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====What is Zoia?====
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==What is Zoia?==
  
 
Zoia is the Code4Lib [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat_bot IRC (Internet-relay-chat) bot].  
 
Zoia is the Code4Lib [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat_bot IRC (Internet-relay-chat) bot].  
  
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====Where did it get its name?====
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==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.
 
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.
  
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====What does it do?====
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==What does it do?==
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The Zoia bot provides commentary, insight, support and diversions to participants on the Code4LIB IRC channel. 
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Documentation is sparse, incomplete, outdated, and occasionally only in the code of the bot's plugins themselves. 
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You can interact with Zoia by using commands in the channel. 
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Bot commands are preceded with an at-sign ('@'). 
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Some examples are on the [http://code4lib.org/irc/faq http://code4lib.org/irc/faq main Code4Lib IRC FAQ page] and more are listed below to get you started. 
  
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Some examples [http://code4lib.org/irc/faq here] and more below. You get the idea!
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If you want to see a list of plugins, you can ask Zoia directly:  
  
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You can run certain commands to Zoia if you are registered.
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<tt>
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@list<br>
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:<zoia> Acronym, Admin, Amazon, Anagram, Anonymous, ArtisanalIntegers, Assorted, Astro, AudioScrobbler, Babelfish, Band, Blame, Calais, Cast, Channel, ChannelLogger, Config, CyborgName, DBpedia, Debian, Delicious, Dict, Disclaimer, Disemvowel, Dunno, Eef, Etymology, FOAF, Filter, Fireworks, Fixit, Games, GasPrices, Gender, GeoIP, Git, Google, Greeter, Helpers, Herald, IPTools, Insult, Internet, IsItDown, Karma, Kombat, (2 more messages)<br>
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@more<br>
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:<zoia> LCSH, Later, Levenshtein, LibraryThing, Linux, Lisppaste, Lolcat, Lolz, LoveHate, MARC, Math, Misc, Motivate, NACO, Nadsat, Nickometer, OCLC, Oblique, OpenDict, Owner, PDPC, Pinky, Pirate, Poll, Praise, Presidents, Quote, Reply, Sarge, Scrabble, Seen, Services, Sing, SocialGraph, StackEx, Stopwords, Tantrum, Todo, Traffic, Translators, TrueTrue, Twitter, TwitterSnarfer, URL, Uberblic, UnglueIt, Unicode, Unix, (1 more message)<br>
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</tt>
  
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You can do this by messaging Zoia like this:
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Note -- if you are experimenting and learning about commands, it is a good idea to send private messages to Zoia directly (using <tt>/msg zoia ''[command]''</tt>) rather than directly in channel (e.g. <tt>@''[command]''</tt>).
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Unless, that is, you want everyone to watch you experimenting.
  
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* /msg zoia register nickname password.
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Each plugin has zero or more commands that it can perform.
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The <tt>@list</tt> command is also used to see what commands are available in a plugin:
  
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you can also privmsg the bot for running @list and @help
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<tt>
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@list Lolz<br>
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:<zoia> lolz
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</tt>
  
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=====Examples=====
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So the <tt>Lolz</tt> plugin has one command: <tt>lolz</tt>
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To see how to run the command, use <tt>@help</tt>
  
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* @coffee
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<tt>
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ruebot: @coffee pberry
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@help lolz<br>
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:<zoia> (lolz <phrase>) -- Translates English into Lolcat using http://speaklolcat.com/
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</tt>
  
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zoia brews and pours a cup of Guatemala El Diamante, and sends it sliding down the bar to pberry
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To run the command, precede it with an at-sign ('@') in the channel:
  
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* @karma
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<tt>
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awead: @karma
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@lolz<br>
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:<zoia> OH HAI THAR
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</tt>
  
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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.
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==Registering with Zoia==
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Certain commands (for instance, ''tweet'') will only work if you have registered your IRC nickname with Zoia.
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To do that, first send Zoia a '''Register''' command:
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<pre lang="text">
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/msg zoia register ''[IRC_nickname]'' ''[password]''
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</pre>
  
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* @quote
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After that, any time you are on the Code4Lib channel and want to use a command that requires registration, first send Zoia the '''Identify''' command:
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emorgan: @quote random
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<pre lang="text">
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/msg zoia identify ''[IRC_nickname]'' ''[password]''
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</pre>
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''Note: Don't worry, "/msg" sends a private message, so no one in the chatroom will see your password.  However, don't reuse a password you care about because IRC messages are not encrypted and could be sniffed.''
  
