Help:Chat

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The chatroom is meant to be a safe place to hang out and enjoy yourself while chatting about anything. When you first enter, you'll automatically join the mariowiki channel.

You are now ready to chat! You have some customization options:
 * Text colors. Left-click on a color on the right to make it your text color, right-click on another color to make it your background color.
 * Smilies. We have several smilies, including Mario-themed smilies. See the table below for a list of them all and the code to input to have them appear in your messages.
 * Private chatting. Double-click on a user's name in the right-hand side to talk to him or her alone. It will appear in a separate tab on the bottom row.

Here are a few of the many commands you can use in the chat: 
 * /j #[roomname] – join another room by opening another tab on the top row, with #[roomname] being one of the following:
 * /nick [nickname] – another way of changing your name
 * /query [username] – a fancy way of opening a private-message tab.
 * /me [blah blah] – a fancy way of referring to yourself (/me goes away results in * [Username] goes away in a purple-colored font)
 * /msg NickServ OR /ns +
 * REGISTER [password] [email] – how to make sure no one can impersonate you. Everytime you change your nick, you must identify yourself &uarr;
 * IDENTIFY [password] – if you registered your name, this is how you enter your password
 * SET password [new password] – if you want to change your password, this is how you do it. You must identify yourself first.
 * KILL [nickname] [password] – if you fail to enter your name within the time limit, this is what you do to get your name back.
 * DROP [password] – if you want to unregister your nick, this is how you drop it. Note that any nick not used for 30 days will be auto-dropped.
 * /clear – delete all text from the chat window.
 * /ignore [username] – Makes the chat not display any messages from the given username. Useful if someone is spamming.
 * /unignore [username] – Reverses the effect of /ignore.

Rules
There are a few restrictions we must institute to prevent any trouble.

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 * No extreme profanity. The following is a list of acceptable curse words:
 * Hell
 * Damn
 * Crap
 * Ass
 * Any other curse words stated in #mariowiki will result in a kick and/or ban. Do not use the aforementioned curses more than 4 times in one minute. Overuse will result in a kick and/or ban as well.
 * No flaming. Comments deemed as flaming will result in a kick and/or ban. This includes complaining to the Ops that they are Ops, and that you are not. Please note that accusing the Ops of breaking rules is not grounds for punishment, and is completely acceptable. Furthermore, "n00b", "moron", "doofus", "wuss", "wimp", and similarly-used words are not flames.
 * No sexually-oriented conversing. Specific comments about sex, nudity, or other particularly graphic comments will result in a kick and/or ban.
 * No spamming or trolling. Typing gibberish will result in a kick and/or ban. Typing a comment that is repeated more than 4 times will result in a kick and/or ban.
 * No impersonating. Changing your nickname is only acceptable as long as it is linked to your username in some manner. Nick abusing will result in a kick and/or ban.
 * No flooding.
 * Talking
 * like
 * this
 * is unacceptable
 * and will
 * result in a
 * kick and/or ban.
 * No requesting promotion. Asking to be an Op and/or Sysop will result in a kick and/or ban.
 * No advertising. Advertising your channel or website in #mariowiki will result in a kick and/or ban. If you have something to advertise, do so in query.
 * No discriminatory actions. Making racist, sexist, or discriminatory comments and/or actions towards your fellow chatroom members will result in a kick and/or ban.
 * No user-created bots. Creating bots in #mariowiki will result in an immediate ban and the elimination of said bot.
 * No spoilers. Giving away the ending to a game, movie, book, or other spoilable media will result in a kick. Not everyone wishes to hear how things will pan out, so keep those secrets to yourself or in a query.
 * No godmodding. It is considered to be a form of spam and is highly disruptive in chat. Godmodding will result in a kick and/or ban.
 * No font abuse. Typing in a color that is unreadable, or is extremely hard on the eyes is not accepted.
 * No ban-evading. Evading a ban will result in a doubled ban.
 * No ban-evading. Evading a ban will result in a doubled ban.

OP-EXCLUSIVE RULES

 * No power abuse. Using Op powers against regulation will result in demotion as well as a kick and/or ban.
 * No slacking. Extreme inactivity will result in demotion.
 * No rule abuse. Failure to enforce rules, breaking rules, and recklessness will result in demotion as well as the possibility of a kick and/or ban.

These rules are subject to change at any time by the #mariowiki Operators' collective decisions. Any rules that are added or changed are to be followed in the same manner that all others are. Any complaints about the rules should be brought up on the corresponding talk page, not to the chatroom Operators. Remember: the chatroom is a privilege, not a right. Failure to abide by these rules will result in punishment. Now, go out there and have some good, clean fun!
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Channel Operators (identified by the @ next to their name on the wiki's applet) are in place to kick or ban unruly users. Sysops, Bureaucrats, and other trusted users will be allowed operator status.

List of non-sysop ops
These non-sysops are currently allowed operator status: