[Foundation-l] [Toolserver-l] Possible changes regarding *all* Wikimedia IRC bots

[Sean Whitton (Xyrael)]

> For those of us that had our bots cloaked only recently, do we need to worry
> about this?
It'd be helpful if you sent it in as I intend to produce a pretty
tabulated information page on meta. Also, if you are using
yourcloak/bot/botnick then this needs to be changed.

On 3/5/07, Peter M Dodge <twicescorned at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 04/03/07, Sean Whitton (Xyrael) <sean at silentflame.com> wrote:
> >
> > For clarification, I refer to freenode bots only, not any of the other
> > IRC-related things we are involved in. Sorry for the confusion :-)
> >
> > On 3/4/07, Christian Thiele <apper at apper.de > wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Am 04.03.2007, 18:32 Uhr, schrieb Sean Whitton (Xyrael)
> > > <sean at silentflame.com>:
> > >
> > > > * That all operators of IRC bots contact me via e-mail telling me
> > > > their bot nickname, what is does and what it is cloaked with, as well
> > > > as a note if it uses an o:line. I can then recloak them with your
> > > > assistance. This also has the purpose of weeding out inactive bots (no
> > > > action being taken yet, though).
> > >
> > > could you please precise this? You wrote you're a freenode staffer, so
> you
> > > only mean IRC bots in freenode? I think most people (especially on the
> > > toolserver mailing list) have their bots in irc.wikimedia.org (where
> > > current changes in wikimedia projects are posted). Am I right, that
> these
> > > are not meant? Or do you also maintain irc.wikimedia.org?
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Christian Thiele
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > —Sean Whitton (Xyrael/xyr)
> > sean at silentflame.com
> > http://xyrael.net/
> >
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>
> For those of us that had our bots cloaked only recently, do we need to worry
> about this?
>
> - Peter M Dodge aka Wizardry Dragon
>
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http://xyrael.net/