Zoia or the Code4Lib IRC bot
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?
Some examples 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
- @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 ███.█%
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