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+======Etiquette on irc - or - How to Avoid Getting Yourself Kicked out of Channels======
+^ Original Authors ^
+|Lea Viljanen  |(LadyBug) | [[viljanen@kreeta.helsinki.fi]]             |
+|Ari Husa      |(luru)    | [[so-luru@tolsun.oulu.fi]]                  |
+^Modified By ^
+|Troy Rollo    |(Troy)    | [[troy@plod.cbme.unsw.oz.au]]               |
+^ Further Modified By ^
+|James Sneeringer    |(CrowMan)  | [[jvs@ocslink.com]]            |
+) Language
+The most widely spoken and understood language on irc is English.  This
+does **not** mean it is the only language on irc!  Far from it, in fact.  In
+general, it is ok to speak any language.  The usual protocol is to use a
+language that is understood by the majority of the channel you're in.
+Some channels prefer that only a single language, or select group of
+them, be used in their channel.  This is particularly true of channels
+dedicated to particular countries.  They may tolerate other languages,
+but their preference naturally lies with their native tongue.  These
+channels may even have a topic set that says what the channel's
+preferred language is.
+) Hello and Goodbye
+It is not necessary to greet each and every person that joins a channel
+you're on.  On a busy channel, this would quickly become annoying, as
+everyones' screens become filled up with "hello" messages, and nothing
+else.  If you feel inclined to greet someone that you don't know, send
+a private message with the /msg command.
+Having established that a screenful of greetings is A Bad Thing, it
+follows that automated greetings are worse.  A drawback of the client's
+ability to react to any arbitrary event with an arbitrary action is
+that it is often misused.  While you may only be trying to be polite to
+everyone, you are in fact being just the opposite.  Automated greetings
+are impersonal at best.
+) Channel Discussion
+As a general rule, there is no general rule about what sort of discussion
+may be taking place on a channel at any given time.  Usually, the topic
+of discussion will be related in some way to the channel's name.  People
+on #perl probably answer questions about the Perl programming language
+and discuss new features.  However, this is **not** always the case!
+The best strategy is to watch the discussion for a bit to get an idea of
+what the channel is really all about.  Unless you know otherwise (such
+as from the channel topic), you should always feel free to contribute to
+the conversation, though you should take care not to try to force the
+discussion in a direction that it isn't flowing toward.
+) } { | ` ~ ] [ \ @ ^
+No, it isn't line noise, and no, someone didn't make a typing error.  On
+irc, there is a large population of users from Scandinavian countries,
+and the above characters represent letters in their alphabet.  Since not
+everyone has access to a terminal that can use or display the real
+letters, these characters are instead substituted.
+   {     is an A with 2 dots over it (ä)
+   }     is an A with a small circle above it (å)
+   |     is either an O with 2 dots over it or an O with a dash (/)
+         through it (either ö or ø)
+   `     is an e with an accent over it (é)
+   ~     is an u with 2 dots over it (ü)
+   [, ], \, @ and ^ are the preceding five letters in upper case.
+Of course, the irony here is that the French and German mappings are not
+the same.  Oh well...
+) **ATTENTION!**
+If you remember nothing else from this document, remember this.  People
+on irc form their opinions about you based solely on your actions,
+writings, and comments on irc.  Think **before** you type.