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The philosophy of IRC and of collaborative projects in general seems to mesh:
 
The philosophy of IRC and of collaborative projects in general seems to mesh:
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*“Catalysts try to resolve problems, not through the use of authority and special [[privilege]], but by fostering [[consensus]], gently nudging participants in the direction of more appropriate behavior and by generally reducing the level of confrontation rather than confronting users with problems…[while] Channel and network administrators may be catalysts…[a]n important characteristic of successful catalysts is the infrequency with which they wear authority or invoke special privilege.” [http://blog.freenode.net/ (February 23rd, 2007 by Donna "SportChick" Crawford)]
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*“Catalysts try to resolve problems, not through the use of authority and special [[privilege]], but by fostering [[consensus]], gently nudging participants in the direction of more appropriate behavior and by generally reducing the level of confrontation rather than confronting users with problems…[while] Channel and network administrators may be catalysts…[a]n important characteristic of successful catalysts is the infrequency with which they wear authority or invoke special privilege.” [http://blog.freenode.net/ (February 23rd, 2007 by Donna "SportChick" Crawford)]<ref>http://blog.freenode.net/2007/02/the-heart-and-mind-of-a-catalyst</ref>
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See http://freenode.net/catalysts.shtml
      
==Etiquette==
 
==Etiquette==
    
* Never ask before [[pming]] a staffer - you'll run out of allowed questions too quickly.
 
* Never ask before [[pming]] a staffer - you'll run out of allowed questions too quickly.
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* Don't enter a channel, ask a question, then give up and leave a minute later.  Wait around a while, since users often idle in channels; your question will be seem and hopefully answered eventually.
    
[[Image:Mircscreenshot.jpg|400px|thumb|right|The graphical user interface of ''MIRC'', the most popular Internet Relay Chat client.]]
 
[[Image:Mircscreenshot.jpg|400px|thumb|right|The graphical user interface of ''MIRC'', the most popular Internet Relay Chat client.]]
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* [[Instant messaging]]
 
* [[Instant messaging]]
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==References==
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{{reflist}}
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==External Links==
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http://freenode.net/catalysts.shtml
    
[[Category:Information technology]]
 
[[Category:Information technology]]
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