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Information

Chanstat is a channel statistics bot; which means it's sole purpose is to generate statistics for channels and users alike. For answers to frequently asked questions visit our FAQ page.

Stats Pages

Making stats pages is one of ChanStat's most popular features. They're generated by a custom program made by ChanStat that is based from two open source prorgams, pisg and irssistats. We work by logging every channel we're in, analyzing the data, then generating a stats page. Stats pages are generated every two hours. To get your channel statistics type !chanstats, .chanstats, or @chanstats.

Relationship Maps

IRC Relationship Maps is another feature we offer. This feature gives you an idea on how active you are in a certain channel and who you talk to the most. A user in the channel will type !map, .map or @map, to display a link to a channel's relationship map. It will then show several people's nicks with lines connecting most of them together. This shows who you've talked to and how often you talk to them. A thick line between two nicks means that those two individuals communicate back and forth often. A thin line means they do not talk to eachother often. These stats are based off of one day's data. The maps are also generated every two hours. For more information on the Relationship Maps visit http://jibble.org/piespy

Chanrank / Top10

The command !chanrank shows what rank your channel is on the network in terms of activity. We determine how active a channel is by the number of lines said. You can also type !chanrank ranknumber.

The !topchans command shows the top 10 most active channels on the network based on the same information used by !chanrank. The command will display the top 10 channels via IRC, followed by a link that shows all the channels which are ranked by their activity.

Logs Command

The command !log will notice the user a link to a webpage that shows them the last 14 days of logs in that particular channel. Since privacy is a huge concern, we've added a few extra precautions that other commands do not have. The command is only available to users who are halfop (%) or higher (@,&,~) in the channel. This command also cannot be noticed to the channel by using @log; we're only allowing !log and .log to be used. The last precaution taken is the use of randomly generated authentication tokens. This means the link will only be able to be used once before becoming invalid.

Unlike other commands, there is no specific update time for !log. The log page will show every log up until you typed the command.

IRC

IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. It starts with many different networks that you may connect to. It is then broken down into channels that users may talk in. The channels can be as small as 1-2 users, or as large as 1k+ users. For a list of IRC networks, click here. ChanStat, is located on several networks. These networks being SwiftIRC (irc.swiftirc.net), Rizon (irc.rizon.net), GameSurge (irc.gamesurge.net), and many more.

We're always looking for new networks to expand to, but we do have a few guidelines we follow. These can be found here. If you and your network are interested in having us contact a ChanStat staff member. ChanStat is not available on instant messaging programs like AIM and MSN.

Blacklisting / Ignores

Manual blacklists will be placed for anyone breaking our rules (listed to the right), or if any staff member feels the channel should be blacklisted.

Users themselves can also be ignored from the bot. We have an auto-ignore system in place for people that spam commands or spam invites. The ignore will last 10 minutes. If we see that a user continues spamming after the temporary blacklist is removed, then the user will be set to a more permanent blacklist. Manual ignores can be set for various reasons. A user can be ignored if we catch them breaking one of our rules, or if a staff member deems it appropriate.

If you feel you have been wrongly blacklisted or ignored, you may post an appeal on our forums. It is the only sure way that your ban will be looked over again, reconsidered, or removed.

Support Channels

Our main support channel is #ChanStat, located on SwiftIRC (irc.swiftirc.net). If you need assistance, one of our staff members will be glad to help you. If you need immediate assistance, just visit our forums and/or website.

Commands

!chanrank
!chanstats
!topchans

!seen
!log
!map

Usage:

@commands message the channel publicly
!commands notice the user
.commands notice the user

Rules

1) No spam inviting;

Only invite the bot once. It takes about 1-2 seconds for the bot to join the channel after an invite. There's no need to invite it more than once.

2) No spamming lines;

Spamming is against most IRC network's rules, and against the ChanStat rules.. If we find out there is any kind of spamming either the channel will be blacklisted, the offenders will be blacklisted, or both will occur. It may be temporary or permanent depending on the offense.

3) No mass inviting;

We have made the bot so any user in the channel may invite it. Though we do appreciate people supporting ChanStat and bringing it into their channel(s); joining random channels and inviting the bot for malicious purposes is greatly looked down upon. If we see this occuring the user will be ignored from the bot.

4) Do not PM a staff member without permission;

If you need urgent attention, we ask that you state your question in one of our support channels. If a staff member gives you permission to PM, then you may.