The Science Room Instructions and Guidelines


Common IRC etiquette is expected: Be Civil and Don't Disrupt the Channel.

The discretion of the Ops is at all times the sole arbiter of what is allowed or not allowed in the channel. What is or isn't allowed in the channel may vary from Op to Op. This is inevitable given the nature of IRC, and allows the channel to reflect a variety of scientific opinions without imposing any one over the others. If a certain Op's standards for what is or isn't allowed don't meet with your approval, use discretion when interacting with that Op.

1. Disrespectful behaviors are not tolerated

2. Disruptive behaviors which prevent us from helping people, or interfere with ongoing debates are not tolerated

3. No flooding: If you want to copy/paste long text (2000 characters or more) on the main, you must ask permission from the ops first. If granted, you will be exempted from the flood protection system. Posting very long text without permission will result in an automatic ban from the channel.

4. Arguing in open channel with the Ops is not permitted. Discussion of channel policies or politics, concerns about ops, bans, akicks, etc is not allowed. If you disagree with the request of an Op or if you have questions or concerns about policy, please message an Op directly or contact a Sop. You can always use the Chatroom Forum for such discussions.

5. Do not abuse, insult, or threaten others - even in private.

6. Advertising is not tolerated - NO SPAM

7. Disruptive scripts like away or mp3 scripts are not allowed on our channel. Turn them off please.

8. Guest nicks are discouraged. We recommend using a registered nick. At certain times a registered nick may be needed to enter and participate in #Science.

9. Channel members have the right to expect that others will treat them with respect at all times. It's understood that claims will be directly challenged and possibly even dismantled during a debate as par for the course, but the comments should remain directed at the idea being presented and not on the individual presenting it.

 
 

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The goal of our group
 is to provide an open forum for discussion and debate of Scientific and related matters.

We are open to discussion
 on pretty much any subject provided it is conducted with a modicum of respect for our members, and retains some relevance to our main objective.

Why we do it?
 Because we're geeks, and we love science!

  
  10. TOR, proxies and other anonymous ip services are allowed in #science ONLY at the discretion of the ops.

We have a new Topics script

With interesting topic ideas to help stimulate thought, and debate on the channel when it's quiet If you'd like to see some interesting topic ideas during the channels quiet time just type !topic and it will spit out a thoughtfull topic idea for you.

If you'd like to contribute to the topic list simply hit reply on this thread and add your submission for review.

Our room has two bots

Atomizer and Avogadro. Atomizer will respond to an array of commands, which you will find very useful during chat on the channel. You can find a brief list of bot commands here.