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+1. For what it's worth, Jon Gorman was working on a version of `@herald` that provided introductory information to those new to the IRC channel. (I'm hoping he can speak to details.) Mark On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Bill Dueber <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I'd like to propose that zoia (the IRC bot that provides help and > entertainment in the #code4lib IRC channel) have some of its normal plugins > disabled during conf. With three or four times as many people online during > conference, things can get out of hand. > > Lots of zoia plugins can be useful during conference; I'm mostly thinking > of stuff whose utility is suspect and whose output covers several lines. > Some examples: > > - @mf > - @cast > - @tdih > - @sing > > The goal, really, is to try and turn the firehose that the IRC channel > becomes into something at least plausibly manageable in realtime. > > I can also make a case for things that newbies will just find confusing > (chef, takify, etc.) or offensive (@forecast, @mf again) but I'll let > others potentially make that case. > > > > -Bill- > > > -- > Bill Dueber > Library Systems Programmer > University of Michigan Library