On the Fuel Rats IRC network, all registered users (i.e, rats) are given special vhosts masks, or virtual hosts. These Vhost masks show up in your channel join/leave and quit messages, and your WHOIS information. It is a quick way to discern what role a particular rat might have, and also works with some of our systems to grant privileges to certain bot services.
The vhost might not be the only role any particular rat has. An overseer might also be a trainer, for example. Check People who do stuff and Training Opportunities for more information.
VHost Mask | Role | Privileges | Contact if you need... |
|---|---|---|---|
Recruit | Join drill and training channels on invitation, send private messages. | Fresh meat for the grill. Er. drill. | |
Rat | As above. Voiced in official Fuel Rat channels. | Fuel. | |
Trainer | Can train rats and recruits.. | Choo choo. | |
Overseer | Can drill recruits. Has half-op (%) in public channels, wears funny rainbow hat | A drill, A case deleted or restored, Tweets from the official Fuel Rats account. | |
Techrat | Modify all rescues, user accounts, fluctuate sleep schedule as necessary | Technical help with Fuel Rat services, such as bots, JIRA or Confluence. | |
Techrat and server admin | As Techrats, but with full access to all servers and admin privileges on IRC | Technical help, Emergency situations involving bots or servers. | |
Operations | Elevated access in Confluence and JIRA, Paperwork, Paperworks, more Paperwork | Policy and procedure, Educational Programming and Personnel, Confluence updates, Events | |
Moderator | Kick/Ban in official Fuel Rat channels, FIDO puppeteering, otherwise as Overseer | Mediation with another rat, Behavioral issues, Problems with cats or other vermin, Snickers. | |
Server Moderator | Admin privileges on IRC, can disconnect or ban people from the IRC server | As moderator and dealing with spam bots, Server attacks, More snickers | |
Automation | Varying. Some bots have the ability to auto moderate. Don't anger RatMama or her loyal FIDO! | Botty things. Only MechaSqueak will respond to anything in PM. |