this can be of course improved, if someone is interested: https://github.com/benapetr/wikimedia-bot/blob/master/plugins/slap/slap/Class1.cs
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Petr Bena <[email protected]> wrote: > There is one more feature available on wm-bot. > > First of all, that thing is smart enough to recognize who is irc > newbie and who is not. It is possible to direct this only to people > who are known to the bot (their cloak is trusted) so that it doesn't > bite the newbies, but rather "slap" the experienced who keep bad > habits. The bot is able to recognize what is a "question if they can > ask" and automatically tell the person to ask the question instead of > asking if they can ask, for example: > > [08:23] <petan2> hi I have a question > [08:23] <+wm-bot> Hi petan2, just ask! There is no need to ask if you can ask > ________________________________ > [08:24] <petan2> is someone here > [08:24] <+wm-bot> Hi petan2, I am here, if you need anything, please > ask, otherwise no one is going to help you... Thank you > > I admit that having a bot for this may not be a best solution, having > more active helpers would be better, but I think that having people > who just come to channel, say someone here? and immediately quit after > 5 minutes of no response is even worse > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 5:39 AM, Jay Ashworth <[email protected]> wrote: >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "MZMcBride" <[email protected]> >> >>> >I've used '!ask' a lot before but I'm going to stop. I hope others do >>> >the same. >>> >>> So really you're going for !!ask. >>> >>> "!ask" used to be more direct (some would say meaner) and I'm a little >>> sad to see it go away, but I suppose snotty replies can always be made >>> manually. ;-) >> >> Well, perhaps if it expanded as "IRC is a worldwide network, and many users >> are logged into it while doing other things. Ask your question, supplying >> as much detail as possible, and one of them may reply, even if it takes a >> while. In other words: don't ask to ask, just ask."...? >> >> Cheers, >> -- jra >> -- >> Jay R. Ashworth Baylink >> [email protected] >> Designer The Things I Think RFC >> 2100 >> Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover >> DII >> St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 >> 1274 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
