Redbrick Wiki - User contributions [en]

Issues-oct16

2016-10-15T01:59:22Z

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! scope="col"| Issue
! scope="col"| Person
! scope="col"| Date
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| adding users with useradm is broken unless course and year are manually entered.
This has been fixed as of today and changed commited to RCS repo.
| zergless
| 15/10/16
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| adding a user successfully does not add to announce list - not urgent
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| Configuration management
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| Mailing lists are spamming huge amounts of people which is resulting in issues with black lists. Admins have issued a notice to list owners that we will be removing lists that are no longer used on Tuesday 18/10/16
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| 15/10/16
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| mail server issues - frozen mail, spam, lack of working spam filters
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| VM solution or container infrastructure
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| Death of pubcookie any day now
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| Changing from redbrick.dcu.ie/~$user to $user.redbrick.dcu.ie
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| Administrator documentation
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| Monitoring of services and alerting
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| NNTP service
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Issues-oct16

2016-10-15T01:48:14Z

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
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! scope="col"| Issue
! scope="col"| Person
! scope="col"| Date
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| adding users with useradm is broken unless course and year are manually entered.
This has been fixed as of today and changed commited to RCS repo.
| zergless
| 15/10/16
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| adding a user successfully does not add to announce list - not urgent
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| Configuration management
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| Mailing lists
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| mail server issues - frozen mail, spam, lack of working spam filters
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| VM solution or container infrastructure
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| Death of pubcookie any day now
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| Changing from redbrick.dcu.ie/~$user to $user.redbrick.dcu.ie
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| Administrator documentation
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| Monitoring of services and alerting
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| NNTP service
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Issues-oct16

2016-10-13T16:05:24Z

Zergless:

*adding users with useradm is broken unless course and year are manually entered
*adding a user successfully does not add to announce list - not urgent
*config management
*Mailing lists
*mail server issues - frozen mail, spam, lack of working spam filters
*new VM solution
*Death of pub cookie any day now
*Changing from redbrick.dcu.ie/~$user to $user.redbrick.dcu.ie
*bring back docs
*fix monitoring
*news

Issues-oct16

2016-10-13T15:47:11Z

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Issues-oct16

2016-10-13T15:30:44Z

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Issues-oct16

2016-10-13T15:30:02Z

Zergless: Created page with "adding users with useradm is broken unless course and year are manually entered adding a user successfully does not add to announce list - not urgent config management Mailing..."

adding users with useradm is broken unless course and year are manually entered
adding a user successfully does not add to announce list - not urgent
config management
Mailing lists
mail server issues - frozen mail, spam, lack of working spam filters
new VM solution
Death of pub cookie any day now
Changing from redbrick.dcu.ie/~$user to $user.redbrick.dcu.ie

Redbrick Companies

2015-11-27T11:31:44Z

Zergless: /* Other companies brickies work for */

[[Category:Jobs]]
Once upon a time there were a lot of former RedBrick people starting companies, particularly in the professional services area. Do any of these companies still exist and if so, where do I find them? -- [[User:Fergus|fergus]]

You can find them right here!

==In present operation==

* [http://www.V7.ie V7] - UX & App Development Consultancy: [[User:Taurus|Taurus]].
* [http://www.vade.ie Vade] - Web Hosting & Development: [[User:ryaner|ryaner]]. (Formerly [[User:kyper|kyper]], [[User:phreak|phreak]]).
* [http://www.jeebers.com Jeebers] - E-business solutions: [[User:Jeebers|jeebers]].
* [http://www.cliste.net Cliste] - Consultancy: [[User:Colmmacc|colmmacc]] and [[User:X|x]].
* Beanbag Ltd - Consultancy: [[User:Shimoda|shimoda]].
* [http://www.digitalrights.ie Digital Rights Ireland] - Online Lobby and Activism group. [[User:Colmmacc|colmmacc]]
* [http://www.farrellscientific.com Farrell Scientific Consulting] - Consulting services in science. [[User:lithium|lithium]]
* [http://1timetracking.com Time Warden Ltd.] - Time management solutions [[User:jeebers|jeebers]].
* [http://www.terminalfour.com TerminalFOUR]: , [[User:Exzantia|exzantia]], [[User:Piero|piero]], [[User:Hauk|hauk]], [[User:Lithium|lithium]], [[User:Dragor|dragor]], [[User:Lebazzer|lebazzer]], [[User:tziegler|tziegler]]
* [http://www.gits.ie GITS ] - ICT Support and Consultancy: [[User:kyper|kyper]].

==Previous==

* Eolach - Open Source consulting: [[User:Hyper|hyper]], [[User:Thalia|thalia]] and [[User:Fergus|fergus]].
* [http://www.rfc-networks.ie RFC-Networks] - Web dev, hosting, consulting, open source: [[User:Phil|phil]], [[User:Mark|mark]] and [[User:Noelfitz|noelfitz]], [[User:Kinsey|kinsey]].
* [http://www.callisto.ie/ Callisto] - IT Vendor: [[User:Halenger|halenger]] and [[User:Af666x|af666x]].
* [http://www.magnet.ie Magnet Networks]: [[User:Grimnar|grimnar]].
* [http://www.terminalfour.com TerminalFOUR]: [[User:Binnceol|binnceol]], [[User:Phoenix|phoenix]], [[User:Dregin|dregin]], [[User:Chris|chris]], [[User:Winters|winters]], [[User:Haus|haus]].

==Other companies brickies work for==

* [http://www.accenture.ie Accenture] - IT Consultancy: [[User:Tuama|tuama]].
* [http://aws.amazon.com Amazon] - [[User:Pixies|pixies]], [[User:Grimnar|grimnar]], [[User:Jerry|jerry]], [[User:Af666x|af666x]], [[User:Maiden|maiden]], [[User:Sonic|sonic]], [[User:Gliceas|gliceas]], [[User:Paddez|paddez]], [[User:Chris|chris]].
* [http://www.demonware.net/ DemonWare] - Network Software for Computer Games: [[User:Halenger|halenger]], [[User:Prolix|prolix]], [[User:Marvin|marvin]] and [[User:Phaxx|phaxx]].
* [http://hosting.digiweb.ie Digiweb]: [[User:.phil|phil]].
* [http://www.ericsson.com Ericsson] - Telecommunications: [[User:dec|dec]].
* [http://www.facebook.com Facebook]: [[User:Atlas|atlas]],[[User:fun|fun]]
* [http://www.google.com Google.com]: [[User:aeris|aeris]], [[User:doc|doc]], [[User:drjolt|drjolt]], [[User:pooka|pooka]], [[User:trevj|trevj]], [[User:valen|valen]], [[User:dizer|dizer]], [[User:redgiant|redgiant]], [[User:toaster|toaster]],[[User:Twiggy|twiggy]] [[User:usal|usal]] and [[User:magluby|magluby]].
* [http://www.heanet.ie HEAnet]: [[User:cns|cns]], [[User:orly|orly]], [[User:Rob|rob]], [[User:esoteric|esoteric]], [[User:Bass|bass]], [[User:tbolger|tbolger]], [[User:zergless|zergless]].
* [http://www.ibm.com IBM]: [[User:waggers|waggers]], [[User:goratrix|goratrix]], [[User:edel|edel]], [[User:smudger|smudger]], [[User:merchelo|merchelo]]
* [http://www.intercom.io Intercom]: [[User:Haus|haus]], [[User:moju|moju]], [[User:Singer|singer]]
* [http://www.itconvergence.com IT Convergence] - Oracle Consulting, Staffing, Education, Remote Support and Hosting Services. [[User:mark|mark]]
* [http://www.kerna.ie Kerna Communications] - IT Security: [[User:Lecter|lecter]], [[User:Stark|stark]], [[User:svan|svan]].
* [http://www.pwc.ie PwC] - System Audits/Compliance/Process Improvement/Tax: [[User:Cokane|cokane]], [[User:Myk|myk]].
* [http://www.nexala.com Nexala] - Train management software: [[User:werdz|werdz]]
* [http://www.rte.ie RTE] - Your national broadcaster. (No, your TV license does not fund my wages): [[User:spock|spock]].
* [http://www.securelinx.ie Securelinx] - Linux consultancy: [[User:Johan|johan]], [[User:receive|receive]], [[User:gamma|gamma]]
* [http://w4.siemens.de/ct/en/home/index.html Siemens] - R & D Medical Imaging: [[User:MLynch|mlynch]].
* [http://www.smartcentric.com SmartCentric] - Smartcard security/financial application development: [[User:markpb|markpb]], [[User:elpres|elpres]].
* [http://www.sbpost.ie Sunday Business Post] - Ireland's national business newspaper: [[User:griffin|griffin]].
* [http://www.symantec.ie Symantec]: [[User:macbain|macbain]], [[User:moridin|moridin]], [[User:plop|plop]] and [[User:tibor|tibor]].
* [http://s3group.com/ S3 (Sillicon and Software Systems)] (and no, it's not the video card makers) - Software and hardware services for Digital Media, Medical Systems, System IC and Network Processors: [[User:cammy|cammy]].
* [http://www.thus.net THUS]: [[User:homerj|homerj]]
* [http://www.yahoo.com/ Yahoo] - Not google: [[User:nareik|nareik]]
* [http://www.yardmedia.ie Yard Media] - Digital Post Production: [[User:decob|decob]].

Nick changes

2015-11-26T16:44:38Z

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!Original
!Current
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|spike
|dilligaf
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|acahill
|ace
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|aladdin
|kudo
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|haus17
|haus
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|zerocool
|drusilla
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|ronan
|train
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|afrodite
|meaigs
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|rampage
|gizmo
|}

Weechat

2015-07-23T13:10:29Z

Zergless: /* Triggers */

Once upon a time there was BitchX. Then there was Irssi. Now there is Weechat. More and more people are switching over to Weechat from Irssi, probably coz the colours make IRC easier to read and follow. Problem is, for the Irssi user, Weechat may be a tad confusing.

Weechat documentation can be tricky to follow, so this page is an attempt to make simple those bizarre and abstract commands.

== Running Weechat ==

Dregin is a big Weechat fanboi. And as such, he has his own special builds designed for Redbrick. Azazel is the current login machine, dregin has compiled a version of Weechat that runs on azazel:

/home/associat/d/dregin/root_azazel/bin/weechat-curses

Copy and paste that into your terminal command line, hit enter, and give yourself a pat on the back.

== Compiling Weechat ==
You can run
~edu/compileweechat
or
git clone https://github.com/weechat/weechat
cd weechat
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME -DENABLE_NLS=OFF
make
make install
echo '*/upgrade ~/bin/weechat' > `find ~/.weechat -name "weechat_fifo_*"`
rm -rf ~/weechat

==Customising Weechat ==
Weechat can be very basic when you first run it so here are some conf files to set it up with.
cp ~edu/wcconf/* ~/.weechat/
you need to set your nick for the server
vim ~/.weechat/irc.conf
change “nicks” field to your username

== Basic use ==

=== Connecting to a server and channel ===

When you hit 'chat' on Redbrick, you start Irssi, you're automatically connected to a server, then you're joined to Redbrick's #lobby. This all happens behind the scenes, and with Weechat, you need to do this manually. Fear not: it's easy.

When you start Weechat, you won't get connected to a server or channel. To connect to Redbrick's IRC sever, type:

/connect irc.redbrick.dcu.ie

Then to join #lobby:

/join #lobby

As well as showing you how IRC clients (such as Weechat or Irssi or whatever) connect to stuff, this should also show you how to connect to other servers and channels outside of Redbrick.

To connect to any server, simply enter /connect <server_address>. You will probably be greeted with various messages and such from that server. To join a channel on that server, just type /join <channel_name>.

=== Navigation ===

Like Irssi, you can move between windows/buffers using Alt+<num>. You can also type /buffer <num> (similar to /win <num> in Irssi).
Unlike irssi you can do Alt+j then <num> to change to a number greather the 10 .

F5 and F6 move to the predecessing and successing buffer, respectively.

You can move buffers (chat windows) with /buffer move. In a channel, type:

/buffer move <num>

(where <num> is any number you want). That channel is now accessible at Alt+<num>

=== Changing between servers ===

Weechat will generally assume that whatever channel you're in, that's also the server you're operating on. So you can chat away as you wish and issue general commands.

However, for some commands, you will need to let Weechat know what server you're on.

Hit Alt+1. This will bring you to your status window. Along the bottom you will see the time, number of channels, the server you're connect to, as well as other channel stuff.

Press Ctrl+x. If you're connected to multiple servers, the ''server'' section will change, telling you which server Weechat is connect to. So now you can issue commands to that server (such as /nick) without affecting other servers.

For example, I am currently connected to irc.redbrick.dcu.ie and to irc.starchat.net. If I hit Ctrl-x I can switch to StarChat, and change my nickname there without it affecting Redbrick's IRC.

== Mobile ==

weechat has a mobile app you can get from the [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubergeek42.WeechatAndroid google play store] or from the [https://github.com/ubergeek42/weechat-android github].
Before we set up the app we need to go too weechat on the terminal and type in:
/relay add weechat 1337
then we need to set the password
/set relay.network.password "your-secret-password"

now on the Phone launch the app and in settings
In connection settings
Relay host: localhost
Relay Port: 1337 (choose your own port)
Relay password: your-secret-password
Connect type: SSH tunnel
then in SSH Tunnel settings
SSH host: redbrick.dcu.ie
SSH username: your username
SSH port: 22
if you have an ssh key add the route to the key on your phone in SSH Private key file and put the passphrase in the SSH password/key passphrase box, if you dont just put your password in there

== Special commands ==

=== Keybinds ===

Keybinds are handy, especially if you have over 10 channels open. I use Alt+<num> to get to channels, but clearly this only works from 1 up to 0 (on a keyboard). So for channels in higher numbers, you can ''bind'' keys: i.e. Alt+q gets me to channel 11; Alt+y gets me to channel 16.

