Halopedia:Discord server

The Halopedia IRC Channel is a Internet Relay Chat channel that allows Halopedians to communicate with each other via live chat through the Internet. It is free of charge, and is easily accessible. It is registered as #halopedia.

Accessing the Channel

 * 1) Go to http://irc.wikia.com/ (Wikia official IRC browser, IRC:CGI)
 * 2) Enter an IRC nickname into the box labeled "Username"
 * 3) Select "#halopedia" from the dropdown box labeled "Channel", from near the end of the list
 * 4) Click on "Login"

If you need help registering your nickname, or with any other IRC functions, contact any of the Channel Operators listed below.

List of Channel Operators
Channel Operators are Halopedians on IRC that will serve to maintain channel civility during all conversations, and are expected to uphold the channel rules and regulations. Not all Channel Operators are equally active.


 * DEMONSPAWNED - High-level Op
 * Dragonclaws - High-level Op
 * GPT - High-level Op
 * Manticore - High-level Op
 * Relentless - High-level Op
 * CommanderTony - Low-level op
 * forgottenlord - Low-level Op

Other Operators
These users are trusted members of the wider Wikia community (Staff, Janitors, and Helpers), who have low-level operator status to help deal with trolls and spammers.

''Please do not ask them about local issues. The above users will deal with minor problems. If someone is disrupting the channel and no local operators are on, /join #wikia and ask for one of these users to help you.''


 * Angela
 * Catherine
 * GHe
 * Jack_Phoenix
 * Kirkburn
 * PanSola
 * rieke
 * sannse

To confirm the list of channel operators use the command: /msg ChanServ ACCESS #halopedia LIST while in IRC.

The IRC Team
Our IRC Team is composed of respected and responsible Halopedians who frequent the IRC.

Channel Operators (Ops, listed above) can kick and ban disruptive users, and high-level ops can modify other users' access levels.

Voices have the ability to talk when the channel is moderated. Currently, there are no voices as the channel is rarely (if ever) moderated.

The IRC Team are essentially the leaders of #halopedia. When you have a problem or question regarding the channel, a Team member will help you any way he or she can.

Can I become part of the Team?
Team members are selected on an as-needed basis only. As Halopedia grows and the channel becomes more active, more ops may be needed to assist in its operation. Team positions can be filled via simply asking one of our high-level ops (as listed above).

Rules and Regulations
In addition to these regulations, all freenode guidelines must be abided by.

Nick
The nick rules are currently under review. In the interim, your username must be evident by your nick or your whois data (use the command /whois NICK to see whois data).

Flooding
While you can say as many lines of text in a row as you want, any deliberate flooding of five lines or more without reason, or any spamming of the same message five times or more, will result in being kicked from the channel.

In addition, users who "join flood" (join, leave, and then re-join the channel repeatedly) will be banned from the channel for a period of time determined by the op issuing the ban.

Caps
The use of caps lock is frowned upon. Using caps to write a whole entry will result in a channel op giving a warning. Persistent use of caps after a warning will result in a kick. Further breaking of this rule may result in a short ban, depending on severity.


 * Exception: Important Halopedia or Wikia messages (e.g. server being down).

Inappropriate content
Cursing is not permitted, if it is used in a personal attack. Talking about harming any biotic entity is not allowed. In addition, personal attacks are not allowed and will result in immediate removal from the channel. Harassment is not tolerated, sexual harassment even less so and could earn you a ban without warning.

Ops have a wide discretion relating to the issuing of warnings and bans which infringe on this rule. The content of messages will greatly impact on the severity of the punishment.

Off-topic discussion
The IRC channel isn't for debate about politics or religion, it is for discussion about Halo and Halopedia matters. Socialization is acceptable, but priority is to be given to discussions on Halo and Halopedia matters - please be considerate and pause your conversations when these subjects are brought up.

Unilinky

 * 1) halopedia has a bot called Unilinky, which provides the full URL for pages when they are Linked.

The bot was formerly banned as no community consensus was sought to allow the bot into the channel. The matter has been voted on here, and, as 14 people support the use of the bot as opposed to 4 who are against it (two of which hardly participate in the community and one of which was basically saying "I don't want to use it, so no one else should either"), and the bot is now in the channel again.

Consequences
Typically, the following hierarchy will apply to infringements on the above regulations (with the exception of specifically implied consequences).


 * First offense: Warning
 * Second offense: Kick
 * Third offense: One day ban

Further offenses will result in an extended ban, at the discretion of the op administering the ban.

Countervandalism Channel
Suspicious edits to Halopedia are reported in #cvn-wikia-halo, a countervandalism channel provided by the Countervandalism Network.

The feed for this channel is spliced from #cvn-wikia, which reports suspicious edits for all Wikia wikis. The bot in this channel (WikiaRC) receives the RC data from a Wikia server which reports all edits to Wikia wikis.

Suspicious edits are defined as:


 * All IP edits
 * Blankings or large removal of text
 * Tiny page creations
 * Edit summaries containing pre-defined stalkwords
 * Any edits by users who are on the global blacklist
 * Blacklisted users have been automatically added as a result of being banned on any Wikia wiki, or have been manually added by a #cvn-wikia voiced user

This channel is owned by the CVN group and the bot (Starnes2) is provided by Starnestommy.

Administrators and rollback users are voiced to easily identify users who can help with vandalism. CVN staff and bots are also voiced. Users with rollback should request voice from GPT, Manticore, or Relentless.

This channel is not on the Wikia CGI:IRC access list. To join this channel you should use a client, or freenode's java applet.