Forum:Addressing IRC vs S:C

Hello. I am here to address the Divide between S:C and IRC. As of late, i have seen a... Well "Division" between editors that reside in there respective chats. All of this has just spiralled out of control. People in the Special chat may as well hate the IRC, and people in the IRC think that the special chat is.. "Lesser" and "Not as good". I have seen a number of times people downright being disrespectful to others just for being from one of said chats. First off, this is in no way for anyone to be acting. These chats are there, for enjoyment and conversation, not to create some petty war between people in the same community. All of the people involved need to understand that no matter the where you talk to people, be it on S:C, or IRC, We all edit on the same wiki, and we are all on the same team. Now It is beyond me how to stop this. Maybe having a forum will stop it, i don't know. Leave ideas/comments below. thanks 04:23, January 23, 2012 (UTC) (Note: I well understand i have also been apart of this problem, and if i seem hypocritical bringing this up, so be it.)

Discussion
You are so right, maybe S;C people try out IRC  RC  ™   04:30, January 23, 2012 (UTC)

My main problem is when IRC people (especially admins, cause they set examples) go into chat and don't understand the rules quit as well. With IRC being more lenient with what is allowed and not, that doesn't mean people should come on and think the rules are the same. Offensive jokes are one of the main problems, not naming names (though it should be rather obvious), but some recent chat activity has been un-acceptable by chat rules, but would of gone by easily in IRC.

The worst and most infuriating part for people is that often times, these IRC people who come in and miss-interpret rules are admins, which can't be directly banned from chat, and could just go on and do wrong. Some of them don't even care for what mods (who probably have the best understanding of chat rules) have to say, and just put warnings aside.

While removing either of them would just be a bad idea, I think that when people from one chat joins the other, they need to understand the rules and who has what authority better. 04:34, January 23, 2012 (UTC)
 * Smil, while you make a good point, Kat isn't talking about the problem with differing rule sets. He's talking about competition between which chat is better, IRC or Special:Chat. While your point is valid, it's not why the forum was brought up. 04:39, January 23, 2012 (UTC)~
 * I completely understand that, but one of the main reasons for the entire problem is because of the different rules and what gets miss-interpreted, I know many chat people who don't like IRC for the sole reason that they will come in chat and not understand the rules. And also, since we're talking about problems with IRC and Chat relations, why not just get it all sorted out now? 04:49, January 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * I see what your saying now. 04:51, January 23, 2012 (UTC)

I have a solution to end all this, right now. (Actually, it's Cod4's solution, but whatever.) If someone joins the Chat/IRC saying that one is better than the other, just have an admin ban them temporarily (or perma if it's bad enough) from the one they like and be done with it. I've always just imagined these "wars" like the U.S. Marines vs. Army. Pointless, because we're fighting the same war anyway. Frohman Sitrep 06:14, January 23, 2012 (UTC)