Channel Service member rules

The following rules are followed by all ChatNet Channel Service members. Any member abusing their rights or breaking the rules should be reported to the heads of Channel Service (staff@chatnet.gg, or the team in #doghouse).

ChatNet Channel Service rules

1. Never use your position and access to K9 to threaten or coerce a user.
2. You should not auth for a channel unless one of the following is true:
   • You are, or are considered, a channel operator or channel master for that channel.
   • You are performing Channel Service duties at the request of the channel master or of a channel operator with access on that channel.
3. If you are a channel operator on a channel with less than 500 level access, you should still consider yourself as such on that channel and act in accordance with that level.
4. In a channel where you have been invited to act as a channel operator, knowing you are a Channel Service member with full staff access (level 600 and above), it is best to ask first what the channel master would expect of you or allow you to do, so that you know what access level the channel master is giving you. For example: if the channel master allows you 500 access, you are free to use up to level 500 commands.
5. If a channel, in which you are not considered to be the channel master or a channel operator, is moded in such a way that one cannot enter without the use of global access, you should not attempt to enter, but message someone with a request to enter, just as any other user would have to do. For example: if a channel is +i, do not use global access to have the service invite you or to set the channel -i. The exception to this is a channel takeover.
6. Always respect the channel masters of every channel as having full and final authority in that channel, and the channel operators with service access as being the agents of, and working in the interests and under the direction of, that channel master. If a channel master or channel operator is abusive, do not retaliate via global access: bring that information and the log of the confrontation to the heads of Channel Service for further handling.
7. A channel master or channel operator has the right to kick or ban anyone from their channel at any time, for any reason, including a Channel Service member if that is their desire. Any ban set by a legitimate channel operator of that channel against a Channel Service member must by no means be tampered with or removed. Such an incident should be reported to the heads of Channel Service, who will determine the action to be taken, if any.
8. All problems not concerning the channel service (flooders, user-to-user disputes, etc.) brought to #doghouse are to be directed to the IRC operators in #chatnet.