Board Thread:Wiki management/@comment-5939269-20160919170459

With the heavy need for people to fulfill certain roles, and the lack of people who meet the requirements to try for certain roles, I've created a system that I think can possibly be an improvement to the wiki. I understand that the changes I am about to put out there might seem like a major change to the system already in place, and the truth is that they are. But the goal here is for me to have devised a system that works better than what we already have.

Rollback

- This position is removed entirely and bundled into every other staff position. Any staff from a chat mod to a B-crat will have Rollback Powers.

- The requirement which needs 100 mainspace edits has now been added as a general requirement for any user wishing to become a staff. Therefore new users without 100 mainspace edits may not run for any position.

Chat Moderator

- No changes are made.

.Discussion Moderator

- The mainspace requirement of 250 has been dropped in favour of the premise that people will decide worthiness with their vote, based upon things such as activity in forums, and whether or not they positively contribute to said area of the wiki.

- The time needed on the wiki can now be reduced to 2 months instead of the usual 3 if they have at least 500 forum edits. Otherwise, the user must wait the full 3 months.

- The mandatory 500 forum edits has been dropped in using them as a way to fast pass the 3 months and cut down the time needed to be on the wiki from 3 months to 2 months. It would still be reccomended to have 500 forum edits before applying to maximize chances of a successful app, though it would in no way be mandatory.

Content Moderator

- The time needed on the wiki can now be reduced to 2 months instead of the usual 4 if they have at least 500 mainspace edits. Otherwise, the user must wait the full 4 months.

- The mandatory 500 mainspace edits has been dropped in using them as a way to fast pass the 4 months and cut down the time needed to be on the wiki from 4 months to 2 months. It would still be reccomended to have 500 mainspace edits before applying to maximize chances of a successful app, though it would in no way be mandatory.

Administrator

- The mainspace requirement of 1000 has been dropped in favour of the premise that people will decide worthiness with their vote, based upon things such as success as a moderator, and skills that would allow them to excel at admin.

- Due to the removal of mainspace requirements, all users wishing to run for admin must have been in a moderator position for at least 3 months. Thus the minimum time required to be on the wiki before becoming an administrator is 5 months. (Notice how that nicely complies with the requirement already in place that the user must have been on the wiki already for at least 5 months.)

B-Crat

- The mainspace requirement of 2000 has been dropped in favour of the premise that people will decide worthiness with their vote, based upon things such as success as an administrator, and skills that would allow them to excel at B-crat.

- Due to the removal of mainspace requirements, all users wishing to run for B-crat must have been in an admin position for at least 4 months (This has been extended due to the removal of needing twice as many mainspace edits as an admin). Thus the minimum time required to be on the wiki before becoming a B-crat is 9 months. (Notice how that nicely complies with the requirement already in place that the user must have been on the wiki already for at least 9 months.) 