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README.rst

@@ -32,11 +32,14 @@ To create the bot, just create a python file with the following:
 This will start a basic bot and look for plugins in the 'plugins'
 directory to add functionality.
 
-Optional arguments are: \* ``port``: choose a custom port to connect to
-the server (default: 6667) \* ``ops``: list of operators who can do
-things like make the bot join other channels or quit (default: empty
-list) \* ``plugin_dir``: directory where the bot should look for plugins
-(default: "plugins")
+Optional arguments are:
+
+-  ``port``: choose a custom port to connect to the server (default:
+   6667)
+-  ``ops``: list of operators who can do things like make the bot join
+   other channels or quit (default: empty list)
+-  ``plugin_dir``: directory where the bot should look for plugins
+   (default: "plugins")
 
 Creating plugins
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -59,24 +62,23 @@ The function will need to be structured as such:
 The function will need to accept a single argument in order to accept a
 ``Message`` object from the bot.
 
-The ``Message`` object has the following attributes: \* ``cmd``: the
-command that triggered the function \* ``nick``: the user who triggered
-the command \* ``arg``: all the trailing text after the command. This is
-what you will use to get optional information for the command \*
-``channel``: the channel where the command was initiated \* ``ops``: the
-list of bot operators \* ``botnick``: the nickname of the bot
+The ``Message`` object has the following attributes:
+
+-  ``cmd``: the command that triggered the function
+-  ``nick``: the user who triggered the command
+-  ``arg``: all the trailing text after the command. This is what you
+   will use to get optional information for the command
+-  ``channel``: the channel where the command was initiated
+-  ``ops``: the list of bot operators
+-  ``botnick``: the nickname of the bot
 
 The plugin function **must** return one of the following in order to
-give a response to the command: \* ``pinhook.plugin.message``: basic
-message in channel where command was triggered \*
-``pinhook.plugin.action``: CTCP action in the channel where command was
-triggered (basically like using ``/me does a thing``)
+give a response to the command:
+
+-  ``pinhook.plugin.message``: basic message in channel where command
+   was triggered
+-  ``pinhook.plugin.action``: CTCP action in the channel where command
+   was triggered (basically like using ``/me does a thing``)
 
 Examples
 --------
-
-There are some basic examples in the ``examples`` directory in this
-repository.
-
-For a live and maintained bot running the current version of pinhook see
-`pinhook-tilde <https://github.com/archangelic/pinhook-tilde>`__.