Board Thread:Internal management/@comment-27138615-20170511172455

'''Before I start off explaining my idea, is this alright if this is open for around 5-7 days? This is a rather major change on how things work around here so I think it needs more time to be discussed.'''

While this is an idea I thought of recently, it’s probably because of a major flaw of how things work around here. I feel like it’s something that we need to improve how the wiki works, and it can fix the problem we have of quantity over quality. This is just a concept for now, and you guys can decide what has to be changed, what has to be added or removed, etc.

Introducing the...

Staff evaluation system

Yes, you got that right. It’s a system where others get to critique based on how active and how well-behaved one staff member is. I feel like it’s been something that the wiki has been missing, and that our demotion for “inactivity” threads aren’t enough.

It just feels like that one can get immediately can get saved from demotion if they play a small amount of forum games while not even being active often enough. I get that some people can have a hard time in life with unexpected events happening, but for others, it sort of feels that way. I honestly want to see people evaluated more on how they behave and how often do they use their rights and how they behave.

Section 1. How it should work
Here’s how I think it should work.

1. There will be a main page Plants vs. Zombies Wiki:Staff Evaluation Forms, and the contents of it will explain how it works and will leave links to subpages per user ranks available. 2. Users can leave feedback under the header of a certain staff member’s name on the page of their highest rank. The system I’ve been thinking of is around 30 points on activity (which should be fair, based on what’s listed on their staff page and what they’ve announced) on their SPECIFIC AREA OF MODERATION and how they use their rights (check not just contribution logs), and 20 points on behavior, towards others and ESPECIALLY in serious situations, which is a total of 50 points. These will be reset every 3 months. One person can change their feedback within before the final week. 3. By the final week of those three month periods, the deliberation vote will begin on those who do not meet standards. (Below around 50% of total score) '''But I feel like this can be changed, and that’s why it’s a discussion, not a vote. Like, it can have an impact in demotion threads instead of it being deliberation every three months.'''

And… it’s just as simple as that.

But as with something major that’s to be added to the wiki, there’s going to be rules that will go along with the system.

Section 2. Rules, guidelines and a few ideas
Here’s some rules and guidelines that I thought of.


 * If a new staff member is promoted or if a former staff member regained their rights, their evaluation form will open up only after they’ve had their rights for 7-14 days. (You can decide which amount is best.)
 * If a current staff members gets up to a higher rank or gets demoted to a lower rank, their current feedback will be reset and their evaluation forms will reopen after 7-14 days. (Same goes with the above amount)
 * Any staff member who has been promoted in the final two weeks of the three month period will be immune from the deliberation vote. Their evaluation form will open up when the next three month period begins or when their 7-14 day period is up. (Although this feels like it may make others want to run on those two weeks just to get immune…)
 * No blind feedback.
 * STRICTLY NO JOKE FEEDBACK. You can make small jokes in your feedback as long as your REAL feedback is serious. There will be punishment if one is caught and your feedback will be removed.
 * Your feedback must be unbiased. Don’t bring up your grudges and your friendship too much. Remember, this is about how well they do their job and how they act in situations and towards others. Your relationship with them should only make a small impact on how you vote.
 * Don’t judge their feedback on things like something that happened a year ago. This is about how they are NOW and NOW ONLY.
 * Any staff member caught breaking the rules will have points deducted from their score, depending on how intense the rule they broke was.

And here are a few more ideas I have for staff evaluation forms.


 * The feedback of staff with higher positions will have greater weight than those without. (Again, you should decide whether or not we go with this plan.)
 * The staff member being evaluate can comment on the feedback given to them, but no replies after that whatsoever on the evaluation page.

Section 3. Closing Notes
Why am I suggesting this? To improve staff quality and to get people working. Because let’s be honest, we have the quantity, but it feels like not everyone is doing their thing for the team. This is so we can get people to be more active and so we can improve the ways on how we decide who stays or who goes.

Those are what I’ll propose for now. You can leave your opinions below, because after all, this is a discussion, not a vote. 