Resolve it directly with him/her, go to your admin about it. If you do have a serious problem with another oper, and can’t For that matter, it’s generally not a good idea to try to win anyĪrgument at all. To win an argument with the people who are providing your connectivity to the That exists in the oper ranks, usually with hub admins and opers being more On occasion, opers have their disagreements.
Though I have to admit, a user must be pretty stupid to We are going to expect regular users to simply /ignore flooders, then we Temptation of killing a user for flooding you is something that pretty muchĪll of us give into on occasion, but it’s generally not the right response. Should handle it, not like an oper has the capability of handling it. If you are being harassed by a user on the network, handle it like a user If it’s in the least bit questionable, add “requested by " or something You should always require a reason before killing or placing the K-line. Opers should be trusted unless you’ve had problems with someone in the You can see what’s going on before you kill or K-line.įrequently, you will get requests from other operators to kill or K-line a Because of this, request the channel in addition to the nickname so Users who want someone killed off the server so they can take control of aĬhannel. Fairly regularly you’ll get these requests from Generally this will be because a bot tookover a channel Very rarely will a user simply report aīot without a reason. One thing to be wary of is that users will frequently try to manipulate you Weeks helping the newbies out in #irchelp or whatever equivalent you may find. Something I might suggest is that you spend an hour or two every couple of Get a lot less crap from users if they would be a little less egotistical. Messages, unless it is someone just sending you a hate message. Try to avoid this ego trip side of opering. There are a lot of politics that go on in the irc operatorĬommunity and, whether you like it or not, these politics are here to stay.įighting this and complaining about it will get you nowhere.įrom what I’ve seen, most opers look down on users, make fun of them, and This is the most important aspect of “opering”. Interacting With Users and Other Operators Operator Communications (WALLOPS and OPERWALL) Other Server Commands (REHASH, RESTART, and DIE) Server Information Commands (TRACE, STATS, LINKS, and HTM) Dealing with "How Does One Become an IRC Operator?"
Why Operators (Usually) Don't Get Involved In Channel Affairs Interacting with Users and Other Operators Note: There will be personal views in here, but I’ll try to keep them to a If you find errors in here, either typographical or New operator (under two years), so please understand that I’m not an ordainedĮxpert on this material, and that some of the information may only apply to my More than smart-ass answers, which I think is a little sad. I’ve found that asking opers questions usually results in nothing The objective of this document is to provide some basic operator notes from my For other help files regarding IRC ops or running servers, see Written by an oper ostensibly for other opers, but its real audience is theĪverage user. To do with channel ops or the maintenance of a chat channel. World of IRC operators, also known as IRC ops or opers. note: This guide offers a fascinating glimpse into the “Twilight Zone” HTML translation by Joseph Lo aka Jolo 9/97Įd.