There are a number of things we frequently get asked about, such as g-lines and vhosts.  I hope this post will make things more clear. 

G-Lines: A g-line is a global network ban.  Compared to a channel ban, it prevents people from connecting to the network from an address or number of addresses rather than just one channel.  They are set in a number of cases, but primarily because a person (or bot) is causing trouble on the network.   They aren't set just because someone is causing trouble in a channel, as that's an issue for the channel ops.  Even if someone keeps changing IP addresses, or their nick or username to evade the ban, it's up to the channel ops to set a sufficient ban or bans to prevent them joining the channel again.  We don't hand out g-lines by request.  If you're a channel op and need help setting bans, feel free to ask and we can give suggestions.

If, when you try and connect to moofspeak, you are thrown off with a message that you are banned from the network, and you specifically know that you haven't directly been banned by an oper for abuse, please use the Contact link above. If the message is something like: Blacklisted Proxy found.  "Visit http://rbl.efnet.org/?i=76.225.31.34 for info." then please visit the url linked to solve the problem before contacting us.  We can't remove the g-line until after the blacklist entry is removed, as the proxy checker will just ban you again the next time you connect.

If you are g-lined directly by an oper, most of the time it's not permanent. WAIT OUT THE G-LINE. Whatever you do, DO NOT evade the g-line.  You WILL then be g-lined for a longer period.  If you continually evade, you will be permanently banned and possibly your ISP or host contacted with an abuse report.  Let me say again, WAIT OUT THE G-LINE. Get your hand off your dick and take responsibility for your actions.

Vhosts: I usually check the requests queue about once every day or two and some of the other opers do too.  If you're really desperate to have your request activated ASAP, say something like "Currawong, can you please activate my vhost?" in #moofspeak (if I'm there) and I'll see the highlight on my name sooner or later. You can do this with other opers as well, not just me.

Some vhosts will not be approved.  Examples of those are: apple.com, apple.de etc. or, without the permission of the web site owner, the domain of any site whose official channel resides on our network. This is to prevent people masquerading as being staff from a site when they are not in reality and was requested by some site owners.

Mibbit web chat: If you wish to use Mibbit to chat on Moofspeak, please use one of the links provided on this site, or provided by the web sites whose channels reside here.  The widget on mibbit.com is now banned due to abuse, as people were using it to avoid channel bans and g-lines, since it uses the same widget.mibbit.com hostmask. If you are a channel owner and wish to have your own custom link such as the ones on this site, please contact me on IRC or via the Contact link on this site and I'll make one.