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Mon, 11 Jan 2021 05:31:18 +0000

Preamble
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General channel guidelines
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The Code of Conduct should always be obeyed

This one should not need further explanation; the Code of Conduct forms the basics of the pleasant atmosphere in Libra. Being nice to each other, being cooperative and respecting each other is a must.

Don't flood the channel with messages

Sending many messages in a short amount of time is called "flooding" the channel. Flooding the channel disrupts all conversations. Please don't do it. If you want to show large texts, such as errors, use the pastebin and post the URL to the paste instead.

Don't cross post your question

Each Libra channel has distinct topic ranging from general Libra chat, to specific Libra technologies. Ask your question in the channel that is most relevant to your query. Don't post in multiple Libra channels or in channels with unrelated topics. To check a channels topic, type "/topic" into your IRC client.

Don't use public away messages

Some clients have the ability to announce when you are "away" from the IRC client, and also when you come back. Some clients can also be configured to change your IRC nick-name when away and back. If your client has such an option, please ensure that it is disabled, or at least disabled in the Libra IRC channels. Imagine every one of the hundreds (or thousands) of people in each channel doing that. It's not a pretty sight. Changing your nick to user-away is frowned upon. If you want to set away do it silently with "/away Reason" then when someone uses your name they are told you are away and the channel is not disturbed. On that same thread, you shouldn't spam support channels with the music you are playing currently. It generates noise that's not useful to a help channel. Check the social channel (Usually listed in the channel topic) instead.

How to ask for help in the channel

Ask chatters or ops or go to #help

Time to ask

The time of day at which you ask will influence who reads the question. People may not have an answer to your question right away, so please be patient.

Don't repeat your question every few minutes

In a support channel, lots of people are asking questions. We do our best to answer them all but are not all knowing. If you don't get answers immediately, please wait a before asking again. If it's busy, wait even longer. If no one answers, don't get mad, maybe no one who is around right now knows.

It is worth considering the Forums or Libra-users Mailing List if you have not tried them already.

Respect the channel's language

All Libra Core Channels are English language channels. There are Libra channels in other languages. If you speak in a channel with a different language you will be asked to join a channel for your language. Please ask the user to speak in the correct language before going to #help or asking for a op

Language and Subject

All Libra IRC channels are visited by people whose ages vary, and whose tolerances of language and subject choice vary equally as much. Please be considerate of everyone and keep all the Libra IRC channels friendly places for everyone. This means that you should avoid any language which may be considered offensive, including acronyms and obfuscation of such language. Support channels are usually very busy places, and we prefer them strictly for support only.

For general chatter you can visit our social channels, but please be aware that there are limits to behaviour and subjects in there also. When using any Libra IRC channel, please take care of your topic choice. Some topics are controversial and often end in fighting. Some examples of touchy subjects are war, race, religion, politics, gender, sexuality, drugs, potentially illegal activities and suicide. Discussions on these subjects regularly upset people, so please be aware and drop a discussion if you are asked. Our offtopic channels are designed to be places where people can be in company of others while talking about subjects that they enjoy. We realize that many of us enjoy figuring out computer problems, but we respectfully ask that if a conversation is turning into something that you would more likely see in our support channels, that you bring it there instead. That said, if someone asks you to move your support conversation into one of our support channels, please do so.
This is not a blanket ban on any and all mention of these topics, however common sense is compulsory. Please be respectful and take the discussion elsewhere if someone takes exception. Please always adhere to libra.irc Policy when you join any channels.)

Don't be annoying

Flooding, away messages, repeating yourself, CTCP messages, and bot abuse are not the only ways you can be annoying. Personal attacks when things don't go as planned, other attention-seeking behaviour, and continued misbehaving after you have been asked to stop is disruptive and obnoxious. Such behaviour may result in a removal from the channel.

When helping: be helpful

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Libra already provides bots for channel logging, for help, and factoid related queries - there really is no need for more bots. If you think another bot would be helpful, contact the channel operators first.

Please don't enable talking scripts

This includes "!seen" scripts. Can you imagine if just five or six people had one of these scripts enabled against ! and someone called it? That's half a dozen lines of spam which is just not needed. Please "/msg nickserv info " instead if you want a similar network-wide service.

Here are several common questions that get asked time and again

Common Questions that get asked time and again on IRC, they may save you frustration and time if you check it out.

