[FOSSRIT] Re: Get an IRC cloak for RIT!

[Justin W. Flory]

On 03/30/2017 05:46 PM, Mike Nolan wrote:
> TIL alumnus is a gendered noun.
>
> Could I get a @rit/foss/alumnus cloak?

Added to the list! Expect for it to be applied somewhere in mid-April. :)
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 6:56 AM, Justin W. Flory <[e-mail]
> > wrote:
> Hey everyone!
>
> As of now, we are officially registered as a project with freenode. As
> mentioned before, this also means that we can now request custom
> hostname cloaks for members of the RIT community in IRC.
>
> What does this mean? An IRC cloak is like a "mask" for your hostname
> whenever you connect to a channel. For example, if I join an IRC channel
> without a cloak, it might look like the following:
>
>     * jwf ([e-mail]
> <mailto:[e-mail]>) has joined
>
> If I have a cloak and I am logged into NickServ, it could look like this
> instead:
>
>     * jwf (jflory7@rit/foss/student) has joined
>
> As of now, we have a few options for people to pick from! If I can
> collect a list of usernames and the desired cloaks, I can send this list
> to the freenode staff to add the cloaks to your freenode NickServ
> accounts. It will help the staff team if we can send them a list at once
> instead of doing multiple, one-off requests.
>
> Here's the list of cloaks we currently have available:
>
> * @rit/student
> * @rit/professor
> * @rit/faculty
> * @rit/alumnus
> * @rit/alumnae
> * @rit/foss/student
> * @rit/foss/captain
> * @rit/foss/faculty
> * @rit/foss/alumnus
> * @rit/foss/alumnae
> * @rit/ritlug/member
> * @rit/ritlug/alumnus
> * @rit/ritlug/alumnae
>
> It's also possible to add a Linux distribution or another open source
> project community to the cloak, before the last identifier, e.g.
> @rit/ritlug/fedora/member or @rit/foss/musicbrainz/member.
>
> If you would like one of these cloaks, please reply back to this email
> with your IRC NickServ username and which cloak you would like. :)
>
> Thanks all!
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Justin W. Flory
> [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
>
>
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