/key bind meta-q /buffer 11

"Key" and "bind" are self-explanatory. "Meta" is Weechat's word for Alt (so meta-q is the same as Alt+q). /buffer 11 is the command that's executed once meta-q (Alt-q) is typed.

You can build up these to meta-w, meta-e, meta-r for buffer 2, buffer 3, buffer 4, etc etc.

Of course, you can bind any key combo to any weechat command; it's not necessary to make them Alt+<num> commands.

'''Note:''' Watch out for caps lock if you're keybinding. If you bind Alt+y to a command, Alt+Y won't work (unless you bind that separately). If you find your binds aren't working, check your caps.

== Triggers ==

Triggers are the swiss army knife of weechat. They can replace a '''lot''' of scripts, and we're still finding things to turn into trigger

=== Turn any line with "nsfw" in it bright red ===
/trigger addreplace nsfw modifier weechat_print "${tg_notify} && ${tg_message_nocolor} =~ .*nsfw.*" "/(.*)/${tg_prefix}\t${color:red}!NSFW! ${tg_message}"
=== Make urls underlined and blue ===
/trigger addreplace url_color modifier "weechat_print" "${tg_tags} !~ irc_quit" ";[a-z]+://\S+;${color:32}${color:underline}${re:0}${color:-underline}${color:reset};" ""
===Please note this doesn't work. Strip items such as buffer list and nick list from screen on smaller screens ===
/trigger addreplace resize_small_timestamp signal signal_sigwinch "${info:term_width} < 200" "" "/set weechat.look.buffer_time_format """

=== turn off nicklist on smaller screens ===
/trigger addreplace resize_big signal signal_sigwinch "${info:term_width} >= 100" "" "/bar show nicklist"
/trigger addreplace resize_small signal signal_sigwinch "${info:term_width} < 100" "" "/bar hide nicklist"
=== turn off buffer list on small screens ===
/trigger addreplace resize_small_buffer signal signal_sigwinch "${info:term_width} < 100" "" "/bar hide buffers"
/trigger addreplace resize_big_buffer signal signal_sigwinch "${info:term_width} >= 100" "" "/bar show buffers"

== Spell Checker ==

Weechat uses a handy aspell plugin to check your spelling. To enable it, either use iset or use
/set aspell.check.enabled on

Aspell has a few settings which you may find useful

/set aspell.check.real_time on
/set aspell.check.word_min_length 2
/set aspell.check.default_dict "en"
/set aspell.check.suggestions 3

Or alternatively if you use iset, search for aspell

The aspell plugin can also offer suggestions as of 0.4.0 and it can be added as an item to your status bar. The item should be added to weechat.bar.status.items. For instance:
/set weechat.bar.status.items "time |,buffer_number+:buffer_name+(buffer_modes)+ |,buffer_nicklist_count |,hotlist |,[aspell_suggest]

Weechat

2015-07-23T13:09:53Z

Zergless: /* Strip items such as buffer list and nick list from screen on smaller screens */

Once upon a time there was BitchX. Then there was Irssi. Now there is Weechat. More and more people are switching over to Weechat from Irssi, probably coz the colours make IRC easier to read and follow. Problem is, for the Irssi user, Weechat may be a tad confusing.

Weechat documentation can be tricky to follow, so this page is an attempt to make simple those bizarre and abstract commands.

== Running Weechat ==

Dregin is a big Weechat fanboi. And as such, he has his own special builds designed for Redbrick. Azazel is the current login machine, dregin has compiled a version of Weechat that runs on azazel:

/home/associat/d/dregin/root_azazel/bin/weechat-curses

Copy and paste that into your terminal command line, hit enter, and give yourself a pat on the back.

== Compiling Weechat ==
You can run
~edu/compileweechat
or
git clone https://github.com/weechat/weechat
cd weechat
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME -DENABLE_NLS=OFF
make
make install
echo '*/upgrade ~/bin/weechat' > `find ~/.weechat -name "weechat_fifo_*"`
rm -rf ~/weechat

==Customising Weechat ==
Weechat can be very basic when you first run it so here are some conf files to set it up with.
cp ~edu/wcconf/* ~/.weechat/
you need to set your nick for the server
vim ~/.weechat/irc.conf
change “nicks” field to your username

== Basic use ==

=== Connecting to a server and channel ===

When you hit 'chat' on Redbrick, you start Irssi, you're automatically connected to a server, then you're joined to Redbrick's #lobby. This all happens behind the scenes, and with Weechat, you need to do this manually. Fear not: it's easy.

When you start Weechat, you won't get connected to a server or channel. To connect to Redbrick's IRC sever, type:

/connect irc.redbrick.dcu.ie

Then to join #lobby:

/join #lobby

As well as showing you how IRC clients (such as Weechat or Irssi or whatever) connect to stuff, this should also show you how to connect to other servers and channels outside of Redbrick.

To connect to any server, simply enter /connect <server_address>. You will probably be greeted with various messages and such from that server. To join a channel on that server, just type /join <channel_name>.

=== Navigation ===

Like Irssi, you can move between windows/buffers using Alt+<num>. You can also type /buffer <num> (similar to /win <num> in Irssi).
Unlike irssi you can do Alt+j then <num> to change to a number greather the 10 .

F5 and F6 move to the predecessing and successing buffer, respectively.

You can move buffers (chat windows) with /buffer move. In a channel, type:

/buffer move <num>

(where <num> is any number you want). That channel is now accessible at Alt+<num>

=== Changing between servers ===

Weechat will generally assume that whatever channel you're in, that's also the server you're operating on. So you can chat away as you wish and issue general commands.

However, for some commands, you will need to let Weechat know what server you're on.

Hit Alt+1. This will bring you to your status window. Along the bottom you will see the time, number of channels, the server you're connect to, as well as other channel stuff.

Press Ctrl+x. If you're connected to multiple servers, the ''server'' section will change, telling you which server Weechat is connect to. So now you can issue commands to that server (such as /nick) without affecting other servers.

For example, I am currently connected to irc.redbrick.dcu.ie and to irc.starchat.net. If I hit Ctrl-x I can switch to StarChat, and change my nickname there without it affecting Redbrick's IRC.

== Mobile ==

weechat has a mobile app you can get from the [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubergeek42.WeechatAndroid google play store] or from the [https://github.com/ubergeek42/weechat-android github].
Before we set up the app we need to go too weechat on the terminal and type in:
/relay add weechat 1337
then we need to set the password
/set relay.network.password "your-secret-password"

now on the Phone launch the app and in settings
In connection settings
Relay host: localhost
Relay Port: 1337 (choose your own port)
Relay password: your-secret-password
Connect type: SSH tunnel
then in SSH Tunnel settings
SSH host: redbrick.dcu.ie
SSH username: your username
SSH port: 22
if you have an ssh key add the route to the key on your phone in SSH Private key file and put the passphrase in the SSH password/key passphrase box, if you dont just put your password in there

== Special commands ==

=== Keybinds ===

Keybinds are handy, especially if you have over 10 channels open. I use Alt+<num> to get to channels, but clearly this only works from 1 up to 0 (on a keyboard). So for channels in higher numbers, you can ''bind'' keys: i.e. Alt+q gets me to channel 11; Alt+y gets me to channel 16.

/key bind meta-q /buffer 11

"Key" and "bind" are self-explanatory. "Meta" is Weechat's word for Alt (so meta-q is the same as Alt+q). /buffer 11 is the command that's executed once meta-q (Alt-q) is typed.

You can build up these to meta-w, meta-e, meta-r for buffer 2, buffer 3, buffer 4, etc etc.

Of course, you can bind any key combo to any weechat command; it's not necessary to make them Alt+<num> commands.

'''Note:''' Watch out for caps lock if you're keybinding. If you bind Alt+y to a command, Alt+Y won't work (unless you bind that separately). If you find your binds aren't working, check your caps.

== Triggers ==

Triggers are the swiss army knife of weechat. They can replace a '''lot''' of scripts, and we're still finding things to turn into trigger

=== Turn any line with "nsfw" in it bright red ===
/trigger addreplace nsfw modifier weechat_print "${tg_notify} && ${tg_message_nocolor} =~ .*nsfw.*" "/(.*)/${tg_prefix}\t${color:red}!NSFW! ${tg_message}"
=== Make urls underlined and blue ===
/trigger addreplace url_color modifier "weechat_print" "${tg_tags} !~ irc_quit" ";[a-z]+://\S+;${color:32}${color:underline}${re:0}${color:-underline}${color:reset};" ""
Please note this doesn't work === Strip items such as buffer list and nick list from screen on smaller screens ===
/trigger addreplace resize_small_timestamp signal signal_sigwinch "${info:term_width} < 200" "" "/set weechat.look.buffer_time_format """

=== turn off nicklist on smaller screens ===
/trigger addreplace resize_big signal signal_sigwinch "${info:term_width} >= 100" "" "/bar show nicklist"
/trigger addreplace resize_small signal signal_sigwinch "${info:term_width} < 100" "" "/bar hide nicklist"
=== turn off buffer list on small screens ===
/trigger addreplace resize_small_buffer signal signal_sigwinch "${info:term_width} < 100" "" "/bar hide buffers"
/trigger addreplace resize_big_buffer signal signal_sigwinch "${info:term_width} >= 100" "" "/bar show buffers"

== Spell Checker ==

Weechat uses a handy aspell plugin to check your spelling. To enable it, either use iset or use
/set aspell.check.enabled on

Aspell has a few settings which you may find useful

/set aspell.check.real_time on
/set aspell.check.word_min_length 2
/set aspell.check.default_dict "en"
/set aspell.check.suggestions 3

Or alternatively if you use iset, search for aspell

The aspell plugin can also offer suggestions as of 0.4.0 and it can be added as an item to your status bar. The item should be added to weechat.bar.status.items. For instance:
/set weechat.bar.status.items "time |,buffer_number+:buffer_name+(buffer_modes)+ |,buffer_nicklist_count |,hotlist |,[aspell_suggest]

Why Did You Choose Your Username

2015-03-28T16:05:27Z

Zergless: /* zergless */

Feel free to add an an entry about your username below!



==[[User:AngelKat|AngelKat]]==

Drusilla picked it...

==[[User:art_wolf|art_wolf]]==

Cool picture I have hanging up. Have had it for ages and its by Art Wolfe.

==[[User:atlas|atlas]]==

I originally handed in my student card, and said "Use my first name, please". I got an email later giving me my username as 'James' ( my middle name ). When I asked them to change, I decided to go with something a little cooler. I had been up for hours before that playing Mechwarrior somethingorother, and the Atlas mech was my favourite. I also, occasionally, feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders.

==[[User:Attol|Attol]]==
My name, but backwards.

==[[User:beimear|beimear]]==
It's eimear, with a "b".

==[[User:bilco|bilco]]==

Cause as a fresher I though it was the character's name from The Hobbit

==[[User:bunbun|bunbun]]==
It's kinda from my surname, in a way...
Also elephant made me.

==[[User:cain|cain]]==

I always thought Cain got a raw deal. Firstborn son of Adam, built the first city on earth and he's remembered for allegedly killing his brother Abel though the evidence is, to put it mildly, unconvincing and God was clearly biased against him. When I joined Redbrick, Cain was gone so I got Caine, which was the spelling of the name in an RPG I played at the time. Dropped the 'e' in my second year.

==[[User:calyx|calyx]]==
Misread the name of a song. In a perfect world, I would have been calx.

==[[User:cambo|cambo]]==

An abbreviation of sorts on my surname (campbell)... original eh?

==[[User:cammy|cammy]]==

I was using it as a web handle long before I joined Redbrick. It comes from the name of one of my first roleplaying characters that wasn't just a bunch of stats. The name for that roleplaying character though, came from the computer game Streetfighter 2.

Well actually cammy was my second choice. I would have liked to use The_Dead_One but that exceeds the 8 character limit.

==[[User:carri|carri]]==
I wanted giggleberry but its too long. So me being my epically cool self just used my actual 'name'.

==[[User:coconut|coconut]]==

On Clubs and Socs Day 2005 I was put on the spot while joining Redbrick (LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WAS)! It went a little something like this:

atlas: "Okay, and pick a username." 
Me: "What... now?!" 
atlas: "Yes." 
Me: "Right now?!?" 
atlas: "Yes." 
Me: "Errr.." *looks down at the free chocolate being given away - notices the wrappers and ingredients* "Em.. coconut?" 
atlas: "kk lol fag" 
Me: "I'll change it later!" 

That last part was, evidently, a lie.

==[[User:colmmacc|colmmacc]]==
I was assigned the username colmmacc for the purposes of my first ever internet account (and job), colmmacc@clubi.ie , way back when in 1995/6 (I think). Ever since, I've used it for all my accounts and it works at every domain on which I hold an account. Despite the huge coincidence, my username is fact not just a mere contracted concatonation of my real name "Colm MacCarthaigh", but is fact an acronym. It stands for "Colm's On-Line Memetic Mechanism [for] Accessing Complicated Computers".

