IRC Services
This page describes services offed on AnimeNfo IRC. Some of these are already listed in the How-To IRC GUIDE (use "IRC Guide" in the menu), and some of these are used on the channel itself.
Use the TOC below to jump to a particular section.
User/Channel Services
NickServ
The NickServ IRC service is used to register or control your nickname on IRC. You can register a nickname, drop a nickname, even add it to a group of registered nicknames. Note that you dont have to register your nickname if you're only going to visit us one time. It would be a good idea to register your nickname if you are planning to stay on the network for a long period of time.
To register a nickname, use: /msg nickserv register [password] [email]. Choose a password that is not easy to guess. Registering a nickname allows you to keep your nickname, so no one else can steal it. When you come back on IRC, you need to identify yourself to NickServ to properly use your nickname. Use /msg nickserv identify [password].
To drop a nickname, use: /msg nickserv drop [nickname]. This will drop the nickname you registered from the NickServ database. It will be free to re-register again.
For more information, check the IRC Guide for more on NickServ. Explore the available commands by doing /msg nickserv help or specific commands with /msg nickserv help [command].
ChanServ
ChanServ allows you to register a channel you have created. This prevents other people from taking over your channel, and allows you to do several things, like maintain lists of people who should be auto-opped (+o), auto-halfop (+h), etc. You can even set your channel to only let registered users enter.
Registering a channel is as simple as registering a nickname. Use: /msg chanserv register [password] [channel to register] [channel description]. The channel will be registered under you. Note that doing ChanServ commands like registering, you must be registered with NickServ first.
Dropping a channel is simple: /msg chanserv drop [#channel]. Note that only the founder (the total owner, usually the person who registered the channel) can do this, and that user must be identified with nickserv first.
Explore the many commands of ChanServ with /msg chanserv help.
HostServ
Hostname Services, or HostServ, can assign you a custom virtual host (or vhost) to mask your address that people can see when joining/parting a channel or when doing a /WHOIS query.
You must first request a hostname, use: /msg hostserv request [hostname-to-request]. This will send a message to the server. If all goes well, use the /msg hostserv on command to activate it. If you get messages from MemoServ (memo services), then most likely it means your request was rejected, then probably because it contains something hateful, or is similar to another requested vhost, or it has already been taken. In any event, message me at ota@animenfo.com, and we'll try to figure something out.
AnimeNfo IRC Channel Services
There are many commands that you can use in the main #animenfo channel on IRC. These include triggers for searching the AnimeNfo database, or even request a song on AnimeNfo Radio. These commands are available via TezukaBot Services Bot, as well as other bots. Thanks to SharkMa-San for providing a means to use these commands. Triggers can also be viewed anytime using the !triggers command.
General Triggers
| !top10, !top20 | Displays the top 10 and top 20 chatters, respectively. |
| !stat [nickname] | If nickname is given, gives the IRC word statistics of the person. Otherwise, it will display your statistics. |
| !place [nickname] | If nickname is given, it will report your ranking in the IRC chatter's database. Otherwise, it will display your place in the IRC chatter's database. |
AnimeNfo Triggers
| !animenfo [anime title] | Displays a brief description of the anime with the given title. |
| !desc [anime title] | Gives a short description of the given anime title. |
AnimeNfo Radio Triggers
| !listeners | Shows the number of people currently listening to the radio. |
| !playing | Shows the song currently playing on the radio. |
| !next, !prev | Shows the next song in queue, !prev shows the song that just played. |
| !schedule | Shows what is on schedule. |
| !today | Shows today's schedule. |
| !peak | Shows the highest amount of people who have listened to the radio. |
| !listen | Shows the address of radio relays and stations. |
| !req [song ID] | Request a song to be played in the queue by Song ID. Look on the radio website (http://www.animenfo-radio.com) and browse the songs to find their IDs. Song IDs are also shown on the !next and !prev triggers. |
| !lookup [query] | Searches for songs by Song ID, Artist, Song Title, Album Name. Use % as wildcards to maximize your search. |
The following commands require you to log in to the Radio web site. You can do this either by logging into your Radio account from the AnimeNfo Radio web site, or use TezukaBot on IRC! Use: /msg TezukaBot AUTH [username] [password].
| !rate [rating from 1 to 10] | Rates the song currently playing on the radio. You can re-rate a song if you wish. |
| !rate [song id] [rating from 1 to 10] | Rate a song by Song ID, instead of the current one playing on the radio. You can re-rate a song if you wish. |
| !me | Shows your user information (of course not your password) on IRC. |
| !fav | Adds the song currently playing on the radio to your list of favourites. |
| !fav [song ID] | Adds a song by Song ID to your list of favourites. |
