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Bender's main job is to monitor the wiki [[Wikipedia:Rss|RSS]]/[[Wikipedia:Atom (standard)|Atom]] feed on the [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]] page. When changes are made, he notifies people in the '''#wiki''' channel of the changes. | Bender's main job is to monitor the wiki [[Wikipedia:Rss|RSS]]/[[Wikipedia:Atom (standard)|Atom]] feed on the [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]] page. When changes are made, he notifies people in the '''#wiki''' channel of the changes. | ||
| − | == Addressing the Bot == | + | Bender also logs '''#earthempires''' and a script runs (parsing those logs), so we get a channel statistics page, located at [http://irc.earthempires.com/stats http://irc.earthempires.com/stats]. |
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| + | ==Commands== | ||
| + | === Addressing the Bot === | ||
Bender's control character is "'''.'''", he will also respond by his name followed by a colon, ie: '''bender: some command'''. | Bender's control character is "'''.'''", he will also respond by his name followed by a colon, ie: '''bender: some command'''. | ||
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=== Helpful Commands === | === Helpful Commands === | ||
{{warning|This part is under construction.}} | {{warning|This part is under construction.}} | ||
Revision as of 16:23, 25 June 2011
Bender is an IRC bot, owned by General Earl that resides on irc.earthempires.com. He is affectionately named after the Futurama character of the same name.
Bender's main job is to monitor the wiki RSS/Atom feed on the recent changes page. When changes are made, he notifies people in the #wiki channel of the changes.
Bender also logs #earthempires and a script runs (parsing those logs), so we get a channel statistics page, located at http://irc.earthempires.com/stats.
Commands
Addressing the Bot
Bender's control character is ".", he will also respond by his name followed by a colon, ie: bender: some command.
Helpful Commands
Additionally, he can give people in #earthempires useful information with a couple of simple commands.
Fun and Games
He's not all business though. He has some other fun 'features' which are there for everyones amusement.