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zoia: emorgan: Quote #421: "< edsu> heartlessdicatoators4lib" (added by gsf at 04:51 PM, September 20, 2006)
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==Examples of Bot Commands==
  
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gsf: @quote random
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*'''@whoami'''
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<pre>
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pmurray: @whoami
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zoia: pmurray
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</pre>
  
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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)
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*'''@helpers''' ''List people who have self-identified as willing to be able to assist with IRC''
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<pre>
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pberry: @helpers
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zoia: List of active #code4lib helpers (@help helpers for details): anarchivist, gsf, mbklein, mistym, rsinger, ruebot
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</pre>
  
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* @praise
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* '''@coffee'''
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mistym: @praise the end of the all-day meetings
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<pre>
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ruebot: @coffee pberry
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zoia brews and pours a cup of Guatemala El Diamante, and sends it sliding down the bar to pberry
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</pre>
  
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zoia: radiation has made the end of the all-day meetings an enemy of civilization
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* '''@fight'''
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<pre>
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todrobbins: @fight MARC RDA BIBFRAME
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zoia: todrobbins: MARC: 46100000, RDA: 2090000, BIBFRAME: 2990
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</pre>
  
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* @insult
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*'''@naf''' ''Search the national authority file''
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bohyunkim: @insult z39.50
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<pre>
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bohyunkim: @naf kazantzakis
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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>
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</pre>
  
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zoia: z39.50: You are nothing but a ruttish half-mouthful of clouted urine.
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* '''@marc''' ''Look up MARC tags''
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<pre>
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bohyunkim: @marc 245
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zoia: bohyunkim: The title and statement of responsibility area of the bibliographic description of a work. [a,b,c,f,g,h,k,n,p,s,6,8]
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</pre>
  
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* @sing
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* '''@tweet''' ''Send a tweet from the bot4lib Twitter account''
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lbjay: @sing MC Hammer
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Requires Zoia identification/registration.
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<pre>
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edsu: @tweet please Hammerism don't hurt 'em
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zoia: edsu: The operation succeeded.
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</pre>
  
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zoia: lbjay: No lyrics found for They Put Me In The Mix by MC Hammer
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* '''@karma''' ''Gives Karma stats''
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<pre>
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awead: @karma
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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.
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</pre>
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Give someone/something karma with <tt>++</tt> anywhere in a line
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<pre>
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joes: props to edsu++ for the nodejs++ Wikipedia edits page
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</pre>
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Take away someone/something's karma with <tt>--</tt> anywhere in a line
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<pre>
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frankn: congress--
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</pre>
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* '''@quote''' ''Get or add quotes''
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<pre>
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emorgan: @quote random
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zoia: emorgan: Quote #421: "< edsu> heartlessdicatoators4lib" (added by gsf at 04:51 PM, September 20, 2006)
  
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* @tweet
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gsf: @quote add <mjgiarlo> the goal, IMO, is to avoid being a technocracy and also to avoid being a null-tech oligarchy.
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edsu: @tweet please Hammerism don't hurt 'em
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zoia: gsf: The operation succeeded. Quote #255 added.
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</pre>
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Command also has <tt>change</tt>, <tt>cited</tt>, <tt>derp</tt>, <tt>get</tt>, <tt>random</tt>, <tt>raw</tt>, <tt>remove</tt>, <tt>search</tt>, and <tt>stats</tt>.
  
