Forum:New IRC anti-troll measures

Many of you here aren't IRC savvy or even frequent the IRC, however I hope we can all appreciate the completely voluntary work by Whopper, a user who recently retained his Channel Operator status in the channel, to inbuild some anti-troll measures. A user incredibly knowledgeable with IRC commands and modes, he's inbuilt a system into, I believe, his own account, which, as he has operator status, kicks anyone of a certain nick (More can be added, and this is handy for frequent trolls who use proxys to avoid bans) and also has an anti-spam feature in it. When a certain amount of spam occurs in the channel, Whopper's acount will instantly mute the channel (+m), kick the abuser(s) before de-muting the channel. (-m) During the mutes, only voiced users or users with operator status will be able to speak so, if you join and find yourself unable to speak, please don't be alarmed; it's only temporary. However, back to the topic of this thread, I for one feel a large thanking is in order for Whopper, who did this all out of his own free will, and will lead to a vast improvement in our IRC features. Thanks to Whopper! -- (talk) (contributions) 17:16, 15 October 2008 (UTC)