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YSTV maintains an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat IRC] channel on Freenode, '''''[irc://irc.freenode.net/ystv #ystv]'''''. The [http://www.silverex.org/news/ XChat] client is recommended, though you are free to use any you wish. A web client is available at [http://webchat.freenode.net/ webchat.freenode.net]. | YSTV maintains an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat IRC] channel on [[w:Freenode|Freenode]], '''''[irc://irc.freenode.net/ystv #ystv]'''''. The [http://www.silverex.org/news/ XChat] client is recommended, though you are free to use any you wish. A web client is available at [http://webchat.freenode.net/ webchat.freenode.net]. [https://www.irccloud.com/ IRCCloud] provides a good mobile client, with a week's free trial of permanent connection. YSTV are also credited with the creation of the [[hist:NaSTA|NaSTA]] channel, [irc://irc.freenode.net/nasta #nasta] at the NaSTA North Conference 2014. | ||
== NickServ == | == NickServ == | ||
It is recommended you register your chosen nickname with NickServ in order to prevent impersonation. Type <code>/msg nickserv register <password> <email address></code> to register your name. You'll receive a confirmation email with a code. Once you're registered, upon entering any channel on the same network you can type <code>/msg nickserv identify <password></code> to confirm your identity and boot off anyone using your name. | It is recommended you register your chosen nickname with [[w:NickServ|NickServ]] in order to prevent impersonation. Type <code>/msg nickserv register <password> <email address></code> to register your name. You'll receive a confirmation email with a code. Once you're registered, upon entering any channel on the same network you can type <code>/msg nickserv identify <password></code> to confirm your identity and boot off anyone using your name. | ||
== Morrissey == | == Morrissey == | ||
Morrissey is YSTV's IRC bot, named after [[hist:Morrissey the YSTV stuffed rabbit|Morrissey the YSTV stuffed rabbit]]. Maintained by [[hist:Tom Cheyney|Tom Cheyney]],<ref name="github">[https://github.com/Top-Cat/Morrissey Morrissey on GitHub] (may require permission to view, else 404)</ref> it has many useful functions, and a few fun ones. Principally, a Python script on the [[Computing:Encode Server|encode server]] tells Morrissey when the live stream has been showing black or playing silence (i.e. dead air) for too long, and when transmission has resumed. Morrissey announces these events in the IRC channel. He also has interactive commands. | '''''Morrissey''''' is YSTV's IRC bot, named after [[hist:Morrissey the YSTV stuffed rabbit|Morrissey the YSTV stuffed rabbit]]. Maintained by [[hist:Tom Cheyney|Tom Cheyney]],<ref name="github">[https://github.com/Top-Cat/Morrissey Morrissey on GitHub] (may require permission to view, else 404)</ref> it has many useful functions, and a few fun ones. Principally, a Python script on the [[Computing:Encode Server|encode server]] tells Morrissey when the live stream has been showing black or playing silence (i.e. dead air) for too long, and when transmission has resumed. Morrissey announces these events in the IRC channel. He also has interactive commands. | ||
* <code>!weather</code> will pull a summary of the current weather local to YSTV. For more detail, use the [http://weather.elec.york.ac.uk/ Electronics department's live weather page]. <code>!WEATHER</code> does something different entirely. | * <code>!weather</code> will pull a summary of the current weather local to YSTV. For more detail, use the [http://weather.elec.york.ac.uk/ Electronics department's live weather page]. <code>!WEATHER</code> does something different entirely. | ||
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* <code>!slap <user></code> provides a YSTV-specific alternative to the IRC /slap command. | * <code>!slap <user></code> provides a YSTV-specific alternative to the IRC /slap command. | ||
* <code>!kill <user></code> gets a bit more violent. | * <code>!kill <user></code> gets a bit more violent. | ||
* <code>!cuddle <user></code> seems, on the surface at least, to be an antidote to <code>!kill</code>. | * <code>!cuddle <user></code> seems, on the surface at least, to be an antidote to <code>!kill</code>. Variables by [[hist:Greg Ebdon|Greg Ebdon]]. | ||
* <code>!random <user></code> is a special window into the mind of [[hist:Helen Hobin|Helen Hobin]]. | * <code>!random <user></code> is a special window into the mind of [[hist:Helen Hobin|Helen Hobin]]. | ||