With the increased activity of several people creating their own IRC bot, which can be used in #cemetech and other places, we want to make some steadfast rules. This will ensure the bots do not overrun the IRC channel:
If your bot doesn't satisfy (one of) the above conditions, please don't add your bot to #cemetech, otherwise it might get kicked or banned.
- Don't test until pretty much features are implemented. We don't want bots leaving and joining all the time to test new features.
- Don't use #cemetech for testing. That's what #flood is for. Note that if you are testing bots in #flood, don't join #cemetech as well, to prevent leaving and joining mesages spam.
- Don't use colors. In #cemetech a rule exists that a bot shouldn't output any formatted text or colors.
- Be sure the bot is as stable as possible. That means 1) it shouldn't timeout all the time. Host on a server or something. 2) Users in #cemetech should not have to test the bot.
- Administration approval. Before you're bot wants to join #cemetech, be sure to ask one of the admins if it's allowed.
If your bot doesn't satisfy (one of) the above conditions, please don't add your bot to #cemetech, otherwise it might get kicked or banned.