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Static Help Names #5

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jeremyredhead opened this issue Jul 18, 2018 · 5 comments
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Static Help Names #5

jeremyredhead opened this issue Jul 18, 2018 · 5 comments

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@jeremyredhead
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Some bots have a changing display name, in order to provide some sort of information. For example, Garmy's infobot, POMBot, embers/firebot, that one that shows the time (Xyzzy's?). However, not all of these respond to commands using their "proper names" (eg !help @POMBot), which may can make usage annoying or difficult, especially on mobile or if the display is changing frequently.

Thus I propose adding some sort of rule or guideline about "static names" to the "Non-standard commands" section, eg "bots whose display name regularly changes should have a "static name" which they also respond to as well as their current one, and which is somehow mentioned in their !help"

Thoughts, feedback?

@CylonicRaider
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Sounds good to me!

@mechanical-girl
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Agreed; it’s probably especially useful for bots whose names change frequently - for instance, POMbot is relatively unlikely to change name between its nick being autocompleted and ‘enter’ being pressed, but the time bot and firebot especially are important. I think it would be worth specifying all nicks a bot responds to in the response to !help.

@CylonicRaider
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If the help does not list nicknames, one should assume the current name of the bot.

@Garmelon
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Garmelon commented Aug 16, 2018

If the static nick was shown in the general !help, it would be reachable by mobile.
How about the format:
[(10P15B1N)] @PBL | I count the types of clients in my nick

@CylonicRaider
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I'd perhaps append a (see !help @PBL) instead.

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