IRC

Contact chat (at) soylentnews.org if you are interested in working on one of these projects. Also, the IRC Page has information about getting started with IRC, and the IRC vision is worth checking out.

Who we are

IRC Team Main Page
nick	position	timezone
juggs (AKA Deucalion)	Team leader	UTC+1 (BST)
paulej72	Member	UTC-4 (EDT)

Retired Members

Former members of the IRC team that have lost their roles due to inactivity or retirement

Former members
nick	position	timezone
xlefay	Co-team leader	UTC+2 (CEST)
FunPika	Member	UTC-4 (EDT)
Landon	Member	?

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

Channels

Official channels

• Unless otherwise noted, channels are NOT considered "safe for work"

Channel	Description	Maintained by
#soylent	General chat/lobby	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 considerate)	IRC Staff.

Private establishments (unofficial)

Channel	NSFW	Description	Maintained by
##	yes	mostly about bacon and stuff	crutchy
#	yes	the batcave; bot testing/borking, random chaos, exec's home	Alberto
#derp		aqu4bot's origin and the portal to Universe 2. Bring own peanut butter.	Subsentient
#sublight		Sublight's bot home ground	xlefay
#rss-bot	no	various rss/atom feeds	juggs
#debug	no	bot error spew	chromas
#comments	yes	soylentnews.org comments feed	crutchy
#github	no	~github-list repos push feed - checked every 5 mins	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).

nick	channels	triggers	devs/ops/hosts	source	tasks	usage/notes
aqu4	# ## #Soylent #derp #test	$ aqu4:	Subsentient (dev/op)	http://github.com/Subsentient/aqu4bot	Memos ($sticky) Messaging ($tell) Logging/user tracking Channel control (in #derp)	$sr $seen $tell $help $burrito
Bender	#Soylent ## #	!	paulej72 (op)		karma todo	coffee++ !whoup !todo stuff !uid
ciri	#		arti		Entertainment	!decide yes "other stuff" 8ball (your question) .country (2 digit code) - country lookup. .bin2dec <binary value> .binary2decimal <binary value> .decimal <binary value> .dec2bin <decimal value> .decimal2binary <decimal value> .binary <decimal value> .calc <Equation> - Calculates a mathmatical equation. .f2c <Fahrenheit> - Fahrenheit => Celsius. .c2f <Celsius> - Celsius => Fahrenheit. .ft2m <Feet> - Feet => Meters. .m2ft <Meters> - Meters => Feet. .mi2km <Miles> - Miles => Kilometers. .km2mi <Kilometers> - Kilometers => Miles. .lb2kgl <Pounds> - Pounds => Kilograms. .kg2lb <Kilograms> - Kilograms => Pounds. !word - word scramble game. !idle - see who is idle. !g (term) - google something. !google (.countrycode) (term) - google something. !google [.google.country.code] [define:|spell:] <search terms> <1+1> <1 cm in ft> <patent ##> <weather city|zip> <??? airport> !images [.google.country.code] <search terms> !groups [.google.country.code] <search terms> !news [.google.country.code] <search terms> !local [.google.country.code] <what> near <where> !book [.google.country.code] <search terms> !video [.google.country.code] <search terms> !fight <word(s) one> vs <word(s) two> !trans region@region <text> !gamespot <search terms> !gamefaqs <system> in <region> !blog [.google.country.code] <search terms> !ebay [.ebay.country.code] <search terms> !ebayfight <word(s) one> vs <word(s) two> !wikipedia [.2-digit-country-code] <search terms>[#subtag] !wikimedia [.www.wikisite.org[/wiki]] <search terms>[#subtag] !locate <ip or hostmask> !review <gamename> [@ <system>] !torrent <search terms> !best <system> !worst <system> !rgb2hex (r:XXX g:XXX b:XXX) - converts rgb value to hex. !hex2rgb (XXXXXX) - converts hex color value to rgb. !roll (1dX) - rolls a X sided die (1d4, 2d6). !disc - discworld quotes !dict (word) - dictionary, word lookup via princeton.edu. !dailymotion <search terms> !ign <search terms> !myspace <search terms> !trends [.google.country.code] <YYYY-MM-DD> !dawn - random dawn of war quote. !bofh - random BOfH quote. !duke - random duke nukem quote. !coffee - order coffee for you or someone. !coke - order coffee for you or someone. !icecream - shows menu. !order (nick) (something) - shows menu. !pizza - shows menu.
exec	# #comments #debug #github	~	cmn32480 (op) crutchy (admin/dev) chromas (admin)	http://sylnt.us/execsrc		SN comments feed (in #comments) GitHub events feed (in #github) refer to quick start guide
Loggie	#Soylent		xlefay		logging to logs.sylnt.us	/invite Loggie
systemd	# #Soylent	=	chromas (dev/op)		Nothing. It's dead inside.
NerdRPG	#irpg				outputs game data
MrPlow	#Soylent #fite #test	#	The Mighty Buzzard (dev/op)		Translate to Klingon 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 Instigate fites between users	#bnk #fite #g #help #join #klingon #part #roll #sammich #sammichadd #seen #smake #smakeadd #socialist #submit #tell #weather #weatheradd #youtube
PlowKing			The Mighty Buzzard (dev/op)
Regurgitator	#rss-bot #soylent	!rss	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			FoobarBazbot (dev/op)	https://github.com/FoobarBazbot/sedbot	message correction	s/old/new/ nick: s/old/new/
tama	#		arti (op)
WikiRC	#wiki		FunPika		wiki events feed
x	#debug #crutchy	~	crutchy (op/dev) 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 SlashCode API
• IRC:exec suggestions