The operators of the Libra IRC channels have all signed the Libra Code of Conduct. Most of them are also Libra Members, which means they are active contributors to Libra and the Libra community. This however does not mean they stand above others. They do their best to keep Libra IRC channels a friendly place, but they're also human so they make mistakes. If you disagree with the decision of an operator, then talk to that operator about it in a polite manner. Cursing and swearing will not help, so please don't do that. If talking to the operator personally does not give you a solution you like, you are more than welcome to join the operators channel.
Further information on raising issues "up the chain" can be found on the libra.irc/helpdesk page. This also explains how to pass the issue to the Libra admin. You should make full, unedited logs available of anything you don't agree with. Most of the main Libra IRC channels are publicly logged and so you do not need to create your own logs of those channels. So far, this measure has been needed in less than a handful of instances, which is a good indication that simply talking to operators will work.
Guidelines for logged channels
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Libra Core Channel Guidelines
List of Libra Core Channels
Don't ask for operator privileges

Whenever a Core IRC channel needs new operators, the Libra IRC admin will ask the community to nominate themselves for positions as described by the operator requirements page. Please don't ask to become an operator or get upset if you're turned down. Being an operator in the Libra IRC channels is not a privilege, it is a responsibility.

hi

Sun, 27 Dec 2020 20:36:22 +0000

folks I have chatted with each
and thankful to all who have listened to me
you are all a great assets to this site
and are all cool

in the last two weeks I am grateful to all who have listen to me whine...

and I apologise to all whose ears I have bent

I am not as strong as I have been I have let my fear with my eyes demoralise me

and so again I say ty for listening to me

and apologise also

I will attempt to be here as long as I can.
to support you chatters and site

I will continue to guide you , which you dont need as much

I have your back and my support always

going into the new year you will also have it and I am sure other irccops will also have your back

remember if you have any concerns you can talk to any irrcop of your choice

for advice and support

comments

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 01:54:38 +0000

folks can place a comment here on how site is running or their experiences

wildcard

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 01:05:45 +0000

I apologies to all who cannot take a joke and I have offended.
In this life I have Alzheimer’s where my brain cells are dying each day, and each year things are less.
Today I may know you, but yet tomorrow I may not know who you are as my past overrides my present.
My eye sight is going and so I may not see you soon but I may have memory of you some where I think.
My heart is trying to do things I don’t like as my feet swells up and aches and my lungs struggle for breathe..
My dreams were few accomplish the things I put off, creating and giving to those less fortunate.
My creativity was to keep my mind working to its peak.
My new dreams now are to learn something new while doing it creatively.
You may not like me, but that is your problem..
You may not like who I am, but that is your problem.
You may not like my creativity, and that is your problem.
I cannot be any one but who I am. There is one of you and damn if I would not be your clone.
Human compassion and fellowship is part of being part of the human race…
We are all like snowflakes we are different and I would not apologies for being different,,, if you don’t like me for who I am… all I can say is tough and I feel sorry for you.
So until I forget who I am and this life have the curtsey to accept me for myself….
Written by someone forgotten

Thank you for coming

Sun, 29 Dec 2019 13:48:14 +0000

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  s11_lutz-freunde_90.jpg (Size: 78.89 KB / Downloads: 559) Thank you again to everyone that came to our annual Boxing day Party in Greece this year.

It was truly a pleasure, We hope soon that the Ircops will waken so we can get cleaned up....

Happy New year to you all.

S

Thanks for coming

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 22:09:57 +0000

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Dear all,
We wanted to thank you all for coming to the Annual Libra-Irc Festive party.
We had so Much fun and cant wait to see you all in 2019.

until then ......

Some Thoughts we should do

Mon, 20 Nov 2017 08:28:28 +0000

Dear all

Being in chat servers for more than 20 years, I believe many of you have been many years as well, I decided time to time to post some thoughts believing that we can make our time here better.

As, we most have noticed chat channels aren’t the Paradise, chat channel aren’t the dream place where all can have a pleasant time, talking and discussing with friends. Unfortunately some ‘chatters’ do not respect others and they prove us daily their misery life. They try to show every single moment their hate, their racist comments and make others to feel bad.
With my today’s post I would like all of us to spend few minutes to read this article and then few more minutes to make a positive thought and try to make life better for all.

https://www.unicef.org/sowc2016/

Knight_Errant

face book

Wed, 04 Oct 2017 07:00:29 +0000

for all that are being harassed on face book by ppl here
try this
in the message
look for the option icon
then scroll down and block message
when it opens it will say you can block user
block them
no mire harassment
enjoy

Happy Birthday, wildcard!

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:28:42 +0000

Hope you have a great year ahead wildcard! Have lots of cookies

Hugs,
LilMermaid

things that make you go hmmmz

Wed, 07 Dec 2016 00:56:54 +0000

Just letting yall know im not dead like this person is constantly saying....... oh and im pretty sure Jane54 aint dead either, if we died we sure came back to life really quickly. lol i make a very hot zombie i think lol or did i come back to life just to haunt you all hmmmz...........

hope all is well with y'all

I'm the Whisper in the wind,
I'm the brightest star in the sky,
I'm the shadow in the darkness,
i'm the light in the tunnel,
where ever you are , or whereever you go
i'm haunting you , i'm breathing in your ear,
i'm whispering to you,
Can you hear me ?
Can you see me ?
Can you feel me?
i'm your favourite dream,
or am i your worst nightmare,
who am i?
I'm Your Shadow,
I'm the spirit surrounding you,
I am Stealthy like a ninja,
i'm the typing zombie,
will you miss me? like matrix says Get your aime right ,
For i am still breathing and walking and typing.
and don't plan on dying anytime soon.
i will live life like i was dying though ,
so yes yes yes you have to put up with me some more ,
probably for a very long time ,
God ain't that a shame ,
but ya know what ........ my give a damns broken.... and i don't want to repair it just yet,
so yup Suck it up buttercups i ain't going nowhere anytime soon!!!!!!!!!

