Quote Originally Posted by Ivae View Post
If it's such an annoyance, just take the two seconds it takes to type /nastatus off, and you'll never be added again. Problem solved.

As for actual new players, it's actually there to help them. If they don't want the help, they too, can turn it off. Or just uncheck it in the chatlog options, so you'll still be in it, but won't really notice it.
What if there is an actual newbie and they didn't want to join it? It should be a pop up, "Would you like to join the Novice Network?" instead of slapping you straight into a chat channel without you knowing about it.