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oh-irc-bot (potential name: Nightlightbot) is a bot for welcoming people into the #openhatch irc channel 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: 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 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) 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 2. helping a person to feel welcome even when there's no one around, and providing more information about
staying in touch staying in touch
# Deets # Deets
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Proposed Proposed
1) someone joins, says hi/hey/hello immediately, and no one responds for 60 seconds 1. someone joins; says hi/hey/hello; no one responds for X seconds; bot RESPONDS [YES]
2) someone says hi/hey/hello with no nicks after it, and no one responds for 60 seconds 2. someone joins; says nothing for Y seconds; no one responds for X seconds; bot checks list of known nicks:
3) someone joins, says nothing, and no one responds for a while but they're still there? - if unknown RESPONDS
- if known PMs maintainers
3. someone says hi/hey/hello with no nicks in channel after it; no one responds for X seconds; bot RESPONDS ?
## Responses ## Responses
May May
Include "maintainers" nicks so they get pinged? * Include "maintainers" nicks so they get pinged?
Suggest waiting til the morning, or emailing. * Suggest waiting til the morning, or emailing.
## Implementation ideas ## Implementation ideas
Keep last line said in chat (remember that ircmsg will prob include joins and parts and nick changes. May want to keep a list of known nicks so channel regulars aren't constantly getting bugged by the bot.
# How to help # How to help
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# Credit # Credit
This bot was adapted from code found here: http://wiki.shellium.org/w/Writing_an_IRC_bot_in_Python This bot was adapted from code found [here](http://wiki.shellium.org/w/Writing_an_IRC_bot_in_Python).
Also [this](http://docs.python.org/2/library/queue.html) has been very helpful.