[Ambassadors] registering your nick to get into #fedora

[threethirty]

On Tue, 2010-09-14 at 10:02 -0700, Larry Cafiero wrote: 
> 2010/9/14 Ricky Zhou <ricky at fedoraproject.org>
>         
>         
>         Er, reading this again, I just realized that a Chinese person
>         would
>         probably want (the non-registration-requiring) #fedora-zh
>         anyway :-) 
> 
> Right. Incidentally, this is only #fedora we're talking about.
>  
> 
>         The point is that it's easy for somebody already looking for
>         support in
>         the first place to get frustrated when they have to jump
>         through another
>         hoop to get there. 
> 
> Possibly, but I'd be willing to bet that new Fedora users -- if this
> is indeed their first crack at Linux (and I bet that, in most cases,
> it's not) -- are not going to go first to the IRC channel. Heck, =I=
> rarely go to #fedora for answers, choosing first to Google for the
> answer (that doesn't include forays into #fedora-kde to ask the "kde
> noob question of the day") which often leads to the Fedora Forum,
> linuxquestions.org or some other source of answers. If I don't find it
> there, then it's off to #fedora.
> 
> [#fedora channel denizens, you can thank me later. :-) ]
> 
> Also, let's not fall into the trap that new users are morons. They
> were smart enough to decide to try Fedora. If they have more than two
> IQ points to rub together, I think they can manage to either use the
> method above to find answers or, in being introduced to IRC with the
> intention of using it, register a nick on freenode in order to ask a
> question (or questions) on #fedora.
> 
> Bear in mind, too, that a nick registration has its benefits for
> someone who plans to use IRC on a regular (or semi-regular) basis, one
> of which is to keep your nick yours, if that matters to you (as it
> does to me). Also, GUI-based programs like xchat allow you to set it
> automatically to run the /msg nickserv identify $PASSWORD on startup
> (as well as signing you in to whatever channels you designate --
> pretty handy I'd say).
> 
> So I'm still not sold on the argument that this is a hurdle for new
> users and I think if there's a problem with bots in #fedora, it should
> remain open to those who have a registered nick.
> 
> Larry Cafiero
> 
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what I have done to help fix this issue (since I brought it up again),
is to /ignore fedbot (that repeating message is super annoying) and sit
in -unregistered giving what help I can. I encourage others that think
this is an issue to camp in there and help also.