Difference between revisions of "No such nickname online"
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When I try and type, I get this message: | When I try and type, I get this message: | ||
TheChannelName: No such nickname online | TheChannelName: No such nickname online | ||
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Further, there is no one listed in the channel. | Further, there is no one listed in the channel. | ||
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The reason is in the message. Channel names begin with the character #, so by example, when you entered the channel name in the Mibbit Home tab, | The reason is in the message. Channel names begin with the character #, so by example, when you entered the channel name in the Mibbit Home tab, | ||
TheChannelName | TheChannelName | ||
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What actually happened in the background, is you started a PM with a nick called TheChannelName, and when you typed, there was no person online with the nickname of TheChannelName. | What actually happened in the background, is you started a PM with a nick called TheChannelName, and when you typed, there was no person online with the nickname of TheChannelName. | ||
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Yes, there are other characters indicating different channel types on different IRCd systems and different networks, but # is by far the most common character that the new user requires. | Yes, there are other characters indicating different channel types on different IRCd systems and different networks, but # is by far the most common character that the new user requires. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:08, 5 October 2010
Question
When I try and type, I get this message:
TheChannelName: No such nickname online
And other variations on the theme. Further, there is no one listed in the channel.
Answer
The reason is in the message. Channel names begin with the character #, so by example, when you entered the channel name in the Mibbit Home tab,
TheChannelName
will fail
#TheChannelName
is what you wanted to type.
What actually happened in the background, is you started a PM with a nick called TheChannelName, and when you typed, there was no person online with the nickname of TheChannelName.
Aside
Yes, there are other characters indicating different channel types on different IRCd systems and different networks, but # is by far the most common character that the new user requires.
