you can always use ..

menu nicklist,query,notice {
  .Mute ( $+ $$1 $+ ):{ var %mute.min = $$?=\"How Many Minutes Would You Like To Mute $$1 For?\"
    say $$1 $+ , 12You Have Been Muted For5 %mute.min  12Minutes,Please Take This Time To Think What You\'re Saying, After The Mute, If You Continue To Misbehave, You Will Be 5Removed
     mode # -ohv $str($1- $chr(32),6)
    .timer 1 1 /mode $active +b ~q: $+ $mask($address($$1,1),2)
    .timer 1 $calc(%mute.min * 60) /mode $active -b ~q: $+ $mask($address($$1,1),2)
  }
}

,then it can deop,dehalfop,devoice .when there muted :),and a bit of colour