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 We aim to be an inclusive community and as such you should refrain from kicking and banning users from the #nim IRC channel. If an argument goes out of hand then you may silence the users involved for a length of time that is no longer than 15 minutes. Kicking/Banning should be reserved for the absolute last resort, that is, if the user is intentionally causing chaos in the IRC channel despite many warnings.
 
-Should these rules not suffice, we will change them, but in all the years of Nim's development it was rarely  (2 or 3 times) necessary to ban one and we like to continue this trend.
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 ## How To
 
 The following commands can be executed by sending them via the text box that you ordinarily use to speak with people.