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# What is this
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oh-irc-bot (potential name: Nightlightbot) is a bot for welcoming people into the #openhatch irc channel
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when no one is paying attention. The goals are to:
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1. alert community members when someone knew enters the room and says hello (either by using their nick
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in a response, or by sending a private message)
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2. helping a person to feel welcome even when there's no one around, and providing more information about
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staying in touch
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# Deets
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## Response conditions
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Proposed
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1. someone joins; says hi/hey/hello; no one responds for X seconds; bot RESPONDS [YES]
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2. someone joins; says nothing for Y seconds; no one responds for X seconds; bot checks list of known nicks:
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- if unknown RESPONDS
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- if known PMs maintainers
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3. someone says hi/hey/hello with no nicks in channel after it; no one responds for X seconds; bot RESPONDS ?
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## Responses
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May
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* Include "maintainers" nicks so they get pinged?
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* Suggest waiting til the morning, or emailing.
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## Implementation ideas
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May want to keep a list of known nicks so channel regulars aren't constantly getting bugged by the bot.
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# How to help
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Find me (shauna) on the #openhatch IRC. Alternatively you can fork this project, make changes, and send
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them back if you want. If you need help using github, see [here](https://openhatch.org/wiki/Git_Basics).
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I will come back and improve this documentation later.
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# Credit
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This bot was adapted from code found [here](http://wiki.shellium.org/w/Writing_an_IRC_bot_in_Python).
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Also [this](http://docs.python.org/2/library/queue.html) has been very helpful.
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