- Owner - The user owns the channel you are referring to. He/she has access to all possible commands for the channel they own. They are marked with a “house” icon (
) or a ~ sign or a Purple dot on other chat clients. - Admin – The user is an administrator of the channel. He/she has access to add staff to the channel, as well as other functions. Admins are lower than Owners and do not have all the powers Owners do. They are marked with a “key” icon (
) or an & sign or a Orange dot on other chat clients. - Op – The user can moderate the channel. He/she can voice people and kick/ban people, as well as handle the auto-kick list. They are marked with a “star” icon (
) or an @ sign or a Green dot on other chat clients. - Halfop – The user is a half-moderator on the channel. He/she can kick/ban people. They are a lower level than Ops. They are marked with a “half-star” icon (
) or an % sign or a Blue dot on other chat clients. - Voiced – The user is a specially recognized user. (most likely a frequently active user) The only difference between regular users and voiced users is that voiced users can speak when the channel becomes overloaded and is put on “moderation”. (see Moderated Channel) They are marked with a “megaphone” icon (
) or an + sign or a Grey dot on other chat clients. - Moderated Channel – A “moderated channel” is a channel that has become overloaded with rule breakers or spam. You will notice something like this appear when that occurs:
. You will see a -m instead of +m when moderation is disabled. - Bot – A bot is a computer. It is normally not operated by any human. They provide fun commands and commands for channel staff. To determine if a user is a bot, simple ask “Is ____ a bot?” and someone will easily tell you.. if there are people there, that is.( right at this moment!)
Note: This page assumes you are using the live chat from ChibiPaws, here, using Mibbit, or any popular chat client. E.g. mIRC, xChat, or ChatZilla.
A few other terms that you may encounter are:
- IRCop, that is a user that has control over the entire network. They can ban someone from a server and have authority in any channel that they join. In the event of a problem, type “!staff” in #chibipaws and it will list the active IRCops. We are there to help you, tho usually we are fairly busy so ask us to join your channel or pm us any and all questions.
- Services, are the things that control the IRC for the most part. They give positions in channels such as Owner, Admin, Op, etc… they can also be set to kick a user or ban a user in a channel. In order to control Services, you need to be registered. To do that “/msg NickServ register <email> <password>” Then simply “/query NickServ help” for a list of commands. Other service bots include: ChanServ, only IRCops can control these tho: HostServ, BotServ, and OperServ.