Welcome to #Wellington

#wellington is an IRC channel on the Undernet. It has no purpose other than
for the mutual amusement of the people who use it. While commonly frequented
by people who live or have some other interest in Wellington, New Zealand,
it is open to anyone who wants to participate. It should be noted that
#wellington does not represent the city of Wellington, nor the people of New
Zealand, nor any other group except for itself.

Some users of #wellington have been given the rights and responsibilities of
being channel operators. Operators are responsible for maintaining the tone
of #wellington and ensuring that the rude and the boorish are excluded.
Operators can be distinguished in most IRC clients by the @ sign next to
their name.

Every channel has different ideas about what constitutes appropriate
behaviour. #wellington endeavours to be a friendly channel where new people
are accepted if they are willing to participate appropriately. However,
#wellington does not wish to fall into the trap of being so nice as to be
boring. Vigorous debate is encouraged but wilfully offensive behaviour can
be expected to meet with public ridicule before eventual expulsion.

#wellington is not a dating service, person finder, tourist advisor,
immigration consultant, weather service, psycho-therapist, shopping guide,
or TV listing service. However, if you ask politely about any of these
matters, it is entirely possible you may receive answers from another user
who wishes to help. Or you may not.

Behaviour in #wellington should be of the level expected in a private party.
Politeness should be the norm in conversation, and a certain subtlety should
be utilised at all times.The following are seen as unacceptable in #wellington:

*	strong personal abuse
*	personal vendettas waged in channel
*	age/sex/location checks
*	using all capital letters
*	advertising other channels
*	trying to find out personal information about other channel users
through a third party
*	ban evasion
*	other generally unacceptable IRC behaviour such as denial of service
attacks (e.g. ping o'death) and repeated text (aka 'scrolling')
*	languages other than english
*	participation in illegal activities such as warez trading

The following are discouraged:

*	offensive nicknames
*	asking for operator privileges
*	illiteracy
*	repeatedly joining and leaving the channel
*	excessive use of garish colours and graphics

Please note that these guidelines are merely that. Their purpose is to help
people know what behaviour is expected in the #wellington channel. These are
not definite rules and, in all cases, their interpretation and application
is left to the operators.