Talk:Eggdrop

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Irony

Ironically, #gayteen on EFNet was killed (closed out, locked and nobody ever came back) by a team of eggdrops. Orbital (talk • contribs) 04:19, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hoax

Ben Dover? That has to be fake. 134.48.103.32 (talk • contribs) 16:19, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How much of the history in this article can be verified? Grocer (talk • contribs) 22:54, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Although it may sound funny, it's true. And according to the history of Eggdrop, the information about #GayTeen is correct. Nothing in the Eggdrop article is a hoax or a prank, I have correctly sourced the information and proven its validity. - nath a nrdotcom ^{(Talk • Contribs)} 00:00, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
...and I don't know why it keeps getting removed and restored, it's a fact. — nath a nrd o tcom ^{(T • C • W)} 22:14, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Developers

List of developers/contributors was removed? Damn I felt so proud being there, c'mon =))) Takeda 06:03, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but what is it?

Speaking as someone not familiar with Eggdrop or IRC: Could someone please include a jargon-free note at the beginning of this article on just what Eggdrop is/does? (Wikipedia:Explain_jargon#Subject-specific_terms). Thanks. -- 201.37.229.117 (talk) 06:29, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

«Eggdrop is a popular IRC bot.» the page says. One can follow the See also links to IRC bot and Internet Relay Chat. So I don't really see what you expect the page to say? -- skiidoo (talk) 17:42, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1.6.18 version

Just updated with the 1.6.18 update --83.88.93.252 10:37, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's not right. It's not out yet.--BarkerJr 02:29, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Censorship of #gayteen in article

Mention of the EFNet channel #gayteen in the article has been censored many times by different people with various supposed reasons. I'm including additional references below that would be difficult to include as inline citations.

Search Engine Test

Editors should note that this passage easily passes the search engine test.

Google search for "eggdrop" "gayteen"

Valis

Valis was the name of Robey Pointer's #gayteen Eggdrop bot (see below).

Valis and #gayteen are mentioned in Wired 4.04: Bots Are Hot! p.5

ABOUT file

While the ABOUT file included with Eggdrop itself is probably about as authoritative as it gets, it is also possible to find reference to EFNet #gayteen in very old versions of Eggdrop itself.

Many old versions of Eggdrop are available via the Eggheads FTP server.

Notable versions

Eggdrop version 0.7d (released April 11, 1994)

From the file 'sample.config' contained in the 0.7c source archive:

# configuration file for Valis
# (eggdrop 0.7)

# username for user@host
user valis

# real name field (inconsequential, really)
realname the divine invasion

# make a log file?  what's it called?
logfile gayteen.log

# these are dynamic (ie, chan be changed and rehashed)
channel #gayteen
nick Valis

# where to store user records:
userfile gayteen.user

# who's running this damn bot?
admin Reid (reid@boss.math.uic.edu), Robey (rpointe@eng.clemson.edu)

Eggdrop version 0.9r (released December 1, 1995)

From the file 'eggdrop.doc' contained in the 0.9r source archive:

If you have questions or comments about this file, please send me email
at <robey@lightning.net>.  Thanks.

(1) ABOUT EGGDROP

    Eggdrop was created around December 1993 to help stop the incessant
    wars on #gayteen.  It spawned from another bot I had been writing  
    at the time called "Unrest".  The purpose of Unrest was to answer  
    help requests from other bots (the equivalent of eggdrop's current 
    helpbot option).  The first public release was (I think) v0.6, and 
    it's grown a lot since then.

Tothwolf (talk) 00:07, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

References

The references User:Theserialcomma removed [1] are perfectly acceptable and due to the way in which they are used cannot violate WP:NPOV. These references are not used as a source for the subject of the article itself, they are used to establish the fact that #tcl on freenode exists and is not a support channel for Eggdrop.

This reference [2] establishes that #tcl on freenode is indeed the official Tcl channel. And these references [3] [4] make it quite clear in no uncertain terms that the #tcl channel on freenode is not an Eggdrop support channel.

Furthermore, contrary to the edit summary User:Theserialcomma used when making the above revert, wikis are not banned or necessarily unreliable. In this case, the Tclers Wiki is one of the official documentation repositories for the Tcl developers themselves (who are well known experts in their field), as well as their IRC channel, #tcl on freenode. Many of those developers are listed in the first reference mentioned above [5] Had User:Theserialcomma actually bothered to do any fact checking, this would be quite obvious.

--Tothwolf (talk) 04:04, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

please read WP:V. wikis can be edited by anyone, so therefore their editorial oversight is unknown, and hence questionable. sources should be used that are "based upon reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy," and wikis generally fail that. furthermore, are you sure that you should be editing/edit warring in this article? please see WP:COI and see if this might pertain to you. Theserialcomma (talk) 04:18, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Tclers Wiki is also regularly cited [6] [7] and referenced in books about Tcl [8] [9]
Please stop vandalizing this article.
--Tothwolf (talk) 04:22, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is an invalid argument here. calling me a vandal, when i am not vandalizing, is a personal attack. that is your 4th personal attack that i've witnessed in 2 days. do not continue with this behavior or you will be reported. Theserialcomma (talk) 04:24, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

vandalize– (v)

To needlessly destroy other people's property; to commit vandalism.

vandalism– (n)

Willful damage or destruction, often of shared property.

harassment– (n)

Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress
To deliberately pester or annoy

--Tothwolf (talk) 05:01, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cf. WP:PS and WP:SELFPUB. The source is only being used to describe the presence of a help section and not make any interpretations that may lead into original research. The wiki constitutes as such a primary source and is hence OK, provided nothing else is given from what is described. MuZemike 06:39, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

the wiki is not a primary source, it's a wiki. irc doesn't have primary sources, other than chat logs. considering the fact that anyone can edit the wiki, there is no way this is an acceptable resource. for all we know, the channels mentioned backed by the wiki source could be the place to go to get viruses sent to you automatically. without independent, third party sources verifying what is actually in the channel, it has no place here. especially not coming from a wiki. come on, we all know that wiki's are not a reliable source. i mean, have you visited wikipedia recently? the only thing reliable about wikipedia is when it cites reliable sources. not the wiki itself. Theserialcomma (talk) 11:54, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(undent) Have to butt my uninvolved head here. The key policy is WP:V, which is a policy. The argument regarding the source, the tcl wiki, is WP:RS, which is a guideline. The material is verifiable. The particular source, the tcl wiki, is a primary source. It makes no difference that it is a wiki, it is the primary source of information (along side the group, comp.lang.tcl) for tcl. For the argument that irc doesn't have any sources, what particular sources are required? The IETF publishes several RFCs for irc. Yngvarr (t) (c) 13:02, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Theserialcomma said "wikis can be edited by anyone, so therefore their editorial oversight is unknown, and hence questionable.". What about a static revision link? [10] is not editable by anyone. Theserialcomma now deleted the whole support section [11]. The first support resource mentioned was Undernet #eggdrop. Why is [12] not a WP:RS? The README file in the Eggdrop software package also mentions that channel and the others. [13] shows that there are numerous #tcl channels across IRC networks, and that freenode #tcl - in the channel topic - sends eggdrop questions to another channel. thommey (talk) 13:27, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As I see it, the issue is moot: as Wikipedia is not a directory, we shouldn't be listing help channels to begin with. If readers want to discover this sort of detail, they should refer to external links for the most current information. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:56, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]