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oia: edsu: The operation succeeded.
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* '''@praise''' ''Give random props''
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<pre>
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mistym: @praise the end of the all-day meetings
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zoia: radiation has made the end of the all-day meetings an enemy of civilization
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</pre>
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Command also has <tt>add</tt>, <tt>change</tt>, <tt>get</tt>, <tt>remove</tt>, <tt>search</tt>, and <tt>stats</tt>.
  
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* @help
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* '''@insult''' ''Give random insults''
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<pre>
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bohyunkim: @insult z39.50
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zoia: z39.50: You are nothing but a ruttish half-mouthful of clouted urine.
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</pre>
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Command also has <tt>add</tt>, <tt>change</tt>, <tt>get</tt>, <tt>remove</tt>, <tt>search</tt>, and <tt>stats</tt>.
  
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mistym: @help register
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* '''@blame''' ''It wasn't you, so what was the problem?''
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When adding a ''blame'' string, include the string '$who' -- it will serve as a placeholder for the input string.
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<pre>
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mistym: @blame add Pray sir, if I input the wrong commands, will $who output the right results?
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zoia: mistym: The operation succeeded.  Blame #161 added.
  
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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)
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mistym: @blame 161 [someone]
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zoia: Pray sir, if I input the wrong commands, will egspoony output the right results?
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</pre>
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Command also has <tt>add</tt>, <tt>change</tt>, <tt>get</tt>, <tt>remove</tt>, <tt>search</tt>, and <tt>stats</tt>.
  
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* @ana
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* '''@sing''' ''Display lyrics from lyricsmania.com''
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Usage: <tt>sing artist [: title] [: * | line | pattern]</tt>
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<pre>
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frankn: @sing bon jovi : wanted dead or alive
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zoia: I'd drive all night  / Just to get back home  / I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride  / I'm wanted dead or alive
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</pre>
  
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* '''@ana''' ''Return an anagram of the input''
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<pre>
 
jtgorman: @ana learning is fun
 
jtgorman: @ana learning is fun
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zoia: jtgorman: Gainful sinner
 
zoia: jtgorman: Gainful sinner
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</pre>
  
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pmurray: zoia: That is deep…somehow.
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*'''@hussein'''' ''Like <tt>@ana</tt>, but appends the string 'hussein' before anagramming''
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<pre>
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mistym: @hussein learning is fun
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zoia: mistym: Huge flair in sunniness
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</pre>
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Inside joke?
  
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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
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*'''@redact''' ''Randomly redact parts of the input''
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<pre>
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pmurray: @redact [quote random]
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zoia: pmurray: Quote #2385: "<wgibson> ██████ financial crisis? It was the industries *█████████*. █████████ financial instruments, like ██████ ██████ drawings..." (█████ by edsu at 06:50 AM, August 29, ████)
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</pre>
  
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* @helpers
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* '''@etym''' Get the etymology of a word
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<pre>
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bohyunkim: @etym guest
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zoia: bohyunkim: 'Old English g&aelig;st, giest (Anglian gest) "guest; enemy; stranger," the common notion being "stranger," from Proto-Germanic *gastiz (cf. Old Frisian jest, Dutch gast, German Gast, Gothic gasts "guest," originally "stranger"), from PIE root *ghosti- "strange" (cf. Latin hostis "enemy," hospes "host" -- from *hosti-potis "host, guest," originally "lord of strangers" -- Greek xenos "guest, host, stranger;" Old (1 more message)
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</pre>
  
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pberry: @helpers
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== Stacking Commands ==
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It is possible to have the output of one command be the input of another using square brackets.
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The results can be occasionally quite entertaining:
  
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zoia: List of active #code4lib helpers (@help helpers for details): anarchivist, gsf, mbklein, mistym, rsinger, ruebot
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<pre>
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pmurray: @mccainize [obamit [canuck [scalia [quote raw]]]]
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zoia: pmurray: My friends, Look, zedoia's the 'closest' thing I get to regular human contact at wourk, eh?
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</pre>
  
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* @quote
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(You can <tt>@help</tt> the individual commands to see what each is adding along the way.)
  
