View source for Zoia or the Code4Lib IRC bot

====What is Zoia?====

Zoia is the Code4Lib [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat_bot IRC (Internet-relay-chat) bot]. 

====Where did it get its name?====

It was named after the famous librarian, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoia_Horn Zoia Horn], who is considered to be the first librarian ever to be jailed for refusing to divulge information that violated her belief in intellectual freedom.

====What does it do?====

Some examples [http://code4lib.org/irc/faq here] and more below. You get the idea!

You can run certain commands to Zoia if you are registered. 

You can do this by messaging Zoia like this:

* /msg zoia register nickname password.

you can also privmsg the bot for running @list and @help

=====Examples=====

*@whoami

pmurray:  @whoami

zoia: pmurray: You're Jean Valjean.

* @coffee
ruebot: @coffee pberry

zoia brews and pours a cup of Guatemala El Diamante, and sends it sliding down the bar to pberry

* @naf

bohyunkim: @naf kazantzakis

zoia: bohyunkim: [2 matches] [1] Kazantzakis, Nikos, 1883-1957 <http://errol.oclc.org/laf/n79-100889.html>; [2] Kazantzakis, Helen <http://errol.oclc.org/laf/n82-70274.html>

* @tweet 
edsu: @tweet please Hammerism don't hurt 'em

oia: edsu: The operation succeeded.

* @karma
awead: @karma

zoia: awead: Highest karma: "mbklein" (529), "mistym" (365), and "edsu" (341).  Lowest karma: "iii" (-102), "rhel" (-45), and "contentdm" (-22).  You (awead) are ranked 23 out of 1885.

* @quote
emorgan: @quote random

zoia: emorgan: Quote #421: "< edsu> heartlessdicatoators4lib" (added by gsf at 04:51 PM, September 20, 2006)

gsf: @quote random

zoia: gsf: Quote #255: "<mjgiarlo> the goal, IMO, is to avoid being a technocracy and also to avoid being a null-tech oligarchy." (added by edsu at 01:50 PM, March 22, 2006)

* @praise
mistym: @praise the end of the all-day meetings

zoia: radiation has made the end of the all-day meetings an enemy of civilization

* @insult
bohyunkim: @insult z39.50

zoia: z39.50: You are nothing but a ruttish half-mouthful of clouted urine.

* @sing
lbjay: @sing MC Hammer

zoia: lbjay: No lyrics found for They Put Me In The Mix by MC Hammer

*@measure
emorgan: @measure diversity

[10:39am] zoia: emorgan: get back to me after you've given that micro-thought a dereferenceable URI

* @help

mistym: @help register

zoia: mistym: (register <name> <password>) -- Registers <name> with the given password <password> and the current hostmask of the person registering. You shouldn't register twice; if you're not recognized as a user but you've already registered, use the hostmask add command to add another hostmask to your already-registered user, or use the identify command to identify just for a session. This command (and all other commands (1 more message)

* @ana

jtgorman: @ana learning is fun

zoia: jtgorman: Gainful sinner

pmurray: zoia: That is deep…somehow.

zoia: pmurray: So brother, be a brother / And fill this tiny cup of mine / And please, sir, make it whiskey / For I have no head for wine

* @helpers 

pberry: @helpers

zoia: List of active #code4lib helpers (@help helpers for details): anarchivist, gsf, mbklein, mistym, rsinger, ruebot

* @quote

emorgan: @quote dchud

zoia: emorgan: Please respect the plants of political power

bibliotechy: @quote get 1229

zoia: bibliotechy: Quote #1229: "< gsf> zoia isn't problematic, just misunderstood" (added by anarchivist at 05:16 PM, March 10, 2008)

jtgorman: @quote search gsf

zoia: jtgorman: 40 found: #1094: "< edsu> gsf: somewhere there is a perl hacker...", #1122: "< gsf> yeah, python is more a language for stoners", #1192: "< gsf> man, relationships are so complex", #1194: "< gsf> providence is the obama of hosts2009", #1221: "<gsf> i don't run our ils -- i work on...", #1229: "< gsf> zoia isn't problematic, just misunderstood", #1266: "< gsf> please forgive me, but i must raise the...", #1384: "< (5 more messages)

*@hussein

mistym: @hussein learning is fun

zoia: mistym: Huge flair in sunniness

* @redact

mbklein: @redact [dunno]
zoia: mbklein: Your ███████™ has decreased ███.█%

* @etymology

bohyunkim: @etymology guest

zoia: bohyunkim: it's Thanksgiving somewhere

* @blame

mistym: @blame add Pray sir, if I input the wrong commands, will $who output the right results?

zoia: mistym: The operation succeeded.  Blame #161 added.

mistym: @blame 161 [someone]

zoia: Pray sir, if I input the wrong commands, will egspoony output the right results?

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