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["Jeremy Blosser (emrys)" <jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org>]

On Aug 10, Jeremy Blosser (emrys) [jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org] wrote:
> On Aug 08, Eric Sandall [eric AT sandall.us] wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Just bringing this up now that FreeNode has a new cloak setup. From
> > our prior discussion[0] we wanted what appears to be the following:
> >    user|{wizard|mage|guru,apprentice}|golem|elder
> > 
> > General meanings:
> >    * user       : User's who request a cloak and have been around for a
> >                   'while' (say, at least 3 months)
> >    * elder      : A Team Lead
> >    * wizard     : Scripting-end, codes bash a lot (sorcery/ISO team)
> >    * guru       : Spellkeeper, writes spells for breakfast and maintains
> >                   the grimoire
> >    * mage       : allrounder, a bit of each of them, like QA team or such
> >    * apprentice : New developer, not quite confident, once he/she knows
> >                   their specialities and capabilites they re-apply for
> >                   one of the above
> >    * golem      : A bot
> > 
> > So, if people would care to send me the cloaks they'd like (e.g.
> > /sourcemage/guru, /sourcemage/apprentice, etc.) along with the nick
> > you'd like the cloak applied to (has to be a registered nick) I'll
> > send those to lilo in about a week (so that he can do them all at once
> > instead of a few at a time).
> 
> Maybe it's too late, but I'd add/change a couple:
> 
> * arch      : project lead
> 
> * herald    : use this instead of 'user'.  people wearing our cloak are at
>               least implicitly advocates, and these people are often
>               answering a lot of questions for newbies in IRC.
> 
> I also think sourcemage/mage is kind of redundant-looking, but I don't know
> if it's worth trying to find something else.

On Aug 10, Eric Sandall [eric AT sandall.us] wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, David Kowis wrote:
> <snip>
> > How about Rogue, they get the "Use Magic Device" skill :)
> 
> Or bard. Jack of all trades, master of none. ;)

Heh, I wouldn't necessarily mind either of those.  "Adept" might be another
one.

I didn't mean to kill this by asking about it.  It looks like not a lot of
people care strongly, anyway.

Given the nature of our distribution as being for independently-minded
people, is there room to suggest that we standardize the
herald/elder/apprentice/golem ones, and other devs can choose anything they
want that's "in theme"?  Or would that upset freenode?

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