Board Thread:Internal management/@comment-24843074-20160319211606

Let me start this with the requirements of becoming a Chat Moderator first, to get a sense of what we're dealing with.

"Requirements of being chat moderator

 * You must have at least 250 mainspace edits (Futuristic Fighter badge).
 * You must have been on the wiki for at least two months.
 * You must not have been blocked or banned from chat for more than one week for the past six months.*
 * More than 50% of the votes must be supportive.

Star symbol=  Blocks or bans caused by an abusive staff member other than yourself do not count, or if the block or ban was canceled."

So here's the verdict here. Chat Moderator is a position meant for chat, allowing the user to kick/ban users who do not abide to the rules of chat. The biggest thing that prevents most users from getting this is the mainspace edits. A jump from 100 mainspace edits to 250 mainspace edits is a bit of a stretch for just getting a button on chat to kick/ban Rollbacks and non-staff users. There are many users who have potential of becoming a great staff member, but are held back by these conditions. The number should be lowered to a more reasonable number of 200. Now of course, we don't want too many users going for one position, Just look at the Content Mods  so something else would have to change. For instance, an extra month on the wiki or 55% of votes need to be supportive.

Let's look at the pros and cons of doing this.

Pros:

 * Users will have an easier time to apply for a Chat Moderator
 * Number of Chat Moderators could increase

Cons:

 * If mainspace edits were to change, then there would need to be a badge to show the new number, like with all other staff position requirements
 * Easier time for users to become Chat Moderators, and potential swarm of users becoming Chat Moderators. Also staff higher than Chat Moderators also have the same ability as Chat Moderators in addition to their respective staff rank.

The final vote would be to either:

If you picked choice one, pick one of the following:

If not, then vote one of the following:

Take everything into consideration and vote.
 * Note: To show your stance, please type Choice#|# of choice|x in – . You must have been on the wiki for two weeks and have made 25 mainspace edits to vote.


 * Note: You must have at least 25  mainspace  edits and been on the wiki for at least  two weeks  to vote. If you do not follow these rules your vote will be disqualified. If you do it repeatedly, you will be given a forum warning. Thank you. 