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This page lists standardised keywords that can be spoken on IRC to immediately alert certain groups of users, such as administrators or stewards, present in the channel. This greatly enhances chances of being promptly processed over the previous method, which requires that the relevant users notice the request with no special notification.
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[edit] Stalkwords

[edit] Global

Keyword Notes
!steward Alert all stewards present, preferably in #wikimedia-stewards.

[edit] Administrators

Please do not add a keyword to this list unless you are an administrator willing to stalk it. Note that a simple !admin is currently used in several channels dedicated to a particular project.

Project Keyword
Multilingual wikis
Commons !admin@commons
Meta !admin@meta
Wikibooks
English !admin@enbooks
Wikipedia
Dutch !mod or !admin@nlwiki (less stalkers)
English !admin@enpedia
Spanish !biblio@espedia
Wikisource
English !admin@ensource
French !admin@frsource
Wiktionary
English !admin@enwikt
Wikinews
English !admin@enwikinews
Interlingual !admin@wikinews
Wikiquote
Interlingual !admin@wikiquote

[edit] Documentation

[edit] Construction

To simplify multilingual usage, stalkwords are constructed in a standardised format: <group>@<language code><short project suffix>. For example, administrators on the English Wikipedia can be alerted with admin@enpedia.

Project suffixes
Project Suffix
Commons commons
Meta meta
Wikibooks books
Wikipedia pedia
Wikiquote quote
Wikinews news
Wikisource source
Wikispecies species
Wikiversity versity
Wiktionary wikt

[edit] List of stalkers

This is a list of users stalking particular keywords. This is a highly incomplete and temporary list, intended to measure the usefulness of the keywords during their introduction.

Stalkword Users
Global
!steward All users in #wikimedia-stewards.
Administrators
!admin@commons Lar, Majorly, O, Riana, WJBscribe, PatríciaR
!admin@enbooks Az1568, Mike.lifeguard
!admin@enpedia Denelson83, Greeves, Lar, Majorly, Pathoschild, Physchim62, Ral315, Riana, WJBscribe, GDonato, Rjd0060
!admin@ensource newmanbe, Pathoschild, Zhaladshar
!admin@enwikt Pathoschild
!admin@frsource Grondin, Zephyrus
!admin@meta .anaconda, Eagle 101, Lar, Majorly, Pathoschild. Thunderhead
!admin@simplepedia Majorly, Sean William, Tdxiang, Cometstyles
!admin@wikinews Brianmc, Flrn, Nzgabriel, Thunderhead, Zachary
!admin@runews Flrn
!admin@rubooks Ilya Voyager

[edit] How to stalk words

[edit] ChatZilla

ChatZilla has a /stalk command specifically for this task. Type "/stalk someword" to be alerted whenever someone says someword. You can list current stalkwords by typing "/stalk" without a parameter, or stop stalking a word by typing "/unstalk someword". You can also edit the list through the preferences: ChatZilla > Preferences > Global settings > Lists > Stalk words.

Documentation: disnorge.no, hacksrus.com.

[edit] Colloquy

In Colloquy, you can create a list of stalk words using the "Alerts" section of the preferences window (Command-,). Add your words separated by spaces and enclosed in forward slashes, for example, as /!admin/ /jimbo/. This will highlight the strings "!admin" and "jimbo" whenever they appear in the text, regardless of context.

[edit] IceChat

IceChat lets you edit the list of stalk words in the color settings: Options > Colors > Text Highlighting > Edit. Be sure to pick a unique color and sound to use.

[edit] Irssi

Irssi has a /hilight command specifically for this task. Type "/hilight someword" to be alerted whenever someone says someword. If this does not work, try activating the feature by typing "/set hilight on". You can stop stalking a word by typing "/dehilight someword". See the documentation for more advanced usage.

Documentation: f0rked.com.

Regex: !admin(@en(pedia|wiki)?)?(\s|$) will hilight on !admin, !admin@en, !admin@enwiki, !admin@enpedia. It's a fairly simple regex that can be adapted to wherever you're an admin. The final question mark can be omitted if you only want to watch for "!admin" alone in specific channels (see documentation).

[edit] Konversation

Konversation can be configured to highlight (and optionally play a different sound for each stalk word) from the menu: Settings > Configure konversation > Messages > Highlight.

Documentation: konversation.berlios.de

[edit] Kopete

Kopete has the "Highlight" plugin where stalk words can be defined. From the menu: Settings > Configure Plugins...

[edit] KVIrc

KVIrc lets you edit the list of stalk words in the preferences: Settings > IRC > Tools > Highlight.

[edit] mIRC

mIRC lets you edit the list of stalk words in the preferences: Tools > Options > IRC > Highlight > Add.

[edit] X-Chat

X-Chat lets you edit the list of stalk words in the preferences: Settings > Preferences > Chatting > General > Extra words to highlight on.

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