[Numpy-discussion] Taking back control of the #numpy irc channel

[Ralf Gommers]

On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 7:15 PM, Nathan Goldbaum <nathan12343 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I idle in #scipy and have op in there. I’m happy start idling in #numpy
> and be op if the community is willing to let me.
>

Thanks Nathan. Sounds useful.

There's also a Gitter numpy channel. AFAIK few/none core devs are regularly
active on either IRC or Gitter. I would suggest that we document both these
channels as community-run at https://scipy.org/scipylib/mailing-lists.html,
and give Nathan and others who are interested the permissions they need.

I think our official recommendation for usage questions is StackOverflow.

Cheers,
Ralf


I’m also in the process of getting ops for #matplotlib for similar
> spam-related reasons. I’d say all the scientific python IRC channels I’m in
> get a decent amount of traffic (perhaps 10% of the number of questions that
> get asked on StackOverflow) and it’s a good venue for asking quick
> questions. Let’s hope that forcing people to register doesn’t kill that,
> although there’s not much we can do given the spam attack.
>
> Nathan
>
> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 9:03 PM Matti Picus <matti.picus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Over the past few days spambots have been hitting freenode's IRC
>> channels[0, 1]. It turns out the #numpy channel has no operator, so we
>> cannot make the channel mode "|+q $~a"[2] - i.e. only registered
>> freenode users can talk but anyone can listen.
>>
>> I was in touch with the freenode staff, they requested that someone from
>> the steering council reach out to them at ||projects at freenode.net, here
>> is the quote from the discussion:
>>
>> "
>> it's pretty much a matter of them sending an email telling us who they'd
>> like to represent them on freenode, which channels and cloak namespaces
>> they want, and any info we might need on the project
>> "
>>
>> In the mean time they set the channel mode appropriately, so this is
>> also a notice that if you want to chat on the #numpy IRC channel you
>> need to register.
>>
>> Hope someone from the council picks this up and reaches out to them, and
>> will decide who is to able to become channel operators (the recommended
>> practice is to use it like sudo, only assume the role when needed then
>> turn it back off).
>>
>> Matti
>>
>> [0] https://freenode.net/news/spambot-attack
>> [1] https://freenode.net/news/spam-shake
>> [2] https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/201808/fighting_spam_on_freenode.html
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