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+# What is this
+
+oh-irc-bot (potential name: Nightlightbot) is a bot for welcoming people into the #openhatch irc channel 
+when no one is paying attention.  The goals are to:
+
+1) alert community members when someone knew enters the room and says hello (either by using their nick
+in a response, or by sending a private message)
+2) helping a person to feel welcome even when there's no one around, and providing more information about
+staying in touch
+
+# Deets
+
+## Response conditions
+
+Proposed
+
+1) someone joins, says hi/hey/hello immediately, and no one responds for 60 seconds
+2) someone says hi/hey/hello with no nicks after it, and no one responds for 60 seconds
+3) someone joins, says nothing, and no one responds for a while but they're still there?
+
+## Responses
+
+May 
+
+Include "maintainers" nicks so they get pinged?
+Suggest waiting til the morning, or emailing.
+
+## Implementation ideas
+
+Keep last line said in chat (remember that ircmsg will prob include joins and parts and nick changes.
+
+# How to help
+
+Find me (shauna) on the #openhatch IRC.  Alternatively you can fork this project, make changes, and send
+them back if you want.  If you need help using github, see [here](https://openhatch.org/wiki/Git_Basics).
+
+I will come back and improve this documentation later.
+
+# Credit
+
+This bot was adapted from code found here: http://wiki.shellium.org/w/Writing_an_IRC_bot_in_Python