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emorgan: @quote dchud
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==List of Plug-ins==
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* To see this, private message Zoia with @list (and @more):
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zoia: emorgan: Please respect the plants of political power
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bibliotechy: @quote get 1229
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zoia: bibliotechy: Quote #1229: "< gsf> zoia isn't problematic, just misunderstood" (added by anarchivist at 05:16 PM, March 10, 2008)
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jtgorman: @quote search gsf
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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)
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*@hussein
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mistym: @hussein learning is fun
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zoia: mistym: Huge flair in sunniness
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Acronym, Admin, Amazon, Anagram, Anonymous, ArtisanalIntegers, Assorted, Astro, AudioScrobbler, Babelfish, Band, Blame, Calais, Cast, Channel, ChannelLogger, Config, CyborgName, DBpedia, Debian, Delicious, Dict, Disclaimer, Disemvowel, Dunno, Eef, Etymology, FOAF, Filter, Fireworks, Fixit, Games, GasPrices, Gender, GeoIP, Git, Google, Greeter, Helpers, Herald, IPTools, Insult, Internet, IsItDown, Karma, Kombat, LCSH, Later, Levenshtein, LibraryThing, Linux, Lisppaste, Lolcat, Lolz, LoveHate, MARC, Math, Misc, Motivate, NACO, Nadsat, Nickometer, OCLC, Oblique, OpenDict, Owner, PDPC, Pinky, Pirate, Poll, Praise, Presidents, Quote, Reply, Sarge, Scrabble, Seen, Services, Sing, SocialGraph, StackEx, Stopwords, Tantrum, Todo, Traffic, Translators, TrueTrue, Twitter, TwitterSnarfer, URL, Uberblic, UnglueIt, Unicode, Unix, UrbanDict, User, WOTD, Web2, Webopedia, Wikileaks, WoGroFuBiCo, Wolfram, WordCount, WordStats, WrestlingName, Wunderground, Yelp, Yum, Zalgo, Zen, and Zillow
  
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Please add more!
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==How to hack it==
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Zoia's plugin code is on GitHub: [https://github.com/code4lib/supybot-plugins https://github.com/code4lib/supybot-plugins]
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You can modify existing plugins (git clone and submit a pull request, or ask in the IRC channel if there's someone who can add you to the repo). 
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You can also create new plugins. 
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[http://andromedayelton.com/blog/2012/06/09/i-wrote-a-plugin-for-zoia-in-code4lib-irc-heres-how/ Hey look, documentation.] 
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Hacking zoia is fun!

Latest revision as of 20:07, 11 March 2015

What is Zoia?

Zoia is the Code4Lib IRC (Internet-relay-chat) bot.

Where did it get its name?

It was named after the famous librarian, 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?

The Zoia bot provides commentary, insight, support and diversions to participants on the Code4LIB IRC channel. Documentation is sparse, incomplete, outdated, and occasionally only in the code of the bot's plugins themselves. You can interact with Zoia by using commands in the channel. Bot commands are preceded with an at-sign ('@'). Some examples are on the http://code4lib.org/irc/faq main Code4Lib IRC FAQ page and more are listed below to get you started.

If you want to see a list of plugins, you can ask Zoia directly:

@list

<zoia> Acronym, Admin, Amazon, Anagram, Anonymous, ArtisanalIntegers, Assorted, Astro, AudioScrobbler, Babelfish, Band, Blame, Calais, Cast, Channel, ChannelLogger, Config, CyborgName, DBpedia, Debian, Delicious, Dict, Disclaimer, Disemvowel, Dunno, Eef, Etymology, FOAF, Filter, Fireworks, Fixit, Games, GasPrices, Gender, GeoIP, Git, Google, Greeter, Helpers, Herald, IPTools, Insult, Internet, IsItDown, Karma, Kombat, (2 more messages)

