this can be of course improved, if someone is interested:
https://github.com/benapetr/wikimedia-bot/blob/master/plugins/slap/slap/Clas...
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Petr Bena benapetr@gmail.com wrote:
There is one more feature available on wm-bot.
First of all, that thing is smart enough to recognize who is irc newbie and who is not. It is possible to direct this only to people who are known to the bot (their cloak is trusted) so that it doesn't bite the newbies, but rather "slap" the experienced who keep bad habits. The bot is able to recognize what is a "question if they can ask" and automatically tell the person to ask the question instead of asking if they can ask, for example:
[08:23] <petan2> hi I have a question [08:23] <+wm-bot> Hi petan2, just ask! There is no need to ask if you can ask ________________________________ [08:24] <petan2> is someone here [08:24] <+wm-bot> Hi petan2, I am here, if you need anything, please ask, otherwise no one is going to help you... Thank you
I admit that having a bot for this may not be a best solution, having more active helpers would be better, but I think that having people who just come to channel, say someone here? and immediately quit after 5 minutes of no response is even worse
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 5:39 AM, Jay Ashworth jra@baylink.com wrote:
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From: "MZMcBride" z@mzmcbride.com
I've used '!ask' a lot before but I'm going to stop. I hope others do the same.
So really you're going for !!ask.
"!ask" used to be more direct (some would say meaner) and I'm a little sad to see it go away, but I suppose snotty replies can always be made manually. ;-)
Well, perhaps if it expanded as "IRC is a worldwide network, and many users are logged into it while doing other things. Ask your question, supplying as much detail as possible, and one of them may reply, even if it takes a while. In other words: don't ask to ask, just ask."...?
Cheers,
-- jra
Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
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