==[[User:cooker3|cooker3]]==
It is my username for the lab machines in the CA building, it's not to do with an obcession with cookers!

==[[User:credak|credak]]==
Originally I wanted creadak (notice the extra a), cause Crea Dak was a character I had on Guild wars. I wrote it down, and the admins left out the extra a. I kinda like it better this way now...

==[[User:david|david]]==
The year that I joined DCU Hasselhoff was given a star on the Hollywood walk of fame. With all the new challenges in my life at that time I found that he was someone I could look up to. I could admire his achievements. He was like an uncle to me. I grew up on Kinght Rider and am looking forward to the new movie coming out this year. And then when I got a little older and started noticing girls I got interested in Baywatch. I wanted to be the stud that he was on that show. Appropriately in 2000 when I joined redbrick he released one of his many hit albums in Germany - "The Magic Colleciton". So I chose david as my redbrick username because ... well actually its not that interesting really, its my name in real life.

==[[User:doc|DoC]]==
It's the initials of my real name. I've been called DoC in real life by friends, family, etc, for as long as I can remember.

==[[User:drag0n|drag0n]]==
Friends in college said that I needed a nickname, probably because they're too lazy to say my full name "Diarmuid" and I find "Diarm" quite creepy, so basically, "dragon" popped into their heads and it stuck! I used be called siphi (for no particular reason, it was a random name I was known by onli ne), then changed to drag0n (with a zero). The zero is because the user "dragon" is allready taken on rb. But everyone loved the new name so I added the zero. If you hey the other dragon, you generally get a confused hey in response, so I generally have heys disabled. anyways...

==[[User:dramabob|dramabob]]==
When I signed up, along with everyone else in known history, back in 2004 I honestly can't remember being asked to pick a username. Imagine my surprise when later that week I got an email telling me my username was "roibeard" (er, my first name). Boo-urns. I approached one of the Kings Of Redbrick ([[User:Dizer|dizer]], [[User:Atlas|atlas]] or [[User:Phaxx|phaxx]], can't remember which) and asked to change my username to the much cooler sounding "silentbob" of "Clerks" fame (and several other, less good, movies). Further boo-urns ensued when t'was revealed that "silentbob" had one character too many, so having joined DCU Drama in addition to RB, I opted to go with "dramabob" - thus was born dramabob. w00t. I admit to being miffed upon hearing that both "bob" and "bobb" were already used up, but found out many many years later that "bobb" was a next door neighbour of mine in my long lost childhood in the mid 1970's. Bizarre.

==[[User:dregin|dregin]]==
The lead guitarist with the Backyard Babys' name is dregen[sic]. I took it and stuck an x on the end for a few years as a forum alias but then knocked off the x. tada!!

==[[User:drusilla|drusilla]]==
My nick was surprisingly enough, from the character on Buffy! Friends of mine in second year of school gave it to me when they noticed the similarities between myself and the insane vampire. Funnily, dru was my second nick on RedBrick, before that I was zerocool

==[[User:duff|duff]]==
It's my surname.

==[[User:elmer|elmer]]==
My username came from my first ever email address(elmer@clubi.ie) which i chose based on the looney tunes character elmer fudd

==[[User:exzantia|exzantia]]==
As many, many people have pointed out, my name seems like a random string of letters, and it kinda is... When I was signing up for a Yahoo mail account in '98 everything I tried was already taken. I was not having under-scores or numbers so I decided to come up with something that would always be available! I thus far have succeeded.

==[[User:eondev|eondev]]==
I use a different username elsewhere but decided it was time for a change. I always liked the word Eon and I started to develop (dev) an MMORPG around the time I was joining redbrick so I chose EonDev. Yes, horribly boring but /shrug

==[[User:fatwa|fatwa]]==

In first year, whilst learning to program, my friend Andrew wrote a program that printed out "That's a fatwa on you, mein freund".
I thought it was funny and it must have stuck in my head for redbrick registering. Also, it's short for "fat wanker".

==[[User:fox_chic|fox_chic]]==

Cause I'm an xphile and Mulder's first name is Fox. :)

==[[User:gizmo|gizmo]]==
My nick came from a combination of thinking gizmo was a pretty cool name due to that little flurry critter in Gremlins and also cns putting me on the spot on Clubs And Socs day when I first joined so that I couldn't think of anything else. Strange, but true.

==[[User:gary|gary]]==
Well, my original name was garyod and there was wordplay went around with that *cough*gayrod*cough*, so I got it changed to my actual name :)
==[[User:gavin|gavin]]==
I needed a username I wouldn't forget and seeing as Gavin was written on my underpants I decided to use that. Handy quinkadink that it is also my real name eh !

==[[User:geekity|geekity]]==
Tis from PhD comic, the Thesis arc (a PhD comic take on Matrix) and the character which loosely coincided with Trinity in the Matrix series. It's been my profile on most things for a while, although it was supposed to be geekity2 originally, someone just didn't bother with the 2 when they created my account.

==[[User:gmblitis|gmblitis]]==
Would've been gamblitis but for those dam restrictions!so the idea came in the first place came from my unhealthy obsession with horses and cards!

==[[User:gw|gw]]==
They are my initials.

==[[User:hauk|hauk]]==
Well, I got put on the spot when I first went to play UT in secondary school(We used to play it on the old shitty computers they had, at lunch time). So Dalamar from #intersocs, who was in my school, started to lose the plot with player12, and shouted at player12 to change his/her name. So I tried to think of a good name. And at the time I was reading Stormblade from the Dragonlance series, and Hauk was a ranger in that book. So I eh "temporarily" used the name.. It wasn't meant to stick! But I like it now ^_^

==[[User:hurl|hurl]]==
My second name is Hurrell and people cant pronouce it so I went by hurl. Turns out Hurrell was originally Hurl, you know, in the old country, so its my family name. No, I dont have a vomit fetish, but I'm always open to new experiences :P

==[[User:ian|ian]]==

Its my name JACKASS!

==[[User:jesjes|jesjes]]==
My name is Jessica. And people from home call me Jesi, and at some stage during sixth year I decided I liked Jess much more. So when I got THE INTERNETS, I just called myself jesjes. It stuck.

==[[User:johan|johan]]==

Was given this nick when a German Assistant in Secondary School tried to pronounce my name, Eoghan, and came out with Johan, and it stuck

==[[User:keloe|keloe]]==

I wrote down kehoe, my surname and an old nickname, on the slip. However, due to my incapability to write h's correctly, the admins read it as keloe.

==[[User:koffee|koffee]]==
I was holding a cup of coffee when I signed up after coconut's Ruby talk in first year. I was put on the spot.
also:

I like coffee, I drink a lot of coffee, I'm known for drinking large amounts of caffeinated beverages. It made sense

==[[User:kpodesta|kpodesta]]==

Because that's my real name. I thought Redbrick was some email yoke - all else fails, I was getting a decent email address.

==[[User:lil_cain|lil_cain]]==

Wanted lil_cian, as he is the smaller Cian, it was mistyped.

At this point, I've grown quite fond of it. Unlike lil_cian, it makes me almost unique on the internet.

==[[User:lithium|lithium]]==

Coz I like the sound of it. And coz it goes crazy when you put it in water. And not because of the Nirvana song.

==[[User:macbain|macbain]]==
He wanted the username 'mcbain' but Karlos (mcbain) got it before him. Being original, Sarv decided that macbain would do instead, so he could forever confuse new users between himself and Karl.

==[[User:maK|maK]]==
Drugs.

==[[User:marvin|marvin]]==
There are three references here : Starvin Marvin from South Park, Marvin The Paranoid Android from Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy and Marvin the Martian from the Warner Bros cartoon. I'll leave it to the reader to decide which one was the greatest influence (hint: it wasn't Starvin Marvin).

==[[User:merchelo|merchelo]]==
On a school trip back when I was young, sitting in an italian hotel, talking to the chef about football, he suddenly asked my name, and he couldn't pronounce my surname, Maxwell, so he decided to italianiase my name, by calling me Roberto Merchello, I thought the name was cool, and started to use it in championship manager, and after registering with the most shittest nick ever, "partyb" I changed it to the 8 char nick, merchelo.

==[[User:mephisto|mephisto]]==
Diablo and Baal were taken, and i registered after staggering in to college, having been up about 20 hours straight playing a LAN game of Diablo 2. Also my trademark nickname was too long.

==[[User:mo|mo]]==
Due to my considerable soccer talent, I was nicknamed "mo" after Mo Johnston, the scottish football hero.

==[[User:MoJu|MoJu]]==
It's in a similar vein to HoJu(Homer Junior) from the Simpsons. Given to me by a someone on a forum after they saw a picture of me and thought I was someone named Mordeth. So they suggested Mordeth Junior which was then condensed to MoJu. I then adopted it as my second online nick.

==[[User:montoya|montoya]]==

The name is that of a character from the book "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman. The specific character is Inigo Montoya, a Spanish swordsman out for revenge against a 6-fingered man who killed Inigo's father.

==[[User:moridin|moridin]]==

The most evil and therefore cool character in a series of books that I was reading. Said series of books has since degenerated into a mush of crap writing. Boo.

==[[User:nanaki|nanaki]]==

Used the name on forums for a while, first thing that came to mind when signing up. Favourite character from FF7. And no, I didn't use a soft.

==[[User:nit|niT]]==
Originally my name was a combination of many words that described me, and was dreamt up whilst I was at college in Aylesbury. It all started when I got a demo copy of Diablo from my cousin in Singapore, and us lads built our first LAN at my mate Dave's house. We also played Carmegeddon, the Star Wars game and Quake 2 (of which my mate Dave had a 600mhz processor and TWO 3dfx cards linked up in parallell - he was our God). It was necessary for me to have a character name in Diablo so I chose Nitsuj Buaya Chen, the latter two meaning 'Crocadile man that snaps up ladies' (in Singapore slang) and monkey (as my star sign is golden monkey). I later joined a CS clan called Black Legion and people naturally shortened my name down to nit. At that time I also had a friend who was called 'kippy' in real life and online, so I started using nit in real life too. Later I joined a 'talker' called theManor which was a twin site to the LambdaMoo, there was a guy there who set it all up and went by the nick 'beN', he and girlfriend sadly died in a car accident and so manor spods paid tribute but capitalising the final letter of their nick, hence why I use niT.

==[[User:noelfitz|noelfitz]]==

8 letter truncation of my real name (boring but true.)

==[[User:noodlez|noodlez]]==

Shorter version of one of my most commonly used user names. I picked that one before when I needed a quick username for an IRC channel and I was eating a bowl of noodles.

==[[User:orly|orly]]==

It was my nom de plume for a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanzine punk fanzine] I wrote when I was in school. [[User:pooka|pooka]] signed me up for redbrick the first week of college with it as he thought it was my real name ;-)

==[[User:ornat|ornat]]==

You'd have to ask my parents that question. Ornat is my real name, and unlike popular belief, no, I am not a guy!

==[[User:p|p]]==

Back the old days of IOL/Indigo's IRC servers I used a variety of names, which all began with the letter p. Eventually, I ditched the different nicknames and used ^P^. Redbrick doesn't support weird characters though, so now it's just p. It also happens to be my middle initial.

==[[User:Paddez|Paddez]]==
Used to use the name Paddee on various other online communities/games, Wanted an Irish sounding name so I settled on the variation of Paddy with 2 E's instead of the Y. When signing up for Redbrick the person who took down my name either misheard me or I said it wrong, whatever the reason i am now an Irish-Mexican that goes by the name of Paddez

==[[User:phaxx|phaxx]]==

Originally from the character Lord Fax in the book [http://www.google.com/search?q=dragonriders+of+pern Dragonriders Of Pern] by Anne McCaffrey. I used Lord_Fax in [http://research.microsoft.com/vwg/projectsheets/comicchat.htm MS Comic Chat] for a while. I saw somebody using a 'ph' instead of an 'f', and thought, in that usual 13-year-old way, OMGZ COOL, and promptly became LordPhaxx.
I was LordPhaxx for a few years, until until around 16 when I met a bunch of other Irish nerds one afternoon. [[User:jerry|jerry]] was among them, and commented, "With a name like LordPhaxx, I expected you to be taller."

So er, I dropped the pretentious 'Lord', and I've been 'phaxx' ever since.

See, nothing to do with fax machines! :)

==[[User:polka|polka]]==
When I was around 16 or so, I had started using "polkabunny" as a username for quite a few things, or a variation of it when it was taken. Before I came to DCU I was on the First Year IRC channel on Quakenet, and eventually got too lazy to write in polkabunny all the time. Shortened it to polka, then just used it when I got to DCU. And now, I prefer polka. (I also like polka dots, but can't dance the actual polka.)

==[[User:receive|receive]]==

It was Michelle Smith (swallow) that dragged me along to sign up during first year, so I'd handed over my 4euro before I'd begun to think of a username, so I turned and said "Shit, Michelle, what will I pick?" and she suggested "receive" because it went so well with swallow. Stupidly I agreed, and it stuck (after we found a spell checker to check how to spell it that is), so i never changed it to anything better. Ironically, i never have been at the receiving end of swallows abilities.

==[[User:r0b|r0b]]==
Rob is my name *shock* *gasp* rob was taken so used r0b instead. Amazing story tbh

==[[User:robby|robby]]==

its short for robert...thats cool no?

