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What do ! and % mean before nicks on networks? #79323 15/04/04 02:36 AM
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 3 A arh2o OP Self-satisified door
OP arh2o Self-satisified door A Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 3	On certian networks they have @, !, and %. I know @ means op status, and you can kick/ban people. What does ! and % mean? Could someone explain what they can do. Can people with % kick/ban people as well? Do they have special access? Also what is mode +h? Does that have anything to do with %? Thanks in advance.

Re: What do ! and % mean before nicks on networks? #79324 15/04/04 02:41 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,024 London, England M Mentality Hoopy frood
Mentality Hoopy frood M Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,024 London, England	Personally, I haven't seen ! before nicks before, however, the % means "halfop" (which is what the +h channel mode is for). Halfop users can voice other users, and, on SOME networks, kick other users and certain other commands. Ask in the network's #Help channel. If the #Help channel can't help you, you might want to check out the network's website - if you don't know the address, search on Google. If you know the IRCd that the network uses, check out the IRCds home page too. You might be able to find it out by typing /motd but you can also see it when you connect to the network, something like this: Welcome to the Some IRC Network Yournick!user@host This server was created Sun Apr 4 2004 at 20:15:49 EDT arnie.uk.eu.some.net CoolIRCd-6.14 LoTs oF LeTteRs HerE The bit in red being the name of the IRCd (CoolIRCd) - Again, use Google to find out the IRCds web address, documentation may be there. I'm sure someone else will know though! Regards, Mentality/Chris

Re: What do ! and % mean before nicks on networks? #79325 15/04/04 02:55 AM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31 Sussex, England. B Bleepy Ameglian cow
Bleepy Ameglian cow B Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31 Sussex, England.	Generally speaking: + = Voice (can talk through +m) % = Halfop (can voice and kick (not sure about bans)) @ = OP (can kick/ban/op/voice/halfop) & = Sop ('admin' on UnrealIRCd) (can op/halfop/voice/ban/kick) ! = Sop ~ = Owner (Founder, or 'owner' on UnrealIRCd) (can kick/ban/op/halfop/voice/admin and on UnrealIRCd, cannot be kicked) * = Owner Admin (&, !) is given using channel mode '+a' and owner (, ~) is '+q'. Of course, you don't necessarily have to be an SOp with ChanServ or whatever to get a ! or a &, as an owner ( or ~) could give you that status. I've also seen a '.' as a prefix before, but I can't remember what level the user was. @#HelpDesk - DALnet

Re: What do ! and % mean before nicks on networks? #79326 16/04/04 10:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 261 Srbija M milosh Fjord artisan
milosh Fjord artisan M Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 261 Srbija	Hi. Any ideas about ^ ? velicha dusha moja Gospoda

Re: What do ! and % mean before nicks on networks? #79327 16/04/04 11:20 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 714 Brasil Z Zyzzyx26 Hoopy frood
Zyzzyx26 Hoopy frood Z Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 714 Brasil	the . (dot), as i was told, in some networks means Admin of the net. "All we are saying is give peace a chance" -- John Lennon

Re: What do ! and % mean before nicks on networks? #79328 16/04/04 11:33 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 261 Srbija M milosh Fjord artisan
milosh Fjord artisan M Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 261 Srbija	I didn't mean dot, but ^ (alt + 094). velicha dusha moja Gospoda

Re: What do ! and % mean before nicks on networks? #79329 16/04/04 11:36 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 714 Brasil Z Zyzzyx26 Hoopy frood
Zyzzyx26 Hoopy frood Z Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 714 Brasil	I know, but I was replying to Bleepy Quote: I've also seen a '.' as a prefix before, but I can't remember what level the user was. "All we are saying is give peace a chance" -- John Lennon

Re: What do ! and % mean before nicks on networks? #79330 16/04/04 11:41 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 261 Srbija M milosh Fjord artisan
milosh Fjord artisan M Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 261 Srbija	Oh, I am so sorry, I see now... velicha dusha moja Gospoda

Re: What do ! and % mean before nicks on networks? #79331 19/04/04 07:46 AM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31 Sussex, England. B Bleepy Ameglian cow
Bleepy Ameglian cow B Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31 Sussex, England.	The ^ is probably a custom character. These can be defined in the source code of IRCd's before compiling. That's my guess anyway. @#HelpDesk - DALnet

Re: What do ! and % mean before nicks on networks? #79332 19/04/04 12:19 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 266 Australia Z zack Fjord artisan
zack Fjord artisan Z Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 266 Australia	/nick ^zack I'm all mighty and powerful now! :P You won't like it when I get angry.

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