@more

<zoia> LCSH, Later, Levenshtein, LibraryThing, Linux, Lisppaste, Lolcat, Lolz, LoveHate, MARC, Math, Misc, Motivate, NACO, Nadsat, Nickometer, OCLC, Oblique, OpenDict, Owner, PDPC, Pinky, Pirate, Poll, Praise, Presidents, Quote, Reply, Sarge, Scrabble, Seen, Services, Sing, SocialGraph, StackEx, Stopwords, Tantrum, Todo, Traffic, Translators, TrueTrue, Twitter, TwitterSnarfer, URL, Uberblic, UnglueIt, Unicode, Unix, (1 more message)

Note -- if you are experimenting and learning about commands, it is a good idea to send private messages to Zoia directly (using /msg zoia [command]) rather than directly in channel (e.g. @[command]). Unless, that is, you want everyone to watch you experimenting.

Each plugin has zero or more commands that it can perform. The @list command is also used to see what commands are available in a plugin:

@list Lolz

<zoia> lolz

So the Lolz plugin has one command: lolz To see how to run the command, use @help

@help lolz

<zoia> (lolz <phrase>) -- Translates English into Lolcat using http://speaklolcat.com/

To run the command, precede it with an at-sign ('@') in the channel:

@lolz

<zoia> OH HAI THAR

Registering with Zoia

Certain commands (for instance, tweet) will only work if you have registered your IRC nickname with Zoia. To do that, first send Zoia a Register command: 

/msg zoia register ''[IRC_nickname]'' ''[password]''

After that, any time you are on the Code4Lib channel and want to use a command that requires registration, first send Zoia the Identify command: 

/msg zoia identify ''[IRC_nickname]'' ''[password]''

Note: Don't worry, "/msg" sends a private message, so no one in the chatroom will see your password. However, don't reuse a password you care about because IRC messages are not encrypted and could be sniffed.

Examples of Bot Commands

  • @whoami
pmurray:  @whoami
zoia: pmurray
  • @helpers List people who have self-identified as willing to be able to assist with IRC
pberry: @helpers
zoia: List of active #code4lib helpers (@help helpers for details): anarchivist, gsf, mbklein, mistym, rsinger, ruebot
  • @coffee
ruebot: @coffee pberry
zoia brews and pours a cup of Guatemala El Diamante, and sends it sliding down the bar to pberry
  • @fight
todrobbins: @fight MARC RDA BIBFRAME
zoia: todrobbins: MARC: 46100000, RDA: 2090000, BIBFRAME: 2990
  • @naf Search the national authority file
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>
  • @marc Look up MARC tags
bohyunkim: @marc 245
zoia: bohyunkim: The title and statement of responsibility area of the bibliographic description of a work. [a,b,c,f,g,h,k,n,p,s,6,8]
  • @tweet Send a tweet from the bot4lib Twitter account

Requires Zoia identification/registration. 

edsu: @tweet please Hammerism don't hurt 'em
zoia: edsu: The operation succeeded.
  • @karma Gives Karma stats
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.

Give someone/something karma with ++ anywhere in a line 

joes: props to edsu++ for the nodejs++ Wikipedia edits page

Take away someone/something's karma with -- anywhere in a line 

frankn: congress--
  • @quote Get or add quotes
emorgan: @quote random
zoia: emorgan: Quote #421: "< edsu> heartlessdicatoators4lib" (added by gsf at 04:51 PM, September 20, 2006)

gsf: @quote add <mjgiarlo> the goal, IMO, is to avoid being a technocracy and also to avoid being a null-tech oligarchy.
zoia: gsf: The operation succeeded. Quote #255 added.

Command also has change, cited, derp, get, random, raw, remove, search, and stats.

  • @praise Give random props
mistym: @praise the end of the all-day meetings
zoia: radiation has made the end of the all-day meetings an enemy of civilization

Command also has add, change, get, remove, search, and stats.