==[[User:ru|ru]]==

I really had no clue what I wanted to have as my username so just picked my most used nick name - ru...short for Ruaidhri...

==[[User:sadpanda|sadpanda]]==

Well like everyone, I had to pick on the day so i picked a nickname i had been using for yahoo answers. That account has since been deleted for either calling creationists braindead, redneck, ignorant, arrogant fucks or posting a howtohackwindowsandbel33t.on.nimp.org to a "how do i hack and be cool?".
Those 2 things happened the same week so it could be either. The nickname originally came up a few years after the sexual harassment panda episode but I was watching some westboro baptist church protests (the "god hates fags"/"god hates ireland"/"god hates sweden" people who shocked even fox). There would always be a bigger counter protest than their protest.
One of the counter protesters had on the panda suit and had a sign "Phelps makes me a sad panda". I found that funny and used it for a few sites.
Now looking back on it, I don't find it funny at all. Thank you redbrick article for ruining the way I look at my nickname.

==[[User:sandman|sandman]]==

I didn't. It was assigned on the basis that a) I was asleep and b) I read comics, didn't I? Ironically, I hadn't read much Sandman at the time.

==[[User:scraib|scraib]]==

I'm from Kilkenny and 'ScrÃ¡ib' is the Irish for 'Cat-Scratch'! 'Tis a very GAA name, but to be honest I could never play hurling so I picked it really cause it sounded cool...

==[[User:shaun|shaun]]==

After going through a couple of username changes (previously spike, then dilligaf), I settled on my real name. Mud sticks though, and few people actually use it.

==[[User:shimoda|shimoda]]==

It was a character in a book (Illusions by Richard Bach) I read during my formative years. Another rb user thought the description of the protagonist was suited to me so I nabbed the name.

==[[User:singer|singer]]==

I was a singer in a band. The guitarist mocked me for being the singer by calling me "singer". The nickname stuck. Non-Redbrick people address me as singer! My 2nd choice username was "scano".

==[[User:spanner|spanner]]==

In fact eeh! picked it out during the hay days of eeh gift grub and in fairness now sometimes im a bit of a spanner.

==[[User:spock|spock]]==

I chose spock because I had no idea that it would follow me around for at least the next 10 years.
I didn't even know what Redbrick was when I was joining, and when I had a membership form thrust
in my face by Hyper on Freshers day 1996, we had three preferences for username. I put down "spock" as my first preference. It wasn't taken, and that is how I didn't end up with the username "data", or "benji".

==[[User:Steef|Steef]]==

When i joined games soc i chose the name of character i liked from a game as my user name, but it ended up with allot of people thinking my real name was steve :( .

==[[User:svan|svan]]==

Sarunas Vancevicius. First letter of name, then first 3 letters from surname.

==[[User:Taurus|Taurus]]==

It is my star sign, so I just went with that. Sounds cool enough. :-)

==[[User:thedara|thedara]]==

My nick was given to me years before redbrick on irc (irc.phishy.net) I was the first person some americans had met called Dara and they
found that interesting for some reason or other and hence I became thedara.
On redbrick irc i'm known as Darz0re, It was a in-joke at the time when myself and dizer stuck z0re at the end of out names
hence thez0rekorp.com and z0re.org

==[[User:tiernep|tiernep]]==

I had cindella for a lab tutor in first year. My login was tiernep, which she found hil...arious and started shouting at everybody, "Hey everybody this guys name is turnip". It stuck.

==[[User:timelady|timelady]]==

I was originally known as xmeabhx because that was my name on another site and I was put under pressure on c + s day so I just picked it. When I got sick of it I changed it to timelady because I love doctor who :)

==[[User:Tiroskan|Tiroskan]]==

I needed a name for a character in a RP years ago. Stuck random letters together til I got something vaguely pronouncable and years later here we still are.

==[[User:tnkrbell|tnkrbell]]==

As a kid my dad used to always call me Belle.When I got older and after many trips to Disney I took a loving to the mischiefious tinkerbell from Peter Pan. Tinkerbell though was too long so JesJes decided on tnkrbell instead.

==[[User:train|train]]==

It's a shortened version of a gaming nickname I use.

==[[User:tyro|tyro]]==

It means: A beginner in learning something.

==[[User:tziegler|tziegler]]==

I have a strange addiction to The West Wing.

==[[User:undone|undone]] ==

Couldn't think of anything on Clubs & Socs day, so for about 2 days my username was my actual name. Then I picked this, because of the Weezer song, but also because I think it's a nice word.

==[[User:Urizen|Urizen]]==

A God from one of William Blake's epic poems. Thought it sounded epic, so that seemed right.

==[[User:werdz|werdz]]==

A long time ago in a net cafe far, far away, a sexy asian friend by the name of quank said "Hey Andrew, stop using the name andrew in CS. Use werdna instead. It's andrew only backwards!" - That lasted about five minutes until people got bored trying to pronounce it ("OMG! WERDNA! QUIT TK'ING YOU NOOB!") and just started shouting werdz instead ("OMG! WERDZ! QUIT TK'ING YOU NOOB!"). And that's my life story up until this point.

==[[User:wilburt|wilburt]]==

Long story, guys i used to know named me Wilburtino, i didnt really like it cos they were muppets. However, it grew on me over time. Wanted Wilburtino or Will as my username but they wouldnt let me :( so wilburt was the only one left. Like all rb usernames i think, they are spur of the moment. (or admin mistakes)

==[[User:zergless|zergless]]==

At the time I was playing Starcraft 2 alot and was going to choose watchmecreep but it was too long. So the first thing that came to mind was zergless

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User:Zergless

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Pints?

successfuly elected admin for 14/15

==quotes==

*"I'll just go for one (insert large smile here)... Hahaha lol"

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{{Timeline Years}}
[[Category: Redbrick History]]
==January==
==February==
==March==
==April==
==May==
==June==
==July==
==August==
==September==
==October==
==November==
==December==

Committee

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The name given to the leadership of Redbrick. Elected every year at the Annual General Meeting it is composed of 12 members: three admins, two helpdesk, Webmaster, a first year rep, a Secretary, PRO, Ents Officer, Treasurer and Chairperson. The First Year Rep is elected at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), usually held during Clubs & Socs Week at the start of October. You must be a first year member to run for this position. All members of the committee are given ops in #lobby while the admins, along with previous system administrators still in the root group, hold [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_user root]. The webmaster may also hold root, upon passing a root competency test.

They are the Society's most popular target for abuse and insults and work tirelessly and without compensation for the Society they love so much. A list of past and present Committee members can be found at http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/about/committee/

An alternative view of the Committee is that it is a collection of the power-mad, the arrogant, the popular and the insulting. All members have their own opinions on that matter but most will agree that without the Committee Redbrick would not be able to function, and for that, and perhaps that alone, they deserve thanks.

--Cain

Originally from the [[Encyclopedia]], updated by atlas and coconut

The committee can be contacted at: committee@redbrick.dcu.ie

Or, you can email individual members via their Redbrick addresses ("username"@redbrick.dcu.ie).

=== 2013/14 ===
Chairperson
Vadim Clyne kelly ( Vadimck )
Secretary
Jessica Anne McGowan ( teapott )
Treasurer
Lorcan Boyle ( zergless )
Events Officer
Jerry Onianwa (jerbumz)
Public Relations Officer (PRO)
Tríona Barrow ( polka )
First Year Representative
Séan Healy ( space )
Helpdesk
Niall Gaffney ( Gamma )
Andrew Boylan ( Fructus )
Webmaster
Robert Devereux ( kylar )
System Administrators
Ciaran MacNally ( maK )
Richard Walsh ( koffee )
Emmanuel Caillé (Twister)

=== 2012/13 ===
Chairperson
James Reilly ( fun )
Secretary
Robert Devereux ( kylar )
Treasurer
Richard Walsh ( koffee )
Events Officer
Tríona Barrow ( polka )
Public Relations Officer (PRO)
Andrew Boylan ( Fructus )
First Year Representative
To be Elected
Helpdesk
Eimear Tyrell ( beimear )
Craig Duff ( duff )
Webmaster
Ciaran MacNally ( maK )
System Administrators
Vadim Clyne-Kelly ( VadimCK )
Shane Stacey ( isaac702 )
Craig Gavagan MacEntee ( creadak )

=== 2011/12 ===
Chairperson
David Larkan ( tziegler )
Secretary
<del>Lotta Mikkonen ( attol)</del>
Niall Gaffney ( gamma)
Treasurer
Nina Hanzlikova ( geekity )
Events Officer
Ciaran McNally ( maK )
Public Relations Officer
<del>Meabh Landers ( timelady )</del>
Tríona Barrow ( polka )
First Year Representative
Tríona Barrow ( polka )
Helpdesk
<del>Shane Stacey ( isaac702 )</del>
Craig Duff ( duff )
Eimear Tyrell ( beimear )
Webmaster
Vadim Clyne-Kelly ( VadimCK )
System Administrators
Austin Halpin ( haus )
James Reilly ( fun )
<del>Paul Bunbury ( bunbun )</del>
Shane Stacey ( isaac702 )

=== 2010/11 ===
Chairperson
Lotta Mikkonen ( attol )
Secretary
Nina Hanzlikova ( geekity )
Treasurer
Conor Forde ( fordy )
Events Officer
<s>Emma Gallagher ( emma )</s>
Aisling Mulholland ( crash )
Public Relations Officer
Carri Fuery ( carri )
First Year Representative
Dave Larkan ( tziegler )
Helpdesk
Shane Stacey ( isaac702 )
Paul Bunbury ( bunbun )
Webmaster
Craig Gavagan MacEntee ( creadak )
System Administrators
James Reilly ( fun )
<del>Seamus Ronan ( train )</del>
Austin Halpin ( haus )

=== 2009/10 ===
Chairperson
Lotta Mikkonen ( attol )
Secretary
Emma Gallagher ( emma )
Treasurer
Seán Hand ( revenant )
Events Officer
<del>Carri Fuery ( carri )</del>
Stephanie Coleman ( steph )
Public Relations Officer
Dan Fox ( maiden )
First Year Representative
David Glennon ( azrael )
Helpdesk
<del>Austin Halpin ( haus )</del>
Diarmaid McManus ( elephant )
Gautam Wadhwa ( gw )
Craig Gavagan MacEntee (credak)
Webmaster
Kat Farrell ( angelkat )
System Administrators
Eoghan Cotter ( johan )
<del>David Lynam ( coconut )</del>
Alan Breathnach ( sonic )
Andrew Martin (werdz)

=== 2008/09 ===
Chairperson
<del>Robert O'Reilly ( robby )</del>
Kat Farrell ( angelkat )
Secretary
Damian Rhatigan ( dano )
Treasurer
Leah Doyle ( bambi )
Events Officer
Lotta Mikkonen ( attol )
Public Relations Officer
Carri Fuery ( carri )
<del>John Needham ( colossus )</del>
First Year Representative
Emma Gallagher ( emma )
Helpdesk
<del>Seán Hand ( revenant )</del>
Séamus Ronan ( train )
<del>Gavin Tubritt ( gamblitis )</del>
Webmaster
Andrew Martin ( werdz )
System Administrators
Cian Brennan ( lil_cain )
Andrew Harford ( receive )
Eoghan Cotter ( johan )

=== 2007/08 ===
Chairperson (also known as Failchair)
Andrew Harford ( receive )
Secretary
Kevin Fox ( undone )
Treasurer
<del>Ashley Samuel Dooley Martyn ( mythe )</del>
Events Officer
Kat Farrell ( angelkat )
Public Relations Officer
Damian Rhatigan ( dano )
Education Officers (also known as Helpdesk, also known as Faildesk)
Padraig O'Connor ( landa2 )
Eoghan Cotter ( johan )
David Lynam ( coconut )
<del>Matthew Barrington ( moju )</del>
<del>Declan Whelan ( castle )</del>
Webmaster
Richard Dalton ( d_fens )
System Administrators
Andrew Martin ( werdz )
Cian Brennan ( lil_cain )
<del>Diarmuid Bourke ( drag0n )</del>

=== 2006/07 ===

Chairperson
Charlie Von Metzradt ( phaxx )
Secretary
Jessica Ni Chonchubhair ( jesjes )
Treasurer
Andrew Harford ( receive )
Public Relations Officer
<del>Padraig O'Connor ( landa2 )</del>
Damien Rathigan ( dano )
Events Officer
Kat Farrell ( angelkat )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Kevin Fox ( undone )
Simon Kilroy ( gizmo )
Diarmuid Bourke ( drag0n )
Webmaster
John Doyle ( art_wolf )
System Administrators
Sarunas Vancevicius ( svan )
Eoghan Gaffney ( atlas )
Stephen Doyle ( igy )

=== 2005/06 ===

Chairperson
Michelle Graham (drusilla)
Secretary
Dave Couse ( phreak )
Treasurer
Kenneth Barrett ( sionnach )
Public Relations Officer
Jessica Ni Chonchubhair ( jesjes )
Events Officer
Bernard McKeever ( dregin )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Stephen Doyle ( igy )
Simon Kilroy ( gizmo )
Graham Bishop ( winters )
Webmaster
Una Kehoe ( keloe )
System Administrators
Charlie Von Metzradt ( phaxx )
Eoghan Gaffney ( atlas )
Stephen Ryan ( ryaner )

=== 2004/05 ===

Chairperson
Michelle Graham (drusilla)
Secretary
Aisling Devlin ( aeris )
<del>Donal Mulligan ( thor )</del>
Treasurer
Charlene Barrett ( charlene )
Public Relations Officer
Martina Frain ( dramaq )
Events Officer
Mark Grenham ( kyper )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
John Doyle ( art_wolf )
<del>Una Kehoe ( keloe )</del>
Stephen Doyle ( igy )
Eoghan Gaffney ( atlas )
Webmaster
David Whelan ( biteme )
System Administrators
<del>Martin Clarke ( prolix )</del>
Charlie Von Metzradt ( phaxx )
Michael Dowling ( mickeyd )
Padraic Hallinan ( halenger )

=== 2003/04 ===

Chairperson
David Johnston ( emperor )
Secretary
Cillian Sharkey ( cns )
Treasurer
Seamus O'Toole ( mael )
<del>Grainne Sheerin ( dimples )</del>
Public Relations Officer
Aisling Devlin ( aeris )
Events Officer
Martina Frain ( dramaq )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Eoin Campbell ( cambo )
Una Kehoe ( keloe )
Sun Ning ( sunshine )
Webmaster
Declan McMullen ( skyhawk )
System Administrators
Martin Clarke ( prolix )
Dermot Duffy ( dizer )
Martin Harte ( tuama )

=== 2002/03 ===

Chairperson
Nikki Kenny ( kamili )
Secretary
Trevor Johnston ( trevj )
<del>Andrew MacCann ( montoya )</del>
Treasurer
Grainne Sheerin ( dimples )
<del>Neil Walsh ( marvin )</del>
Public Relations Officer
Shane Tallon ( del_boy )
Events Officer
Elaine Bannon (purdy)
<del>Carla Coleman</del>
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Eoin Campbell ( cambo )
Declan McMullen ( skyhawk )
Declan O'Neill ( dec )
<del>Mark Campbell</del>
Webmaster
David Johnston ( emperor )
System Administrators
Mark Dunne ( pixies )
Dermot Duffy ( dizer )
Cillian Sharkey ( cns )

=== 2001/02 ===

Chairperson
Donal Mulligan ( thor )
Secretary
Brian Banbrick ( moridin )
Treasurer
John Canavan ( tibor )
Public Relations Officer
Andrew MacCann ( montoya )
Events Officer
Micheal Glennon ( magluby )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Kevin Dermody ( esoteric )
Nikki Kenny ( kamili )
Neil Walsh ( marvin )
Webmaster
Colm MacCarthaigh ( colmmacc )
System Administrators
Philip Reynolds ( phil )
Mark Campbell ( mark )
Cillian Sharkey ( cns )

=== 2000/01 ===

Chairperson
Karl Podesta ( kpodesta )
Secretary
Brian Banbrick ( moridin )
Treasurer
Jonathan Lundberg ( spock )
Public Relations Officer
Kevin Cannon ( p )
Events Officer
John Canavan ( tibor )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Conor O'Kane ( cokane )
Mark Campbell ( mark )
Donal Hunt ( redgiant )
Webmaster
Barry O'Neill ( bubble )
System Administrators
Philip Reynolds ( phil )
Sarvesh Singh ( macbain )
Noel Fitzpatrick ( noelfitz )
Mark Dunne ( pixies )
Robert Crosbie ( bobb)

=== 1999/2000 ===

Chairperson
Jonathan Lundberg ( spock )
Secretary
Caroline Sheedy ( bootie )
Treasurer
Damien Martin ( otto )
Public Relations Officer
Julie Kerin ( julie )
Events Officer
Orla McGan ( orly )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Conor O'Kane ( cokane )
Nigel Parkes ( elmer )
Eileen Gavin ( munchkin )
Barry O'Neill ( bubble )
Webmaster
Karl Podesta ( kpodesta )
System Administrators
Adam Kelly ( cthulhu )
Hoi Chau Wong ( whc )
Robert Crosbie ( bobb)

=== 1998/99 ===

Chairperson
Justin Moran ( cain )
Secretary
Jonathan Lundberg ( spock )
Treasurer
Caroline Sheedy ( bootie )
Public Relations Officer/Events Officer
Cecily Murray ( celery )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Aoife Cahill ( ace )
Sarvesh Singh ( macbain )
Eoin McGrath ( bob )
Barry O'Neill ( bubble )
Webmaster
Brian Scanlan ( singer )
David Murphy ( drjolt )
System Administrators
Adam Kelly ( cthulhu )
John Looney ( valen )
Hoi Chau Wong ( whc )
Colin Whittaker ( grimnar)
John Bolger (jbolger )
Cian Synnott ( pooka )
Ka Chun Leung ( plop )

=== 1997/98 ===

Chairperson
Patrick Grant ( floppy )
Mike Bennett ( thalia )
Secretary
Jonathan Lundberg ( spock )
Treasurer
Aoife McGoveran ( hms )
Public Relations Officer
Dave O'Flynn ( firefly )
Events Officer
Kevin O'Donovan ( kod )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Daire McKenna ( fatwa )
Shane O'hUid ( wishkah )
John Barker ( barkerj )
Webmaster
Andrew Lawless ( andy )
System Administrators
Dermot Hanley ( wibble )
Ka Chun Leung ( plop )
David Murphy ( drjolt )

=== 1996/97 ===

Chairperson
Sean Cullen ( hyper )
Secretary
Dermot Hanley ( wibble )
Treasurer
Paraic O'Ceallaigh ( swipe )
Public Relations Officer
Michael McHugh ( sandman )
System Administrators
Fergus Donohue ( fergus )
David Murphy ( drjolt )

See also: [[Committee_Timeline]]
[[Category:Encyclopedia]]

Committee

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Zergless:

The name given to the leadership of Redbrick. Elected every year at the Annual General Meeting it is composed of 12 members: three admins, two helpdesk, Webmaster, a first year rep, a Secretary, PRO, Ents Officer, Treasurer and Chairperson. The First Year Rep is elected at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), usually held during Clubs & Socs Week at the start of October. You must be a first year member to run for this position. All members of the committee are given ops in #lobby while the admins, along with previous system administrators still in the root group, hold [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_user root]. The webmaster may also hold root, upon passing a root competency test.

They are the Society's most popular target for abuse and insults and work tirelessly and without compensation for the Society they love so much. A list of past and present Committee members can be found at http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/about/committee/

An alternative view of the Committee is that it is a collection of the power-mad, the arrogant, the popular and the insulting. All members have their own opinions on that matter but most will agree that without the Committee Redbrick would not be able to function, and for that, and perhaps that alone, they deserve thanks.

--Cain

Originally from the [[Encyclopedia]], updated by atlas and coconut

The committee can be contacted at: committee@redbrick.dcu.ie

Or, you can email individual members via their Redbrick addresses ("username"@redbrick.dcu.ie).

=== 2013/14 ===
Chairperson
Vadim Clyne kelly ( Vadimck )
Secretary
Jessica Anne McGowan ( teapott )
Treasurer
Lorcan Boyle ( zergless )
Events Officer

Public Relations Officer (PRO)
Tríona Barrow ( polka )
First Year Representative
Séan Healy ( space )
Helpdesk
Niall Gaffney ( Gamma )
Andrew Boylan ( Fructus )
Webmaster
Robert Devereux ( kylar )
System Administrators
Ciaran MacNally ( maK )
Richard Walsh ( koffee )

=== 2012/13 ===
Chairperson
James Reilly ( fun )
Secretary
Robert Devereux ( kylar )
Treasurer
Richard Walsh ( koffee )
Events Officer
Tríona Barrow ( polka )
Public Relations Officer (PRO)
Andrew Boylan ( Fructus )
First Year Representative
To be Elected
Helpdesk
Eimear Tyrell ( beimear )
Craig Duff ( duff )
Webmaster
Ciaran MacNally ( maK )
System Administrators
Vadim Clyne-Kelly ( VadimCK )
Shane Stacey ( isaac702 )
Craig Gavagan MacEntee ( creadak )

=== 2011/12 ===
Chairperson
David Larkan ( tziegler )
Secretary
<del>Lotta Mikkonen ( attol)</del>
Niall Gaffney ( gamma)
Treasurer
Nina Hanzlikova ( geekity )
Events Officer
Ciaran McNally ( maK )
Public Relations Officer
<del>Meabh Landers ( timelady )</del>
Tríona Barrow ( polka )
First Year Representative
Tríona Barrow ( polka )
Helpdesk
<del>Shane Stacey ( isaac702 )</del>
Craig Duff ( duff )
Eimear Tyrell ( beimear )
Webmaster
Vadim Clyne-Kelly ( VadimCK )
System Administrators
Austin Halpin ( haus )
James Reilly ( fun )
<del>Paul Bunbury ( bunbun )</del>
Shane Stacey ( isaac702 )

=== 2010/11 ===
Chairperson
Lotta Mikkonen ( attol )
Secretary
Nina Hanzlikova ( geekity )
Treasurer
Conor Forde ( fordy )
Events Officer
<s>Emma Gallagher ( emma )</s>
Aisling Mulholland ( crash )
Public Relations Officer
Carri Fuery ( carri )
First Year Representative
Dave Larkan ( tziegler )
Helpdesk
Shane Stacey ( isaac702 )
Paul Bunbury ( bunbun )
Webmaster
Craig Gavagan MacEntee ( creadak )
System Administrators
James Reilly ( fun )
<del>Seamus Ronan ( train )</del>
Austin Halpin ( haus )

=== 2009/10 ===
Chairperson
Lotta Mikkonen ( attol )
Secretary
Emma Gallagher ( emma )
Treasurer
Seán Hand ( revenant )
Events Officer
<del>Carri Fuery ( carri )</del>
Stephanie Coleman ( steph )
Public Relations Officer
Dan Fox ( maiden )
First Year Representative
David Glennon ( azrael )
Helpdesk
<del>Austin Halpin ( haus )</del>
Diarmaid McManus ( elephant )
Gautam Wadhwa ( gw )
Craig Gavagan MacEntee (credak)
Webmaster
Kat Farrell ( angelkat )
System Administrators
Eoghan Cotter ( johan )
<del>David Lynam ( coconut )</del>
Alan Breathnach ( sonic )
Andrew Martin (werdz)

=== 2008/09 ===
Chairperson
<del>Robert O'Reilly ( robby )</del>
Kat Farrell ( angelkat )
Secretary
Damian Rhatigan ( dano )
Treasurer
Leah Doyle ( bambi )
Events Officer
Lotta Mikkonen ( attol )
Public Relations Officer
Carri Fuery ( carri )
<del>John Needham ( colossus )</del>
First Year Representative
Emma Gallagher ( emma )
Helpdesk
<del>Seán Hand ( revenant )</del>
Séamus Ronan ( train )
<del>Gavin Tubritt ( gamblitis )</del>
Webmaster
Andrew Martin ( werdz )
System Administrators
Cian Brennan ( lil_cain )
Andrew Harford ( receive )
Eoghan Cotter ( johan )

=== 2007/08 ===
Chairperson (also known as Failchair)
Andrew Harford ( receive )
Secretary
Kevin Fox ( undone )
Treasurer
<del>Ashley Samuel Dooley Martyn ( mythe )</del>
Events Officer
Kat Farrell ( angelkat )
Public Relations Officer
Damian Rhatigan ( dano )
Education Officers (also known as Helpdesk, also known as Faildesk)
Padraig O'Connor ( landa2 )
Eoghan Cotter ( johan )
David Lynam ( coconut )
<del>Matthew Barrington ( moju )</del>
<del>Declan Whelan ( castle )</del>
Webmaster
Richard Dalton ( d_fens )
System Administrators
Andrew Martin ( werdz )
Cian Brennan ( lil_cain )
<del>Diarmuid Bourke ( drag0n )</del>

=== 2006/07 ===

Chairperson
Charlie Von Metzradt ( phaxx )
Secretary
Jessica Ni Chonchubhair ( jesjes )
Treasurer
Andrew Harford ( receive )
Public Relations Officer
<del>Padraig O'Connor ( landa2 )</del>
Damien Rathigan ( dano )
Events Officer
Kat Farrell ( angelkat )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Kevin Fox ( undone )
Simon Kilroy ( gizmo )
Diarmuid Bourke ( drag0n )
Webmaster
John Doyle ( art_wolf )
System Administrators
Sarunas Vancevicius ( svan )
Eoghan Gaffney ( atlas )
Stephen Doyle ( igy )

=== 2005/06 ===

Chairperson
Michelle Graham (drusilla)
Secretary
Dave Couse ( phreak )
Treasurer
Kenneth Barrett ( sionnach )
Public Relations Officer
Jessica Ni Chonchubhair ( jesjes )
Events Officer
Bernard McKeever ( dregin )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Stephen Doyle ( igy )
Simon Kilroy ( gizmo )
Graham Bishop ( winters )
Webmaster
Una Kehoe ( keloe )
System Administrators
Charlie Von Metzradt ( phaxx )
Eoghan Gaffney ( atlas )
Stephen Ryan ( ryaner )

=== 2004/05 ===

Chairperson
Michelle Graham (drusilla)
Secretary
Aisling Devlin ( aeris )
<del>Donal Mulligan ( thor )</del>
Treasurer
Charlene Barrett ( charlene )
Public Relations Officer
Martina Frain ( dramaq )
Events Officer
Mark Grenham ( kyper )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
John Doyle ( art_wolf )
<del>Una Kehoe ( keloe )</del>
Stephen Doyle ( igy )
Eoghan Gaffney ( atlas )
Webmaster
David Whelan ( biteme )
System Administrators
<del>Martin Clarke ( prolix )</del>
Charlie Von Metzradt ( phaxx )
Michael Dowling ( mickeyd )
Padraic Hallinan ( halenger )

=== 2003/04 ===

Chairperson
David Johnston ( emperor )
Secretary
Cillian Sharkey ( cns )
Treasurer
Seamus O'Toole ( mael )
<del>Grainne Sheerin ( dimples )</del>
Public Relations Officer
Aisling Devlin ( aeris )
Events Officer
Martina Frain ( dramaq )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Eoin Campbell ( cambo )
Una Kehoe ( keloe )
Sun Ning ( sunshine )
Webmaster
Declan McMullen ( skyhawk )
System Administrators
Martin Clarke ( prolix )
Dermot Duffy ( dizer )
Martin Harte ( tuama )

=== 2002/03 ===

Chairperson
Nikki Kenny ( kamili )
Secretary
Trevor Johnston ( trevj )
<del>Andrew MacCann ( montoya )</del>
Treasurer
Grainne Sheerin ( dimples )
<del>Neil Walsh ( marvin )</del>
Public Relations Officer
Shane Tallon ( del_boy )
Events Officer
Elaine Bannon (purdy)
<del>Carla Coleman</del>
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Eoin Campbell ( cambo )
Declan McMullen ( skyhawk )
Declan O'Neill ( dec )
<del>Mark Campbell</del>
Webmaster
David Johnston ( emperor )
System Administrators
Mark Dunne ( pixies )
Dermot Duffy ( dizer )
Cillian Sharkey ( cns )

=== 2001/02 ===

Chairperson
Donal Mulligan ( thor )
Secretary
Brian Banbrick ( moridin )
Treasurer
John Canavan ( tibor )
Public Relations Officer
Andrew MacCann ( montoya )
Events Officer
Micheal Glennon ( magluby )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Kevin Dermody ( esoteric )
Nikki Kenny ( kamili )
Neil Walsh ( marvin )
Webmaster
Colm MacCarthaigh ( colmmacc )
System Administrators
Philip Reynolds ( phil )
Mark Campbell ( mark )
Cillian Sharkey ( cns )

=== 2000/01 ===

Chairperson
Karl Podesta ( kpodesta )
Secretary
Brian Banbrick ( moridin )
Treasurer
Jonathan Lundberg ( spock )
Public Relations Officer
Kevin Cannon ( p )
Events Officer
John Canavan ( tibor )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Conor O'Kane ( cokane )
Mark Campbell ( mark )
Donal Hunt ( redgiant )
Webmaster
Barry O'Neill ( bubble )
System Administrators
Philip Reynolds ( phil )
Sarvesh Singh ( macbain )
Noel Fitzpatrick ( noelfitz )
Mark Dunne ( pixies )
Robert Crosbie ( bobb)

=== 1999/2000 ===

Chairperson
Jonathan Lundberg ( spock )
Secretary
Caroline Sheedy ( bootie )
Treasurer
Damien Martin ( otto )
Public Relations Officer
Julie Kerin ( julie )
Events Officer
Orla McGan ( orly )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Conor O'Kane ( cokane )
Nigel Parkes ( elmer )
Eileen Gavin ( munchkin )
Barry O'Neill ( bubble )
Webmaster
Karl Podesta ( kpodesta )
System Administrators
Adam Kelly ( cthulhu )
Hoi Chau Wong ( whc )
Robert Crosbie ( bobb)

=== 1998/99 ===

Chairperson
Justin Moran ( cain )
Secretary
Jonathan Lundberg ( spock )
Treasurer
Caroline Sheedy ( bootie )
Public Relations Officer/Events Officer
Cecily Murray ( celery )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Aoife Cahill ( ace )
Sarvesh Singh ( macbain )
Eoin McGrath ( bob )
Barry O'Neill ( bubble )
Webmaster
Brian Scanlan ( singer )
David Murphy ( drjolt )
System Administrators
Adam Kelly ( cthulhu )
John Looney ( valen )
Hoi Chau Wong ( whc )
Colin Whittaker ( grimnar)
John Bolger (jbolger )
Cian Synnott ( pooka )
Ka Chun Leung ( plop )

=== 1997/98 ===

Chairperson
Patrick Grant ( floppy )
Mike Bennett ( thalia )
Secretary
Jonathan Lundberg ( spock )
Treasurer
Aoife McGoveran ( hms )
Public Relations Officer
Dave O'Flynn ( firefly )
Events Officer
Kevin O'Donovan ( kod )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Daire McKenna ( fatwa )
Shane O'hUid ( wishkah )
John Barker ( barkerj )
Webmaster
Andrew Lawless ( andy )
System Administrators
Dermot Hanley ( wibble )
Ka Chun Leung ( plop )
David Murphy ( drjolt )

=== 1996/97 ===

Chairperson
Sean Cullen ( hyper )
Secretary
Dermot Hanley ( wibble )
Treasurer
Paraic O'Ceallaigh ( swipe )
Public Relations Officer
Michael McHugh ( sandman )
System Administrators
Fergus Donohue ( fergus )
David Murphy ( drjolt )

See also: [[Committee_Timeline]]
[[Category:Encyclopedia]]

Committee

2014-03-26T16:05:15Z

Zergless:

The name given to the leadership of Redbrick. Elected every year at the Annual General Meeting it is composed of 12 members: three admins, two helpdesk, Webmaster, a first year rep, a Secretary, PRO, Ents Officer, Treasurer and Chairperson. The First Year Rep is elected at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), usually held during Clubs & Socs Week at the start of October. You must be a first year member to run for this position. All members of the committee are given ops in #lobby while the admins, along with previous system administrators still in the root group, hold [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_user root]. The webmaster may also hold root, upon passing a root competency test.

They are the Society's most popular target for abuse and insults and work tirelessly and without compensation for the Society they love so much. A list of past and present Committee members can be found at http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/about/committee/

An alternative view of the Committee is that it is a collection of the power-mad, the arrogant, the popular and the insulting. All members have their own opinions on that matter but most will agree that without the Committee Redbrick would not be able to function, and for that, and perhaps that alone, they deserve thanks.

--Cain

Originally from the [[Encyclopedia]], updated by atlas and coconut

The committee can be contacted at: committee@redbrick.dcu.ie

Or, you can email individual members via their Redbrick addresses ("username"@redbrick.dcu.ie).

=== 2013/14 (Current) ===
Chairperson
Vadim Clyne kelly ( Vadimck )
Secretary
Jessica Anne McGowan ( teapott )
Treasurer
Lorcan Boyle ( zergless )
Events Officer

Public Relations Officer (PRO)
Tríona Barrow ( polka )
First Year Representative
Séan Healy ( space )
Helpdesk
Niall Gaffney ( Gamma )
Andrew Boylan ( Fructus )
Webmaster
Robert Devereux ( kylar )
System Administrators
Ciaran MacNally ( maK )
Richard Walsh ( koffee )

=== 2012/13 (Current) ===
Chairperson
James Reilly ( fun )
Secretary
Robert Devereux ( kylar )
Treasurer
Richard Walsh ( koffee )
Events Officer
Tríona Barrow ( polka )
Public Relations Officer (PRO)
Andrew Boylan ( Fructus )
First Year Representative
To be Elected
Helpdesk
Eimear Tyrell ( beimear )
Craig Duff ( duff )
Webmaster
Ciaran MacNally ( maK )
System Administrators
Vadim Clyne-Kelly ( VadimCK )
Shane Stacey ( isaac702 )
Craig Gavagan MacEntee ( creadak )

=== 2011/12 ===
Chairperson
David Larkan ( tziegler )
Secretary
<del>Lotta Mikkonen ( attol)</del>
Niall Gaffney ( gamma)
Treasurer
Nina Hanzlikova ( geekity )
Events Officer
Ciaran McNally ( maK )
Public Relations Officer
<del>Meabh Landers ( timelady )</del>
Tríona Barrow ( polka )
First Year Representative
Tríona Barrow ( polka )
Helpdesk
<del>Shane Stacey ( isaac702 )</del>
Craig Duff ( duff )
Eimear Tyrell ( beimear )
Webmaster
Vadim Clyne-Kelly ( VadimCK )
System Administrators
Austin Halpin ( haus )
James Reilly ( fun )
<del>Paul Bunbury ( bunbun )</del>
Shane Stacey ( isaac702 )

=== 2010/11 ===
Chairperson
Lotta Mikkonen ( attol )
Secretary
Nina Hanzlikova ( geekity )
Treasurer
Conor Forde ( fordy )
Events Officer
<s>Emma Gallagher ( emma )</s>
Aisling Mulholland ( crash )
Public Relations Officer
Carri Fuery ( carri )
First Year Representative
Dave Larkan ( tziegler )
Helpdesk
Shane Stacey ( isaac702 )
Paul Bunbury ( bunbun )
Webmaster
Craig Gavagan MacEntee ( creadak )
System Administrators
James Reilly ( fun )
<del>Seamus Ronan ( train )</del>
Austin Halpin ( haus )

=== 2009/10 ===
Chairperson
Lotta Mikkonen ( attol )
Secretary
Emma Gallagher ( emma )
Treasurer
Seán Hand ( revenant )
Events Officer
<del>Carri Fuery ( carri )</del>
Stephanie Coleman ( steph )
Public Relations Officer
Dan Fox ( maiden )
First Year Representative
David Glennon ( azrael )
Helpdesk
<del>Austin Halpin ( haus )</del>
Diarmaid McManus ( elephant )
Gautam Wadhwa ( gw )
Craig Gavagan MacEntee (credak)
Webmaster
Kat Farrell ( angelkat )
System Administrators
Eoghan Cotter ( johan )
<del>David Lynam ( coconut )</del>
Alan Breathnach ( sonic )
Andrew Martin (werdz)

=== 2008/09 ===
Chairperson
<del>Robert O'Reilly ( robby )</del>
Kat Farrell ( angelkat )
Secretary
Damian Rhatigan ( dano )
Treasurer
Leah Doyle ( bambi )
Events Officer
Lotta Mikkonen ( attol )
Public Relations Officer
Carri Fuery ( carri )
<del>John Needham ( colossus )</del>
First Year Representative
Emma Gallagher ( emma )
Helpdesk
<del>Seán Hand ( revenant )</del>
Séamus Ronan ( train )
<del>Gavin Tubritt ( gamblitis )</del>
Webmaster
Andrew Martin ( werdz )
System Administrators
Cian Brennan ( lil_cain )
Andrew Harford ( receive )
Eoghan Cotter ( johan )

=== 2007/08 ===
Chairperson (also known as Failchair)
Andrew Harford ( receive )
Secretary
Kevin Fox ( undone )
Treasurer
<del>Ashley Samuel Dooley Martyn ( mythe )</del>
Events Officer
Kat Farrell ( angelkat )
Public Relations Officer
Damian Rhatigan ( dano )
Education Officers (also known as Helpdesk, also known as Faildesk)
Padraig O'Connor ( landa2 )
Eoghan Cotter ( johan )
David Lynam ( coconut )
<del>Matthew Barrington ( moju )</del>
<del>Declan Whelan ( castle )</del>
Webmaster
Richard Dalton ( d_fens )
System Administrators
Andrew Martin ( werdz )
Cian Brennan ( lil_cain )
<del>Diarmuid Bourke ( drag0n )</del>

=== 2006/07 ===

Chairperson
Charlie Von Metzradt ( phaxx )
Secretary
Jessica Ni Chonchubhair ( jesjes )
Treasurer
Andrew Harford ( receive )
Public Relations Officer
<del>Padraig O'Connor ( landa2 )</del>
Damien Rathigan ( dano )
Events Officer
Kat Farrell ( angelkat )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Kevin Fox ( undone )
Simon Kilroy ( gizmo )
Diarmuid Bourke ( drag0n )
Webmaster
John Doyle ( art_wolf )
System Administrators
Sarunas Vancevicius ( svan )
Eoghan Gaffney ( atlas )
Stephen Doyle ( igy )

=== 2005/06 ===

Chairperson
Michelle Graham (drusilla)
Secretary
Dave Couse ( phreak )
Treasurer
Kenneth Barrett ( sionnach )
Public Relations Officer
Jessica Ni Chonchubhair ( jesjes )
Events Officer
Bernard McKeever ( dregin )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Stephen Doyle ( igy )
Simon Kilroy ( gizmo )
Graham Bishop ( winters )
Webmaster
Una Kehoe ( keloe )
System Administrators
Charlie Von Metzradt ( phaxx )
Eoghan Gaffney ( atlas )
Stephen Ryan ( ryaner )

=== 2004/05 ===

Chairperson
Michelle Graham (drusilla)
Secretary
Aisling Devlin ( aeris )
<del>Donal Mulligan ( thor )</del>
Treasurer
Charlene Barrett ( charlene )
Public Relations Officer
Martina Frain ( dramaq )
Events Officer
Mark Grenham ( kyper )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
John Doyle ( art_wolf )
<del>Una Kehoe ( keloe )</del>
Stephen Doyle ( igy )
Eoghan Gaffney ( atlas )
Webmaster
David Whelan ( biteme )
System Administrators
<del>Martin Clarke ( prolix )</del>
Charlie Von Metzradt ( phaxx )
Michael Dowling ( mickeyd )
Padraic Hallinan ( halenger )

=== 2003/04 ===

Chairperson
David Johnston ( emperor )
Secretary
Cillian Sharkey ( cns )
Treasurer
Seamus O'Toole ( mael )
<del>Grainne Sheerin ( dimples )</del>
Public Relations Officer
Aisling Devlin ( aeris )
Events Officer
Martina Frain ( dramaq )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Eoin Campbell ( cambo )
Una Kehoe ( keloe )
Sun Ning ( sunshine )
Webmaster
Declan McMullen ( skyhawk )
System Administrators
Martin Clarke ( prolix )
Dermot Duffy ( dizer )
Martin Harte ( tuama )

=== 2002/03 ===

Chairperson
Nikki Kenny ( kamili )
Secretary
Trevor Johnston ( trevj )
<del>Andrew MacCann ( montoya )</del>
Treasurer
Grainne Sheerin ( dimples )
<del>Neil Walsh ( marvin )</del>
Public Relations Officer
Shane Tallon ( del_boy )
Events Officer
Elaine Bannon (purdy)
<del>Carla Coleman</del>
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Eoin Campbell ( cambo )
Declan McMullen ( skyhawk )
Declan O'Neill ( dec )
<del>Mark Campbell</del>
Webmaster
David Johnston ( emperor )
System Administrators
Mark Dunne ( pixies )
Dermot Duffy ( dizer )
Cillian Sharkey ( cns )

=== 2001/02 ===

Chairperson
Donal Mulligan ( thor )
Secretary
Brian Banbrick ( moridin )
Treasurer
John Canavan ( tibor )
Public Relations Officer
Andrew MacCann ( montoya )
Events Officer
Micheal Glennon ( magluby )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Kevin Dermody ( esoteric )
Nikki Kenny ( kamili )
Neil Walsh ( marvin )
Webmaster
Colm MacCarthaigh ( colmmacc )
System Administrators
Philip Reynolds ( phil )
Mark Campbell ( mark )
Cillian Sharkey ( cns )

=== 2000/01 ===

Chairperson
Karl Podesta ( kpodesta )
Secretary
Brian Banbrick ( moridin )
Treasurer
Jonathan Lundberg ( spock )
Public Relations Officer
Kevin Cannon ( p )
Events Officer
John Canavan ( tibor )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Conor O'Kane ( cokane )
Mark Campbell ( mark )
Donal Hunt ( redgiant )
Webmaster
Barry O'Neill ( bubble )
System Administrators
Philip Reynolds ( phil )
Sarvesh Singh ( macbain )
Noel Fitzpatrick ( noelfitz )
Mark Dunne ( pixies )
Robert Crosbie ( bobb)

=== 1999/2000 ===

Chairperson
Jonathan Lundberg ( spock )
Secretary
Caroline Sheedy ( bootie )
Treasurer
Damien Martin ( otto )
Public Relations Officer
Julie Kerin ( julie )
Events Officer
Orla McGan ( orly )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Conor O'Kane ( cokane )
Nigel Parkes ( elmer )
Eileen Gavin ( munchkin )
Barry O'Neill ( bubble )
Webmaster
Karl Podesta ( kpodesta )
System Administrators
Adam Kelly ( cthulhu )
Hoi Chau Wong ( whc )
Robert Crosbie ( bobb)

=== 1998/99 ===

Chairperson
Justin Moran ( cain )
Secretary
Jonathan Lundberg ( spock )
Treasurer
Caroline Sheedy ( bootie )
Public Relations Officer/Events Officer
Cecily Murray ( celery )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Aoife Cahill ( ace )
Sarvesh Singh ( macbain )
Eoin McGrath ( bob )
Barry O'Neill ( bubble )
Webmaster
Brian Scanlan ( singer )
David Murphy ( drjolt )
System Administrators
Adam Kelly ( cthulhu )
John Looney ( valen )
Hoi Chau Wong ( whc )
Colin Whittaker ( grimnar)
John Bolger (jbolger )
Cian Synnott ( pooka )
Ka Chun Leung ( plop )

=== 1997/98 ===

Chairperson
Patrick Grant ( floppy )
Mike Bennett ( thalia )
Secretary
Jonathan Lundberg ( spock )
Treasurer
Aoife McGoveran ( hms )
Public Relations Officer
Dave O'Flynn ( firefly )
Events Officer
Kevin O'Donovan ( kod )
Education Officers (helpdesk)
Daire McKenna ( fatwa )
Shane O'hUid ( wishkah )
John Barker ( barkerj )
Webmaster
Andrew Lawless ( andy )
System Administrators
Dermot Hanley ( wibble )
Ka Chun Leung ( plop )
David Murphy ( drjolt )

=== 1996/97 ===

Chairperson
Sean Cullen ( hyper )
Secretary
Dermot Hanley ( wibble )
Treasurer
Paraic O'Ceallaigh ( swipe )
Public Relations Officer
Michael McHugh ( sandman )
System Administrators
Fergus Donohue ( fergus )
David Murphy ( drjolt )

See also: [[Committee_Timeline]]
[[Category:Encyclopedia]]

Why Did You Choose Your Username

2013-10-21T13:09:40Z

Zergless:

Feel free to add an an entry about your username below!



==[[User:AngelKat|AngelKat]]==

Drusilla picked it...

==[[User:art_wolf|art_wolf]]==

Cool picture I have hanging up. Have had it for ages and its by Art Wolfe.

==[[User:atlas|atlas]]==

I originally handed in my student card, and said "Use my first name, please". I got an email later giving me my username as 'James' ( my middle name ). When I asked them to change, I decided to go with something a little cooler. I had been up for hours before that playing Mechwarrior somethingorother, and the Atlas mech was my favourite. I also, occasionally, feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders.

==[[User:Attol|Attol]]==
My name, but backwards.

==[[User:beimear|beimear]]==
It's eimear, with a "b".

==[[User:bilco|bilco]]==

Cause as a fresher I though it was the character's name from The Hobbit

==[[User:bunbun|bunbun]]==
It's kinda from my surname, in a way...
Also elephant made me.

==[[User:cain|cain]]==

I always thought Cain got a raw deal. Firstborn son of Adam, built the first city on earth and he's remembered for allegedly killing his brother Abel though the evidence is, to put it mildly, unconvincing and God was clearly biased against him. When I joined Redbrick, Cain was gone so I got Caine, which was the spelling of the name in an RPG I played at the time. Dropped the 'e' in my second year.

==[[User:calyx|calyx]]==
Misread the name of a song. In a perfect world, I would have been calx.

==[[User:cambo|cambo]]==

An abbreviation of sorts on my surname (campbell)... original eh?

==[[User:cammy|cammy]]==

I was using it as a web handle long before I joined Redbrick. It comes from the name of one of my first roleplaying characters that wasn't just a bunch of stats. The name for that roleplaying character though, came from the computer game Streetfighter 2.

Well actually cammy was my second choice. I would have liked to use The_Dead_One but that exceeds the 8 character limit.

==[[User:carri|carri]]==
I wanted giggleberry but its too long. So me being my epically cool self just used my actual 'name'.

==[[User:coconut|coconut]]==

On Clubs and Socs Day 2005 I was put on the spot while joining Redbrick (LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WAS)! It went a little something like this:

atlas: "Okay, and pick a username." 
Me: "What... now?!" 
atlas: "Yes." 
Me: "Right now?!?" 
atlas: "Yes." 
Me: "Errr.." *looks down at the free chocolate being given away - notices the wrappers and ingredients* "Em.. coconut?" 
atlas: "kk lol fag" 
Me: "I'll change it later!" 

That last part was, evidently, a lie.

==[[User:colmmacc|colmmacc]]==
I was assigned the username colmmacc for the purposes of my first ever internet account (and job), colmmacc@clubi.ie , way back when in 1995/6 (I think). Ever since, I've used it for all my accounts and it works at every domain on which I hold an account. Despite the huge coincidence, my username is fact not just a mere contracted concatonation of my real name "Colm MacCarthaigh", but is fact an acronym. It stands for "Colm's On-Line Memetic Mechanism [for] Accessing Complicated Computers".

==[[User:cooker3|cooker3]]==
It is my username for the lab machines in the CA building, it's not to do with an obcession with cookers!

==[[User:credak|credak]]==
Originally I wanted creadak (notice the extra a), cause Crea Dak was a character I had on Guild wars. I wrote it down, and the admins left out the extra a. I kinda like it better this way now...

==[[User:david|david]]==
The year that I joined DCU Hasselhoff was given a star on the Hollywood walk of fame. With all the new challenges in my life at that time I found that he was someone I could look up to. I could admire his achievements. He was like an uncle to me. I grew up on Kinght Rider and am looking forward to the new movie coming out this year. And then when I got a little older and started noticing girls I got interested in Baywatch. I wanted to be the stud that he was on that show. Appropriately in 2000 when I joined redbrick he released one of his many hit albums in Germany - "The Magic Colleciton". So I chose david as my redbrick username because ... well actually its not that interesting really, its my name in real life.

==[[User:doc|DoC]]==
It's the initials of my real name. I've been called DoC in real life by friends, family, etc, for as long as I can remember.

==[[User:drag0n|drag0n]]==
Friends in college said that I needed a nickname, probably because they're too lazy to say my full name "Diarmuid" and I find "Diarm" quite creepy, so basically, "dragon" popped into their heads and it stuck! I used be called siphi (for no particular reason, it was a random name I was known by onli ne), then changed to drag0n (with a zero). The zero is because the user "dragon" is allready taken on rb. But everyone loved the new name so I added the zero. If you hey the other dragon, you generally get a confused hey in response, so I generally have heys disabled. anyways...

==[[User:dramabob|dramabob]]==
When I signed up, along with everyone else in known history, back in 2004 I honestly can't remember being asked to pick a username. Imagine my surprise when later that week I got an email telling me my username was "roibeard" (er, my first name). Boo-urns. I approached one of the Kings Of Redbrick ([[User:Dizer|dizer]], [[User:Atlas|atlas]] or [[User:Phaxx|phaxx]], can't remember which) and asked to change my username to the much cooler sounding "silentbob" of "Clerks" fame (and several other, less good, movies). Further boo-urns ensued when t'was revealed that "silentbob" had one character too many, so having joined DCU Drama in addition to RB, I opted to go with "dramabob" - thus was born dramabob. w00t. I admit to being miffed upon hearing that both "bob" and "bobb" were already used up, but found out many many years later that "bobb" was a next door neighbour of mine in my long lost childhood in the mid 1970's. Bizarre.

==[[User:dregin|dregin]]==
The lead guitarist with the Backyard Babys' name is dregen[sic]. I took it and stuck an x on the end for a few years as a forum alias but then knocked off the x. tada!!

==[[User:drusilla|drusilla]]==
My nick was surprisingly enough, from the character on Buffy! Friends of mine in second year of school gave it to me when they noticed the similarities between myself and the insane vampire. Funnily, dru was my second nick on RedBrick, before that I was zerocool

==[[User:duff|duff]]==
It's my surname.

==[[User:elmer|elmer]]==
My username came from my first ever email address(elmer@clubi.ie) which i chose based on the looney tunes character elmer fudd

==[[User:exzantia|exzantia]]==
As many, many people have pointed out, my name seems like a random string of letters, and it kinda is... When I was signing up for a Yahoo mail account in '98 everything I tried was already taken. I was not having under-scores or numbers so I decided to come up with something that would always be available! I thus far have succeeded.

==[[User:eondev|eondev]]==
I use a different username elsewhere but decided it was time for a change. I always liked the word Eon and I started to develop (dev) an MMORPG around the time I was joining redbrick so I chose EonDev. Yes, horribly boring but /shrug

==[[User:fatwa|fatwa]]==

In first year, whilst learning to program, my friend Andrew wrote a program that printed out "That's a fatwa on you, mein freund".
I thought it was funny and it must have stuck in my head for redbrick registering. Also, it's short for "fat wanker".

==[[User:fox_chic|fox_chic]]==

Cause I'm an xphile and Mulder's first name is Fox. :)

==[[User:gizmo|gizmo]]==
My nick came from a combination of thinking gizmo was a pretty cool name due to that little flurry critter in Gremlins and also cns putting me on the spot on Clubs And Socs day when I first joined so that I couldn't think of anything else. Strange, but true.

==[[User:gary|gary]]==
Well, my original name was garyod and there was wordplay went around with that *cough*gayrod*cough*, so I got it changed to my actual name :)
==[[User:gavin|gavin]]==
I needed a username I wouldn't forget and seeing as Gavin was written on my underpants I decided to use that. Handy quinkadink that it is also my real name eh !

==[[User:geekity|geekity]]==
Tis from PhD comic, the Thesis arc (a PhD comic take on Matrix) and the character which loosely coincided with Trinity in the Matrix series. It's been my profile on most things for a while, although it was supposed to be geekity2 originally, someone just didn't bother with the 2 when they created my account.

==[[User:gmblitis|gmblitis]]==
Would've been gamblitis but for those dam restrictions!so the idea came in the first place came from my unhealthy obsession with horses and cards!

==[[User:gw|gw]]==
They are my initials.

