+alias ban "qc_cmd_sv ban ${* ?}" // Ban an IP address or a range of addresses (like 1.2.3)
+alias banlist "qc_cmd_sv banlist ${* ?}" // List all existing bans
+alias kickban "qc_cmd_sv kickban ${* ?}" // Disconnect a client and ban it at the same time
+alias mute "qc_cmd_sv mute ${* ?}" // Disallow a client from talking by muting them
+alias unban "qc_cmd_sv unban ${* ?}" // Remove an existing ban
+alias unmute "qc_cmd_sv unmute ${* ?}" // Unmute a client
+
+// other aliases for ban commands
+alias bans "banlist"
+
+// character classes (intersected with 32..126 minus ", $, ;, ^, \ - if you
+// want these, include them explicitly)
+// note that QC code always forbids $ and ; in VoteCommand_checknasty
+set _iscntrl ""
+set _isblank " "
+set _ispunct "!#%&'()*+,-./:<=>?@[]_`{|}~"
+set _isdigit "0123456789"
+set _isupper "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+set _islower "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+set _isxdigit "0123456789abcdefABCDEF"
+
+// derived character classes
+set _isalpha "$_isupper$_islower"
+set _isalnum "$_isalpha$_isdigit"
+set _isgraph "$_ispunct$_isalnum"
+set _isascii "$_isgraph$_isblank"
+set _isprint "$_isgraph$_isblank"
+set _isspace "$_isblank"
+
+// restriction is specified as <minargs> followed by <maxargs> instances of ';'
+// and the optional character class to verify the argument by (no checking if
+// empty)
+// set cvar to empty string to not check the command at all
+// if cvar is not set there will be a warning
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_restart "0"
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_fraglimit "1;$_isdigit"
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_chmap "1;$_isgraph"
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_gotomap "1;$_isgraph"
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_nextmap "1;$_isgraph"
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_endmatch "0"
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_reducematchtime "0"
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_extendmatchtime "0"
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_allready "0"
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_kick "1;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;" // enough space for ban reason
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_kickban "1;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;" // enough space for ban reason
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_cointoss "0"
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_movetoauto "1;"
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_movetored "1;"
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_movetoblue "1;"
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_movetoyellow "1;"
+set sv_vote_command_restriction_movetopink "1;"