Yeah I agree. Whenever I see it used I cringe a little bit thinking about how the other person is reading it. --Tyler Romeo On Jul 23, 2013 5:51 PM, "Ori Livneh" <ori(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: of should _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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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. ;-)

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 &lt;jra(a)baylink.com&gt; wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "MZMcBride" &lt;z(a)mzmcbride.com&gt; > >> >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(a)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 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

2014/1/20 Petr Bena &lt;benapetr(a)gmail.com&gt; Moreover, the bot should be taught to answer standard FAQ questions on its own. :-) And the next step is a real AI. :-) -- Bináris _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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: