How would I set a timed quiet ban. Would it be something like:

/mode $chan +b ~q:$nick

How would I do this but with it unsetting the ban after 5 minutes?

I don't understand what you mean by a "quiet ban".
A ban prevents a person from joining a specific channel.
If you don't want to see the ban command you can prefix it with a . rather than the / which will make the command silent
eg: .ban -k #chan $nick
vs.: /ban -k #chan $nick

If that's what you mean, then you can use This will kick and ban the person for 5 minutes.

If this isn't what you mean, then please clarify.

That's not really what I meant.

A quiet ban prevents a specific person from talking in the channel.

Example. /mode #chan +b ~q:nick

It only works on people who aren't voice, hop, and op.

So what I'm looking for is a something that can do a quiet ban (no kick) for 5 minutes.

I hope this makes sense.

ALL bans prevent the banned person from talking or changing nicks.



/ban -u300 <nick|mask> type

IOW, /ban -u300 hisnick 3

(For types, see the help file entry for $mask

300 is 300 seconds, or 5 minutes)

Thanks. I got it to work.

Why ban them, just voice everyone, and whoever doesnt behave unvoice them but make sure to have your channel set to moderated +m

this is why the +m feature is there

//mode # +m

yes but that would mean you have to voice everyone...

while the ban method only effects one user so it's way better to use in situations like this...

. doesnt replace / its an extention to it. I wouldnt go about saying it does because people might do it in the editbox revealing private information.

some servers offer a silence mode i believe

its handled just like any other mode

/mode #channel +q nick

On networks that use the UnrealIRCd, the +q mode is used to distinguish the channel owner/founder.

and other networks I know that mode is only available as a usermode and can only be set by IRC-opers (other characters though (+x or +z)