IRC

#openphoto IRC Guidelines

OpenPhoto has an IRC channel for users and developers to get help and chat about the project. You can access it by pointing your IRC client to:

Server: irc.freenode.net
Channel: #openphoto

You can access the IRC channel through your IRC client of choice or through Freenode's webchat.

Choose a nickname for us to recognize you as. This doesn't have to be the same as your nickname elsewhere (Twitter, Github, OpenPhoto...), but it's useful. Once you've selected a good nickname, you can optionally register it with Nickserv:

/msg nickserv register yourpassword youremail

You'll receive an email shortly with instructions on confirming your registration. After you complete your registration, you can log into your nickname with:

/msg nickserv identify yourpassword

You can also change your nick:

/nick yournewnick

Channel guidelines

The OpenPhoto channel (and the project as a whole) has two primary rules in addition to Freenode's server guidelines:

1. Make cool things.
2. Don't be a jerk.

To make your stay and everyone else's in #openphoto more pleasant, we've set up some general guidelines:

Ask your question outright and be patient.

If you have a question, ask it. You don't have to say "Can I ask a question?" or "Is anyone around?" Also, stay in the channel and wait at before asking it again. It's possible that no one is around who knows the answer to the question. If you don't get a response in the channel or if your question is very involved, try asking on our mailing list.

Ask before bringing bots into the channel.

We'll probably say yes if the bot serves a useful purpose to everyone, but ask first.

Don't copy and paste huge chunks of text into the channel.

Use Pastebin, Github's Gist, or similar services for pasting chunks of text longer than one line. This includes code samples. (And please show us if they're relevant to your issue!)

No misogyny, ableism, racism, nationalist insults, homophobia, and the like.

Not even as a joke.

Don't tell someone to RTFM (Read The Fine Manual) or similar.

Users of all experience levels participate and lurk in #openphoto, and we want to create a friendly environment of asking questions and receiving answers. Asking what they have tried or what resources they have checked is generally appropriate.