Board Thread:Wiki management/@comment-27557697-20150922003744

Introduction:

Here we are: Chat Moderating, which ispersonally one of my favourite jobs on the wiki. The chat is the place that many go to, when they want to discuss things real time. Of course, having the power to talk about anything to someone like that can lead to quite a bit of mischief taking place.

You might be new, and you might not know what you are doing. This guide will give you the basics to succeed. It won't make you the best, as chat moderating requires spending many of hours not needing to do anything... However in the end it can be very rewarding.

Section 1: Powers of the Chat Moderator

In addition to being given the powers of a rollback, (should you have not had them already) you will also be given some special permissions pertaining to chat. As you spend your time as a chat moderator, you might find a couple of special little buttons popping up below other people when clicking on them in chat, in the same place you would find the Private Messaging buttons. These 2 buttons, labelled "Shoot Peas" and "Explode" are essentially the equivilant of "Kick" and "Ban" Respectively.

If you for some reason need a quick tutorial on how to rollback, you can find it here.

Section 2: Tutorial

Disclaimer: Please note that if you are not a chat moderator or higher, this tutorial will not apply to you as you will not have been granted the ability to kick or ban people in chat.

Step 1: Click the name of any person in chat. (You will quickly notice that other Chat mods, Admins, and Bureaucrats will not have the kick or ban buttons under their names.)

http://i.imgur.com/KIF9ZTGl.png

Step 2: Clicking the Shoot peas button will kick that person from chat, as well as put a notification in chat alerting people of the action.

http://i.imgur.com/VToAbr5l.png

Step 3: Clicking the Explode button will bring the following prompt. Enter a ban length and reason, or simply leave the reason untouched for a generic 'Breaking the rules' message.

http://i.imgur.com/qqyYNxtl.png

Step 4: The person will now be banned from chat under the following parameters you set above with a notification displayed in chat to alert everyone of the action. If for whatever reason you need to unban that person (Remember: You are human, and mistakes WILL happen), you may simply click the replant button, shown on the ban notification in chat.

http://i.imgur.com/bi5iOD3l.png

Step 5: If at a later time should you need to change the ban length or to simply unban them, simply head to their userpage and click on edits.

http://i.imgur.com/jmsYQYPl.png

Step 6: Simply click revive to unban them from chat, or choose a different time frame to set a new ban length. You now have the option to enter a reason for doing so once again, or you may choose to leave that empty.

http://i.imgur.com/mmpa08Fl.png

Section 3: FAQ

Q: When should I be excercising my power to kick or ban people from chat

A: It is mainly under your own discretion, however please make sure that you have a good knowledge of the rules. If you are ever in doubt, please refer to the rules found here.

Thank you all for reading this guide! I hope to improve new Chat mods with this as well as maybe teaching a thing or two to the Chat mods we already have!

~RetroBowser 