Hope y'all enjoyed my lovely poem i decided to write in a spur of the moment .........
Catch yall in chat when i feel the need to come pester y'all ......... *smirks*

MrPef

Sun, 21 Aug 2016 20:18:17 +0000

How much longer does this delusional little troll get to exalt himself over others and make veiled threats?

From #lounge today:

[21:05:14] Guys, i promise that if god helps me and i make it to be an ircop, i will never forget my past as a chatter, i will always be one of us
[21:06:31] MrBadGuy dream on , i am significant member of this server and i will alsways be
[21:09:59] What contributions have you made to obtain the status of "significant member" Guest_239?
[21:10:34] Shaw last month i donates 150 dollars
[21:12:25] Shaw when i get it to the irc op authority, i will not forget you, whatever that means pal

Star Trek Series - 2017

Fri, 12 Aug 2016 15:32:30 +0000

As some of you may know, they're planning to reboot the Star Trek tv
series, and it will be airing sometime in 2017.

Many people seen the last series "Star Trek: Enterprise" to be something
of a failure, and really only a die-hard trekky could really appreciate it for
what it was.

It was after the network got the poor ratings for the show, that they
cancelled it, and announced that they were "going to wait another 10 years"
to give the show a chance to bounce back. basically, treating it like the
old 60s star trek, thinking that by giving it a break, that it will pick up
more appeal.

I didnt really agree with that philosophy, because the appeal for star trek
has always been there, and you can't blame poor ratings on a bad show, for
lack of appeal.

The new series, in my eyes, is already waving some huge warning flags, that
is a bit concerning, especially since they haven't even aired a pilot.

A huge part of what makes star trek great, has always been its casting... a place
where the last Star Trek, really fell short. The captain and the first officer, being two
well-known actors from a couple of really bad tv shows. Though I guess you could
say even Kirk was known as an actor in some westerns, and Picard was a relatively
famous actor even before star trek... he at least fit into the role perfectly.

What I find concerning, is that when they talk about the news for the show, they picked
two famous new actors, but whats upsetting, i'm certain that they picked them because
of their gender and skin color. I know this, because in the news articles i've read, they
describe how they really wanted a female captain, and a female first officer, and then
mentioned that they wanted a black woman as part of the crew. To take it one step further,
they said that they were also going to have a gay person as part of the crew.

That really just blows my mind, because, i don't care if the actors are male, female, gay or
straight... but you should be picking people to fit into your story, and not picking people for
the sake of diversity alone. Which thats exactly what they said they were doing, they
wanted to stick to the tradition of diversity, of having someone, black, asian, etc.

I just think, a show, that is founded on such high moral grounds, is starting itself out by
being racially, gender selective. basically, its almost the inverse of discrimination, which in a
strange way, is still a form of discrimination. You're no longer picking actors for their ability or
capability to fulfill a role, but you're intentionally singling out a common denomination, for
the soul sake of diversity.

The news article i read also pointed out shortly after saying they were going to have a gay
crew member, that the director of the show was gay too... first of all, why does that even
matter? that's his business, and none of anyone elses business what his sexual preference
is, and has no place in being in the news. It was like they said it though, because they felt
that everyone should know how progressive the director was, and that it will have some sort
of undertone for writing in a gay crew member.

Its all just a little bizarre if you ask me, because, the other series, have already had... a young
captain, an old captain, a black captain, and a female captain. Each of them (not counting ST:E)
were amazing, and I respected them all. I just don't ever recall though, the media portraying
these characters in advance by their gender, race, or preference. They just fit into their parts.
Now i feel like, they want a black female captain, just so they can say they've done it.

Its like when I vote for a president, I dont want a president for the soul reason that he's one
color or gender, just for the sake of them being that color or gender. I choose a person to be a
president, based on if they will fit into that role, and improve things.

in closing.... its not a great way to start this show with such questionable casting requirements.

i apologize if anything said here was offensive to anyone, but that's not the intention.

its because i respect people from all walks of life, that i myself almost find this sort of casting offensive.

jokes

Mon, 25 Jul 2016 14:56:24 +0000

;D

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Funny Pics

Sat, 09 Jul 2016 10:14:33 +0000

Do not mess with me (in cobra kung fu)

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Hello Everyone!

Sun, 29 May 2016 17:53:44 +0000

Hey everybody!

Some of you might remember me from 8~ years ago on the ICQ IRC Chat. I'm Saturn. I used to be a ChanOp and I fell off the grid for a bit as life got pretty busy! [size=78%]As things started to slow down a bit, I tried to find my old IRC friends again, and finally came here :-)[/size]

I just wanted to say hi and that I miss everybody! Can't wait to catch up with my old friends.

Cheers ;D