[Asterisk-Users] IRC Etiquette

[Joseph Finley]

Jeremy McNamara wrote:

> 
> Mark Spencer wrote:
> 
>> To everyone who spends time in #asterisk or #asterisk-bugs or 
>> basically anything with #asterisk in its name, I want to implore you 
>> to please treat new users with respect, and act as good 
>> representatives of the Asterisk community.  Recently I have had more 
>> reports of new users being severely turned off of the project in 
>> general due to the comments, reactions and attitudes of a few members 
>> of the asterisk channels.
> 
>  >
>  > The success of the Asterisk project depends upon users and developers,
>  > and remember that every one of you, even the most experienced Asterisk
>  > users were at one point a newbie and needed some hand holding from 
>  >someone.
> 
> 
> Ok, then someone has to step up and make absolutely sure Asterisk has 
> valid up-to-date documentation that newbies know how to find. Then the 
> link(s) to that documentation should always show up in the topic of said 
> IRC channels.
> 
> In my book, respect is earned.  They can earn respect by asking informed 
> questions, but if the documentation is incorrect, what's the point?
> 
> 

Maybe someone can run a FAQ Bot in the channel as other channels do.  As 
soon as you join, the Bot /msg's you a brief list of commands & 
instructions on how to ask for help or resourced to look for.