IRC operator requirements

[Michael Lustfield]

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On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:51:46 +0000
Martin Meredith <mez at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:34:10PM -0600, Tony Yarusso wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Lasse Havelund <lhavelund at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > >> This whole probation for new people idea... I say scrap it.
> > >
> > > I like the idea of a 'probation period', both to actually verify the
> > > capacities of the users that are taken in as operators. Although, I
> > > suggest emphasising the mentor system a bit more (see below).
> > >
> > >> What if X applies to be an operator in #ubuntu-Y, and the IRC Council
> > >> decide "hey he's great, lets just say yes". Do they still have to go
> > >> through that entire process needlessly just to say yes to him?
> > >
> > > Well, one thing is knowing a user as a /user/. Another thing is knowing
> > > them as an operator. I don't see the problem in giving them a 'new
> > > operator', and give them a chance to prove themselves as operators.
> > 
> > Well, if they are applying to be an operator we should actually know
> > them as more than a user.  There's more to being an operator than just
> > the parts that require channel access, and someone seeking such a
> > position should be trying to take on the other parts of the role, and
> > we would look at that.
> > 
> > > [1] Just to clarify: when I was given op privileges in -offtopic, I had
> > >    a lot of questions about procedures, case management and so on.
> > >    A mentor would be a great help here. Someone preferably in the same
> > >    time zone, and with similar availability.
> > 
> > Careful, many of us don't follow our local timezone in any reasonable sense.  ;)
> 
> Maybe it can be done by TimeZone Tribe... Generally, people who don't follow
> their local timezone are part of a "Tribe" - Like the Eastern Standard Tribe...
> 
> (See http://craphound.com/est/download.php if I'm making no sense!)

Sorry if this is a repeat. I seemed to have been logged out half way
through the send so I don't know if it made it or not...

Wouldn't it be much easier to just have a section in the Wiki for each
user that has the times they're generally available? Or even just a
single page that lists them all? If it doesn't then perhaps a single
page with a table for each timezone they're available for and a second
column for the channels they're an operator in.

That's just my KISS idea after reading what's been going on in this
list.

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Michael Lustfield
Kalliki Software

Network and Systems Administrator
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