services below with the appropriate script in a proper order. start.all is also set in sylnt's crontab to start at reboot. Individual services can be stopped or started with the appropriate script stop.service or start.service where .service is replaced with the suffix listed in the table below.

The services each have a cron.service script, also in ~/bin, that monitors that the service is running and restarts it if it does not find it. This is done by monitoring the pid, set at startup, and seeing if the job is still running. cron.all is run at 5 minute intervals from sylnt's crontab as well.

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="6"|'''IRC Services'''
|-
| style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''Service'''
| style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''Description'''
| style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''Path'''
| style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''DNS'''
| style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''Ports'''
| style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''start/stop/cron suffex'''
|-
| Charybids 3.4.2
| ircd services
| ~/charybdis
| irc.soylentnews.org
| 6667, 6697(ssl)
| .charybdis
|-
| Atheme Services 7.0.7
| a modular IRC Services package
| ~/atheme-services
| internal only
|
| .atheme
|-
| Atheme Iris
| web frontend for IRC
| ~/atheme-iris
| chat.soylentnews.org
| 80
| .iris
|-
| Bender
| jsonbot bot
| ~/.jsb
| internal only
|
| .bender
|-
| Loggie
| logging bot
| ~/logbot
| logs.sylnt.us
| 80
| .loggie
|-
| NerdRPG
| local Idle RPG
| ~/nerdrpg
| internal only
|
| .nerdrpg
|}

All of /home/sylnt/ started out as a copy from the original server xlefay setup on his systems. No new files were added to this, only certain services need to be recompiled. Source files for most of the services are found in ~/source, and copies of the original services that ran on original server are in ~/OLD. Test compiles of some of the services were moved to ~/test before bring up the current versions.

Charybdis was compiled with ./configure --prefix=/home/sylnt/charybdis/ --enable-epoll --enable-openssl --enable-ipv6 --disable-assert. Atheme was compiled with $ ./configure --prefix=/home/sylnt/atheme-services. Iris was configure by running ./compile from the ~/atheme-iris directory. The bots did not require a recompile from what was transferred from original server.

Config files were adjusted to set the proper ip addresses for the new server (both IPv4 and IPv6) and to adjust the staff who had admin access.

In addition, nginx is also installed and used to serve IRC logs and such; there's also a reverse proxy vhost present for atheme-iris. Nginx's file structure is the default as supplied by Debian & Ubuntu, meaning, that configuration files are located in '''/etc/nginx/ & vhosts in /etc/nginx/sites-{enabled,available}'''.

<section end=sysops />

[[Category:IRC]]

User:Juggs

2014-07-11T06:01:54Z

Juggs: Created page with "Currently grappling an existential crisis into submission, while simultaneously experimenting (dabbling) with time and motion perception manipulation. This may not end well -..."

Currently grappling an existential crisis into submission, while simultaneously experimenting (dabbling) with time and motion perception manipulation.

This may not end well - too much introspection is inevitably a "bad thing". Or so sayeth the common wisdom... I laugh in the face of common wisdom, for all too often it is not wise at all.

IRC

2014-07-11T03:30:26Z

Juggs: /* Who we are */

IRC

2014-07-11T03:29:43Z

Juggs: /* Who we are */