Due to recent incidents I have decided to do a massive restructure to IRC.
The channel is, for now going to be invite only as we get things set up. OmnomIRC will eventually be connected, but at the moment it will not.

We are no longer going to voice everybody in the channel, in fact the channel will be in private mode (or whatever it's called) continually, so no non-voiced members can chat. New joiners will have to request voice from ops and it will be at the ops discretion.
While we do want to help people, I think that this sort of instant communication where people can be hurt quite easily should be limited for those who we know wont hurt others. People who have proven themselves to be good will be given ident from netbot so they can autovoice.
The greet bot will now give a greet to all members who join with more information then just the link to the rules, but some more outlining some more specifics, and information on how to ident for those who can. Also who holds ops in the channel will be re-thought, more may be added, some may be taken away, no promises as of yet.

This restructure can be changed in the near future, but first all the admins need to have a discussion about it and until then the rules outlined above are to be followed.

There will be no complaints about this change especially since it is not final yet and the decision is final that there will be restructuring due to what has happened.

Thank you for your patience in this transition.
On behalf of the Omnimaga staff
Nathaniel "Eeems" van Diepen

Thank you for the support.
Hopefully this will smooth out and become a better system.

So I'm confused about voicing and stuff.  Could you rephrase your plans on changing IRC if you can?

Not to add further confusion, but does this invalidate DJ's previous news post?

Not to add further confusion, but does this invalidate DJ's previous news post?

Not completely. Currently the channel is still on invite only, so not everyone is going to get in. OmnomIRC is also not connected to the channel and will not be until the restructuring is done. So in a sense they are currently both shut down for public use. Just not forever.

@Hotdog:Voicing is simply the act of a channel operator giving a member joining the channel the ability to chat in the room. If they do not have "voice" status they cannot chat in the chat room.

only when a certain mode is set on the channel though. ( +m )

This is a sad time for omnimaga. but this new system i think will work well. 20 posts to talk in omnom obviously wasn't enough. and i think the individual invite is the best way to do it, rather than set an automatic barrier (eg: 200 posts, member for 5 months, post ratings).

I can understand the decision here. However, how does one get invited? Also since omnom is down you have to acces IRC through an external program like Pidgin...now how did I do that again...

If you want entry, you can perform a /knock #omnimaga.  However, knock spamming is prohibited and will result in retribution at the discretion of the ops in the channel.