  • @insult Give random insults
bohyunkim: @insult z39.50
zoia: z39.50: You are nothing but a ruttish half-mouthful of clouted urine.

Command also has add, change, get, remove, search, and stats.

  • @blame It wasn't you, so what was the problem?

When adding a blame string, include the string '$who' -- it will serve as a placeholder for the input string. 

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?

Command also has add, change, get, remove, search, and stats.

  • @sing Display lyrics from lyricsmania.com

Usage: sing artist [: title] [: * | line | pattern] 

frankn: @sing bon jovi : wanted dead or alive
zoia: I'd drive all night  / Just to get back home  / I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride  / I'm wanted dead or alive
  • @ana Return an anagram of the input
jtgorman: @ana learning is fun
zoia: jtgorman: Gainful sinner
  • @hussein' Like @ana, but appends the string 'hussein' before anagramming
mistym: @hussein learning is fun
zoia: mistym: Huge flair in sunniness

Inside joke?

  • @redact Randomly redact parts of the input
pmurray: @redact [quote random]
zoia: pmurray: Quote #2385: "<wgibson> ██████ financial crisis? It was the industries *█████████*. █████████ financial instruments, like ██████ ██████ drawings..." (█████ by edsu at 06:50 AM, August 29, ████)
  • @etym Get the etymology of a word
bohyunkim: @etym guest
zoia: bohyunkim: 'Old English gæst, giest (Anglian gest) "guest; enemy; stranger," the common notion being "stranger," from Proto-Germanic *gastiz (cf. Old Frisian jest, Dutch gast, German Gast, Gothic gasts "guest," originally "stranger"), from PIE root *ghosti- "strange" (cf. Latin hostis "enemy," hospes "host" -- from *hosti-potis "host, guest," originally "lord of strangers" -- Greek xenos "guest, host, stranger;" Old (1 more message)

Stacking Commands

It is possible to have the output of one command be the input of another using square brackets. The results can be occasionally quite entertaining: 

pmurray: @mccainize [obamit [canuck [scalia [quote raw]]]]
zoia: pmurray: My friends, Look, zedoia's the 'closest' thing I get to regular human contact at wourk, eh?

(You can @help the individual commands to see what each is adding along the way.)

List of Plug-ins

  • To see this, private message Zoia with @list (and @more):

Acronym, Admin, Amazon, Anagram, Anonymous, ArtisanalIntegers, Assorted, Astro, AudioScrobbler, Babelfish, Band, Blame, Calais, Cast, Channel, ChannelLogger, Config, CyborgName, DBpedia, Debian, Delicious, Dict, Disclaimer, Disemvowel, Dunno, Eef, Etymology, FOAF, Filter, Fireworks, Fixit, Games, GasPrices, Gender, GeoIP, Git, Google, Greeter, Helpers, Herald, IPTools, Insult, Internet, IsItDown, Karma, Kombat, LCSH, Later, Levenshtein, LibraryThing, Linux, Lisppaste, Lolcat, Lolz, LoveHate, MARC, Math, Misc, Motivate, NACO, Nadsat, Nickometer, OCLC, Oblique, OpenDict, Owner, PDPC, Pinky, Pirate, Poll, Praise, Presidents, Quote, Reply, Sarge, Scrabble, Seen, Services, Sing, SocialGraph, StackEx, Stopwords, Tantrum, Todo, Traffic, Translators, TrueTrue, Twitter, TwitterSnarfer, URL, Uberblic, UnglueIt, Unicode, Unix, UrbanDict, User, WOTD, Web2, Webopedia, Wikileaks, WoGroFuBiCo, Wolfram, WordCount, WordStats, WrestlingName, Wunderground, Yelp, Yum, Zalgo, Zen, and Zillow

How to hack it

Zoia's plugin code is on GitHub: https://github.com/code4lib/supybot-plugins You can modify existing plugins (git clone and submit a pull request, or ask in the IRC channel if there's someone who can add you to the repo). You can also create new plugins. Hey look, documentation. Hacking zoia is fun!

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