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.

• @coffee

ruebot: @coffee pberry

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

• @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

• @tweet

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

oia: edsu: The operation succeeded.

• @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