FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

My channel is being flooded. What do I do?

Note: When reporting to #services, don't paste lines, pastebin them. If you paste lines, it is considered flooding and you will be akilled for 30 minutes.

If your channel is being join flooded: Assign LimitServ to your channel. You can do so via /msg FunServ request LimitServ #yourchannel. You must be the channel founder to do this. LimitServ sets a limit accordingly so that it won't spam your channel with mode changes, while keeping the flooding out. In the case that the flooding is join/part, /mode #yourchannel +R and report it to #services immediately (provide logs, nicks, etc). The +R mode stops non-registered nicks from joining your channel. If that doesn't work, /mode #yourchannel +i and report the offending nick(s) to #services. When the flood has stopped, don't forget to unset the modes (replace the + with a -). If your channel is being text flooded by multiple users: Set a BotServ kicker for floods and repats. /bs kick #yourchannel flood on 1 lines seconds (3 lines in 5 seconds is sufficient) /bs kick #yourchannel repeat on 1 repeats (2 or 3 repeats, depending on how many times the users repeat) /mode #yourchannel +R also works here, as the users have to join your channel to flood. In the case that this doesn't work, /mode #yourchannel +m. This stops all non-voiced users from talking. If your channel is autovoice for all users, /cs levels #yourchannel set autovoice 3 (you can change it back to 0 later). Report the flood to #services, and provide logs of the flooding. In the case that your channel is being targeted by a single user, kickban them. If they manage to rejoin, report them to #services, and provide logs of the kickban up to the rejoin. Contributed by darkex

A channel operator just abused me by kicking/banning me/removing my operator status/etc. Can I report that person?

From the network's point of view, there is no such thing as "channel operator abuse". Channel operators can do whatever they deem fit in terms of channel moderation.

Does that mean there is nothing I can do about it?

You can talk to the channel's founder. Please refer to Channel Bans.

The founder ignores me/I talked to the founder but it did not get resolved/I believe it would be useless to talk to the founder. What more can I do?

Nothing. You might want to (and should if you are banned) just stay away from that channel. You can always find an alternative channel or create a new one yourself.

Someone claims that (s)he is an IRC Operator. How can I check if (s)he is one?

Type this command: /whois Someone And if the messages returned contain the following line ({ } = optional): Someone is an IRC Operator {- *****} Then (s)he is an IRC Operator.

Someone is an IRC Operator and claims that (s)he is going to do *something* to me. What can I do?

Unless you have broken our network's rule(s), you should not worry about it.

I think an IRC Operator just abused me! What can I do?

There is only one thing that the majority of IRC Operators (i.e. non-services staff) can do which will directly affect you, and that is /kill. If you did not get killed, it is most likely that no abuse has been involved.

What is "non-services staff"? How many kinds of IRC Operators are there and what can they do?

Please check out Levels of staff for more information regarding this matter.