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+#$EPIC: whois.txt,v 1.3 2008/07/28 05:15:51 jnelson Exp $
+======Synopsis:======
+__whois__ [<server|nickname>] [<nickname>[,<nickname>[,...]]]
+======Description:======
+The __WHOIS__ command asks the user for more detailed information about
+a user (or users).  This information includes the user's nickname, their
+user@host address, their real name (IRCNAME), and the server they are using.
+If the user is not on a private or secret channel, the channel that they
+are on will be shown.  If they are a channel operator or channel voice in
+that channel, that will be shown.  If the user is away, their away message
+will be shown.  If the user is an irc operator, that will be shown.  If
+the user is on the same server as you, their idle time (the time since
+they last sent a PRIVMSG) will be shown.  Some servers also show you
+when the user connected to the server.
+The __WHOIS__ command takes one or two arguments.
+If you provide one argument, your local server is queried and the argument
+is a comma separated list of nicknames.
+If you provide two arguments, the first argument is either a remote server
+to query, or the nickname of another irc user whose server you want to
+query.  The second argument is a comma separated list of nicknames.
+Some networks limit or restrict the ability to query a remote server.
+Querying a remote server for whois information may result in an error.
+You should never depend on getting a reply back to a remote server query.
+======Examples:======
+To get information on users JoeBob, ToeJam, and JuneBug:
+      /whois joebob,toejam,junebug
+To get information on the same people from server irc.foo.com:
+      /whois irc.foo.com joebob,toejam,junebug
+To get the idle time for user JoeBob:
+      /whois joebob joebob
+======Privacy:======
+Some servers notify server operators when they are targeted by __WHOIS__.
+__WHOIS__ potentially reveals considerably more information than many users are
+comfortable with. The real name field is supplied by the user's IRC client.
+The client will supply the server with the real name field as specified by
+[[set realname]], which is typically set from the $IRCNAME environment
+variable or the GECOS field in /etc/passwd.