= Freenode IRC Channel Infrastructure SOP Fedora uses the freenode IRC network for it's IRC communications. If you want to make a new Fedora Related IRC Channel, please follow the following guidelines. == Contents [arabic] . Contact Information . Is a new channel needed? . Adding new channel . Recovering/fixing an existing channel == Contact Information Owner::: Fedora Infrastructure Team Contact::: #fedora-admin Location::: freenode Servers::: none Purpose::: Provides a channel for Fedora contributors to use. == Is a new channel needed? First you should see if one of the existing Fedora channels will meet your needs. Adding a new channel can give you a less noisy place to focus on something, but at the cost of less people being involved. If you topic/area is development related, perhaps the main #fedora-devel channel will meet your needs? == Adding new channel * Make sure the channel is in the #fedora-* namespace. This allows the Fedora Group Coordinator to make changes to it if needed. * Found the channel. You do this by /join #channelname, then /msg chanserv register #channelname * Setup GUARD mode. This allows ChanServ to be in the channel for easier management: `/msg chanserv set #channel GUARD on` * Add Some other Operators/Managers to the access list. This would allow them to manage the channel if you are asleep or absent.: + .... /msg chanserv access #channel add NICK +ARfiorstv .... You can see what the various flags mean at http://toxin.jottit.com/freenode_chanserv_commands#cs03 You may want to consider adding some or all of the folks in #fedora-ops who manage other channels to help you with yours. You can see this list with [.title-ref]##/msg chanserv access #fedora-ops list##` * Set default modes. `/msg chanserv set mlock #channel +Ccnt` (The t for topic lock is optional, if your channel would like to have people change the topic often). * If your channel is of general interest, add it to the main communicate page of IRC Channels, and possibly announce it to your target audience. * You may want to request zodbot join your channel if you need it's functions. You can request that in #fedora-admin. == Recovering/fixing an existing channel If there is an existing channel in the #fedora-* namespace that has a missing founder/operator, please contact the Fedora Group Coordinator: [49]User:Spot and request it be reassigned. Follow the above procedure on the channel once done so it's setup and has enough operators/managers to not need reassiging again.