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What it takes to get in
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    Read this CAREFULLY AGAIN (and even AGAIN)
    http://blinkenshell.org/wiki/Howto/GetVouched

If you want to be a member, there's a slight social burden.

    Read this CAREFULLY AGAIN (and even AGAIN)
    http://blinkenshell.org/wiki/Info/Signup

If you can handle socializing and want to become a member, you gotta sign up.

    Read this CAREFULLY AGAIN (and even AGAIN)
    http://blinkenshell.org/wiki/Info/Rules

If you want to stay a member, you gotta abide the rules.


    Read the above links one more time.
    Then join the IRC channel and *participate*

Please understand, Blinkenshell is a community of individuals from around the 
globe and certain social mores are expected of it's participants - mainly:


                       _________________ 
                      < don't be a dick >
                       ----------------- 
                              \   ^__^
                               \  (oo)\_______
                                  (__)\       )\/\
                                      ||----w |
                                      ||     ||

When seeking a shell, people will try to get to know you before vouching you, 
because that's the point of it. Some common questions you may be asked, and 
should be prepared to answer:

    1. Why do you want to join Blinkenshell? 
    1. What do you need a shell for?
    1. Where are you from?
    1. What do you do (for a living/in your free time)?
    1. What are you studying in school?
    1. Can you tell me more about that?
    1. Does this look infected?

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The DerKirche vouching criteria (does not apply to other members, and that's OK)
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1.  Someone who has read, studied, and followed the guidelines in the above 
links.

b.  Someone I feel comfortable with and would enjoy spending my chat time with.

C. Somebody who will participate! If I vouch you, that's a vouch, I wanna see 
you in chat vouching other people! TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

41.  Someone with at least a bit of *nix and IRC knowledge and a willingness to 
learn before repeating common questions. But don't misunderstand this. Asking is 
fine but just don't ask before trying to figure it out for yourself. Google is 
your grandpappy.

4.0.1b Someone that can teach me something cool about *nix or anything else in 
the universe.

5. Someone who doesn't try to be a 1337 h4xx0r & try to break the Gibson. (this 
applies to other edgelords who would rather break the community)

6. Someone who thinks for themselves and questions strangers on the internet in 
a reasonable fashion without blindly following non-authoritative authority 
figures. (Healthy Skepticism, not outright paranoia)

G. Someone who will display a genuine curiosity in other people and take the 
vouches they got and pay them forward to new users.

6.000000001 Someone like you, makes it easy to stay online a lil' too long

6.000000002 Someone who can take a joke, and expecially make a joke

6.000000002b Jokes are funny, 

7.  There are other criteria but these are in the "thought you aughta know" category

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The DerKirche Moderation Guidelines
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9. try to live up to 
https://web.archive.org/web/20210603195631/https://freenode.net/catalysts (but 
don't go to freenode anymore, libera.chat is where it's at)

2. If there's a problem, bring it to a moderator (there's an @ next to their 
nick) do not try to "take matters into your own hands" - that's what moderators 
are for.

A-Z. This is Independence's box, they're very nice to let us hang out here, 
don't make them look bad.

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