==[[User:hauk|hauk]]==
Well, I got put on the spot when I first went to play UT in secondary school(We used to play it on the old shitty computers they had, at lunch time). So Dalamar from #intersocs, who was in my school, started to lose the plot with player12, and shouted at player12 to change his/her name. So I tried to think of a good name. And at the time I was reading Stormblade from the Dragonlance series, and Hauk was a ranger in that book. So I eh "temporarily" used the name.. It wasn't meant to stick! But I like it now ^_^

==[[User:hurl|hurl]]==
My second name is Hurrell and people cant pronouce it so I went by hurl. Turns out Hurrell was originally Hurl, you know, in the old country, so its my family name. No, I dont have a vomit fetish, but I'm always open to new experiences :P

==[[User:ian|ian]]==

Its my name JACKASS!

==[[User:jesjes|jesjes]]==
My name is Jessica. And people from home call me Jesi, and at some stage during sixth year I decided I liked Jess much more. So when I got THE INTERNETS, I just called myself jesjes. It stuck.

==[[User:johan|johan]]==

Was given this nick when a German Assistant in Secondary School tried to pronounce my name, Eoghan, and came out with Johan, and it stuck

==[[User:keloe|keloe]]==

I wrote down kehoe, my surname and an old nickname, on the slip. However, due to my incapability to write h's correctly, the admins read it as keloe.

==[[User:kpodesta|kpodesta]]==

Because that's my real name. I thought Redbrick was some email yoke - all else fails, I was getting a decent email address.

==[[User:lil_cain|lil_cain]]==

Wanted lil_cian, as he is the smaller Cian, it was mistyped.

At this point, I've grown quite fond of it. Unlike lil_cian, it makes me almost unique on the internet.

==[[User:lithium|lithium]]==

Coz I like the sound of it. And coz it goes crazy when you put it in water. And not because of the Nirvana song.

==[[User:macbain|macbain]]==
He wanted the username 'mcbain' but Karlos (mcbain) got it before him. Being original, Sarv decided that macbain would do instead, so he could forever confuse new users between himself and Karl.

==[[User:maK|maK]]==
Drugs.

==[[User:marvin|marvin]]==
There are three references here : Starvin Marvin from South Park, Marvin The Paranoid Android from Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy and Marvin the Martian from the Warner Bros cartoon. I'll leave it to the reader to decide which one was the greatest influence (hint: it wasn't Starvin Marvin).

==[[User:merchelo|merchelo]]==
On a school trip back when I was young, sitting in an italian hotel, talking to the chef about football, he suddenly asked my name, and he couldn't pronounce my surname, Maxwell, so he decided to italianiase my name, by calling me Roberto Merchello, I thought the name was cool, and started to use it in championship manager, and after registering with the most shittest nick ever, "partyb" I changed it to the 8 char nick, merchelo.

==[[User:mephisto|mephisto]]==
Diablo and Baal were taken, and i registered after staggering in to college, having been up about 20 hours straight playing a LAN game of Diablo 2. Also my trademark nickname was too long.

==[[User:mo|mo]]==
Due to my considerable soccer talent, I was nicknamed "mo" after Mo Johnston, the scottish football hero.

==[[User:MoJu|MoJu]]==
It's in a similar vein to HoJu(Homer Junior) from the Simpsons. Given to me by a someone on a forum after they saw a picture of me and thought I was someone named Mordeth. So they suggested Mordeth Junior which was then condensed to MoJu. I then adopted it as my second online nick.

==[[User:montoya|montoya]]==

The name is that of a character from the book "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman. The specific character is Inigo Montoya, a Spanish swordsman out for revenge against a 6-fingered man who killed Inigo's father.

==[[User:moridin|moridin]]==

The most evil and therefore cool character in a series of books that I was reading. Said series of books has since degenerated into a mush of crap writing. Boo.

==[[User:nanaki|nanaki]]==

Used the name on forums for a while, first thing that came to mind when signing up. Favourite character from FF7. And no, I didn't use a soft.

==[[User:nit|niT]]==
Originally my name was a combination of many words that described me, and was dreamt up whilst I was at college in Aylesbury. It all started when I got a demo copy of Diablo from my cousin in Singapore, and us lads built our first LAN at my mate Dave's house. We also played Carmegeddon, the Star Wars game and Quake 2 (of which my mate Dave had a 600mhz processor and TWO 3dfx cards linked up in parallell - he was our God). It was necessary for me to have a character name in Diablo so I chose Nitsuj Buaya Chen, the latter two meaning 'Crocadile man that snaps up ladies' (in Singapore slang) and monkey (as my star sign is golden monkey). I later joined a CS clan called Black Legion and people naturally shortened my name down to nit. At that time I also had a friend who was called 'kippy' in real life and online, so I started using nit in real life too. Later I joined a 'talker' called theManor which was a twin site to the LambdaMoo, there was a guy there who set it all up and went by the nick 'beN', he and girlfriend sadly died in a car accident and so manor spods paid tribute but capitalising the final letter of their nick, hence why I use niT.

==[[User:noelfitz|noelfitz]]==

8 letter truncation of my real name (boring but true.)

==[[User:noodlez|noodlez]]==

Shorter version of one of my most commonly used user names. I picked that one before when I needed a quick username for an IRC channel and I was eating a bowl of noodles.

==[[User:orly|orly]]==

It was my nom de plume for a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanzine punk fanzine] I wrote when I was in school. [[User:pooka|pooka]] signed me up for redbrick the first week of college with it as he thought it was my real name ;-)

==[[User:ornat|ornat]]==

You'd have to ask my parents that question. Ornat is my real name, and unlike popular belief, no, I am not a guy!

==[[User:p|p]]==

Back the old days of IOL/Indigo's IRC servers I used a variety of names, which all began with the letter p. Eventually, I ditched the different nicknames and used ^P^. Redbrick doesn't support weird characters though, so now it's just p. It also happens to be my middle initial.

==[[User:Paddez|Paddez]]==
Used to use the name Paddee on various other online communities/games, Wanted an Irish sounding name so I settled on the variation of Paddy with 2 E's instead of the Y. When signing up for Redbrick the person who took down my name either misheard me or I said it wrong, whatever the reason i am now an Irish-Mexican that goes by the name of Paddez

==[[User:phaxx|phaxx]]==

Originally from the character Lord Fax in the book [http://www.google.com/search?q=dragonriders+of+pern Dragonriders Of Pern] by Anne McCaffrey. I used Lord_Fax in [http://research.microsoft.com/vwg/projectsheets/comicchat.htm MS Comic Chat] for a while. I saw somebody using a 'ph' instead of an 'f', and thought, in that usual 13-year-old way, OMGZ COOL, and promptly became LordPhaxx.
I was LordPhaxx for a few years, until until around 16 when I met a bunch of other Irish nerds one afternoon. [[User:jerry|jerry]] was among them, and commented, "With a name like LordPhaxx, I expected you to be taller."

So er, I dropped the pretentious 'Lord', and I've been 'phaxx' ever since.

See, nothing to do with fax machines! :)

==[[User:polka|polka]]==
When I was around 16 or so, I had started using "polkabunny" as a username for quite a few things, or a variation of it when it was taken. Before I came to DCU I was on the First Year IRC channel on Quakenet, and eventually got too lazy to write in polkabunny all the time. Shortened it to polka, then just used it when I got to DCU. And now, I prefer polka. (I also like polka dots, but can't dance the actual polka.)

==[[User:receive|receive]]==

It was Michelle Smith (swallow) that dragged me along to sign up during first year, so I'd handed over my 4euro before I'd begun to think of a username, so I turned and said "Shit, Michelle, what will I pick?" and she suggested "receive" because it went so well with swallow. Stupidly I agreed, and it stuck (after we found a spell checker to check how to spell it that is), so i never changed it to anything better. Ironically, i never have been at the receiving end of swallows abilities.

==[[User:r0b|r0b]]==
Rob is my name *shock* *gasp* rob was taken so used r0b instead. Amazing story tbh

==[[User:robby|robby]]==

its short for robert...thats cool no?

==[[User:ru|ru]]==

I really had no clue what I wanted to have as my username so just picked my most used nick name - ru...short for Ruaidhri...

==[[User:sadpanda|sadpanda]]==

Well like everyone, I had to pick on the day so i picked a nickname i had been using for yahoo answers. That account has since been deleted for either calling creationists braindead, redneck, ignorant, arrogant fucks or posting a howtohackwindowsandbel33t.on.nimp.org to a "how do i hack and be cool?".
Those 2 things happened the same week so it could be either. The nickname originally came up a few years after the sexual harassment panda episode but I was watching some westboro baptist church protests (the "god hates fags"/"god hates ireland"/"god hates sweden" people who shocked even fox). There would always be a bigger counter protest than their protest.
One of the counter protesters had on the panda suit and had a sign "Phelps makes me a sad panda". I found that funny and used it for a few sites.
Now looking back on it, I don't find it funny at all. Thank you redbrick article for ruining the way I look at my nickname.

==[[User:sandman|sandman]]==

I didn't. It was assigned on the basis that a) I was asleep and b) I read comics, didn't I? Ironically, I hadn't read much Sandman at the time.

==[[User:scraib|scraib]]==

I'm from Kilkenny and 'ScrÃ¡ib' is the Irish for 'Cat-Scratch'! 'Tis a very GAA name, but to be honest I could never play hurling so I picked it really cause it sounded cool...

==[[User:shaun|shaun]]==

After going through a couple of username changes (previously spike, then dilligaf), I settled on my real name. Mud sticks though, and few people actually use it.

==[[User:shimoda|shimoda]]==

It was a character in a book (Illusions by Richard Bach) I read during my formative years. Another rb user thought the description of the protagonist was suited to me so I nabbed the name.

==[[User:singer|singer]]==

I was a singer in a band. The guitarist mocked me for being the singer by calling me "singer". The nickname stuck. Non-Redbrick people address me as singer! My 2nd choice username was "scano".

==[[User:spanner|spanner]]==

In fact eeh! picked it out during the hay days of eeh gift grub and in fairness now sometimes im a bit of a spanner.

==[[User:spock|spock]]==

I chose spock because I had no idea that it would follow me around for at least the next 10 years.
I didn't even know what Redbrick was when I was joining, and when I had a membership form thrust
in my face by Hyper on Freshers day 1996, we had three preferences for username. I put down "spock" as my first preference. It wasn't taken, and that is how I didn't end up with the username "data", or "benji".

==[[User:Steef|Steef]]==

When i joined games soc i chose the name of character i liked from a game as my user name, but it ended up with allot of people thinking my real name was steve :( .

==[[User:svan|svan]]==

Sarunas Vancevicius. First letter of name, then first 3 letters from surname.

==[[User:Taurus|Taurus]]==

It is my star sign, so I just went with that. Sounds cool enough. :-)

==[[User:thedara|thedara]]==

My nick was given to me years before redbrick on irc (irc.phishy.net) I was the first person some americans had met called Dara and they
found that interesting for some reason or other and hence I became thedara.
On redbrick irc i'm known as Darz0re, It was a in-joke at the time when myself and dizer stuck z0re at the end of out names
hence thez0rekorp.com and z0re.org

==[[User:tiernep|tiernep]]==

I had cindella for a lab tutor in first year. My login was tiernep, which she found hil...arious and started shouting at everybody, "Hey everybody this guys name is turnip". It stuck.

==[[User:timelady|timelady]]==

I was originally known as xmeabhx because that was my name on another site and I was put under pressure on c + s day so I just picked it. When I got sick of it I changed it to timelady because I love doctor who :)

==[[User:Tiroskan|Tiroskan]]==

I needed a name for a character in a RP years ago. Stuck random letters together til I got something vaguely pronouncable and years later here we still are.

==[[User:tnkrbell|tnkrbell]]==

As a kid my dad used to always call me Belle.When I got older and after many trips to Disney I took a loving to the mischiefious tinkerbell from Peter Pan. Tinkerbell though was too long so JesJes decided on tnkrbell instead.

==[[User:train|train]]==

It's a shortened version of a gaming nickname I use.

==[[User:tyro|tyro]]==

It means: A beginner in learning something.

==[[User:tziegler|tziegler]]==

I have a strange addiction to The West Wing.

==[[User:undone|undone]] ==

Couldn't think of anything on Clubs & Socs day, so for about 2 days my username was my actual name. Then I picked this, because of the Weezer song, but also because I think it's a nice word.

==[[User:Urizen|Urizen]]==

A God from one of William Blake's epic poems. Thought it sounded epic, so that seemed right.

==[[User:werdz|werdz]]==

A long time ago in a net cafe far, far away, a sexy asian friend by the name of quank said "Hey Andrew, stop using the name andrew in CS. Use werdna instead. It's andrew only backwards!" - That lasted about five minutes until people got bored trying to pronounce it ("OMG! WERDNA! QUIT TK'ING YOU NOOB!") and just started shouting werdz instead ("OMG! WERDZ! QUIT TK'ING YOU NOOB!"). And that's my life story up until this point.

==[[User:wilburt|wilburt]]==

Long story, guys i used to know named me Wilburtino, i didnt really like it cos they were muppets. However, it grew on me over time. Wanted Wilburtino or Will as my username but they wouldnt let me :( so wilburt was the only one left. Like all rb usernames i think, they are spur of the moment. (or admin mistakes)

==[[User:zergless|zergless]]==

At the time I was playing Starcraft 2 alot and was going to choose watchmecreep but it was too long. So the first thing that came to mind was zergless.

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