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addevent
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addevent


.SH Name
.SI 5
addevent - Adds a new entry to the player information database.
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.SH Syntax
.SI 5
addevent <player-name> <event> [<comment>]
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.SH Description
.SP 5 5
This commands adds a new entry to the player's dossier. The name of the
creator who added it and the time at which it was added are also recorded.
The player whose dossier is being modified doesn't have to be online. If the
comment argument is provided, it is used as a single-line comment for the
entry; otherwise, an editor is invoked so that multiple-line comment text
could be entered.

The following event types can be added using this command: "misc",
"harassment", "discipline", "replace", and "alert". Please refer to
the "playerinfo" command description for more information.
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.SP 5 5
To print all events that can be added with addevent, use "addevent list".
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.SH Notes
.SP 5 5
Please remember that events for two different players end up in two different
lists of entries; for this reason comments like "ditto" should be avoided.
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.SP 5 5
Alerts should be used whenever action needs to be taken but cannot at that
time, due to the player being offline, not having the right information,
etc.  For easy reference, the commands related to alerts can be found in
'%^BOLD%^help alerts%^RESET%^'
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.SH Examples:
.SI 5
> addevent belcar harassment He kept killing NPCs repeatedly!
Belcar's dossier updated.
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.SH See also
.SP 5 5
alerts, playerinfo, delevent, addalt, delalt
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