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diff --git a/doc/Etiquette b/doc/Etiquette new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b531954 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Etiquette @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +/************************************************************************ + * IRC - Internet Relay Chat, doc/etiquette + * Copyright (C) 1990, Lea Viljanen and Ari Husa + * + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) + * any later version. + * + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + * GNU General Public License for more details. + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software + * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. + */ + +HOW TO BEHAVE ON IRC + +Authors: Lea Viljanen (LadyBug) viljanen@kreeta.helsinki.fi + Ari Husa (luru) so-luru@tolsun.oulu.fi +Revised, March 1994: Helen Rose (Trillian) hrose@kei.com + +1) Language + + The most widely understood and spoken language on IRC is English. +However! As IRC is used in many different countries, English is by +no means the only language. If you want to speak some other language +than English (for example with your friends), go to a separate channel +and set the topic (with /topic) to indicate that. For example + /topic #channelname Finnish only! +would mean that this channel would be reserved for Finnish discussion. +On the other hand, you should check the topic (with /list command) +before you move to a channel to see if there are any restrictions about +language. + On a channel not restricted by /topic, please speak a language +everybody can understand. If you want to do otherwise, change channels +and set the topic accordingly. + + +2) Hello/Goodbye + + It's not necessary to greet everybody on a channel personally. +Usually one "Hello" or equivalent is enough. And don't expect everybody +to greet you back. On a channel with 20 people that would mean one +screenful of hellos. It's sensible not to greet, in order not to be rude +to the rest of the channel. If you must say hello, do it with a private /msg. +The same applies to goodbyes. + + +3) Discussion + + When you come to a new channel it's advised you to listen +for a while to get an impression of what's discussed. Please feel free +to join in, but do not try to force your topic into the discussion +if that doesn't come naturally. + + +4) {}|[]\ + + IRC has quite a lot of people from Scandinavian countries, +the above characters are letters in their alphabet. This +has been explained on IRC about a thousand and one times, so +read the following, do not ask it on IRC: + + { is an A with 2 dots over it + } is an A with a small circle above it + | is either an O with 2 dots over it or an O with a dash (/) through it + [, ], and \ are the preceding three letters in upper case. + + There are a lot of people from Japan as well, who use Kanji characters +which may look quite exotic as well. As I don't know Kanji I don't +even try to explain any of the characters. + +5) ATTENTION! + + Remember, people on IRC form their opinions about you only by +your actions, writings and comments on IRC. So think before you type. +Do not "dump" to a channel or user (send large amounts of unwanted +information). This is likely to get you /kicked off the channel or +/killed off from irc. Dumping causes network 'burps', connections going +down because servers cannot handle the large amount of traffic any more. |