Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-26131865-20160731083121

Hi there, I think I have crossed the line, but the last threads about this topic were one year ago so...

I know anarchy is part of this wiki's charm, but it's somewhat unfair for some users that are daily active and useful.

Wikia is really evasive about what we can do, and what we cannot do, so use this thread as a brainstorm, then we leave the final decision up to Heli.

Here are my ideas. I don't know if all are available, I think we can rewrite some of them (with MediaWiki) but I may be wrong. In any ways, we can create special tags (I saw that on some wikis) then explain their jobs on the Rules page (still stub) or as an appendix on the Staff page.

=General Thoughts=


 * Rights have to be organised about what the user will do, if the user have no use of that right, we should remove it.


 * We have to make our own tags that will hint on the purpose of the user. Example: Patrol Moderator, someone who checks edits and approve them, rollback them or report them to another user if in doubt. And in case, hide the "true" tags (from Wikia) that are enabled by default (it's also available I think).


 * Staff list and rights should reflect the current state of the wiki, not a gift made for good-faith users.


 * [Your ideas here...]

=Promote=

Major

 * Gold Duck: Chat mod, content mod (protect, move pages...). Tags: Chat Moderator, "Holy Moderator" (or just content moderator). His job: make sure the wikia is as "safe" as possible.


 * Ethanlac: Content mod (patrol, delete pointless pages), and maybe later discussion mod if he does his job right. Tag: Patrol Moderator. His job: check suspicious edits and make all the further decisions (remove, report). It's more an "offensive" job.


 * Myself: If available "alone", "block user" rights. If not, leave it as it. Tags: Patrol mod, Designer.


 * Heliskyoh: Okay, he's the sysop, so he can't be promoted any further (or just to the rank of God), but I noticed most of his job is done in "secret", he shines when it comes to organize the nearly 1500 pages of this wiki. But I don't know the propper name of that so... Tags: Elected Admin, Housekeeper.


 * Fredy-san: Same as above. Tags: Right-hand/Vice Admin, Major/Main Designer.

And then some "trusted" users, highlight their names in the Wikia.css page (I will upload the list as soon as possible). If we found a way, make sure their edits are patrolled by default for some (there should be a way...), to earn free times.

Minor

 * Deeakron - still new, but already good. Note, they are two behind this account


 * Kaxzer - he doesn't edit that much, but he made precise strategies, and precious contributions all around the BC community (reddit, youtube).


 * Weegeerules1


 * Yifei.Song - not always good edit, but really good faith

=Demote=

Here's come the malicious part. I don't like it, but this is all about logic. They either are inactive or don't have use of their currents rights. But they deserve a "Previous mod" category in the Staff page.


 * BattleCate: not as active as before, plus users keep messaging him for nothing because he is "famous" on youtube.


 * The Cat Lord: same


 * ClimmyClim: he said he still looks the wiki, but he doesn't have use of the bureaucrat rights anymore, so we just keep him as a good-faith user.


 * Myself: remove the chat mod rights, I don't have use of them.


 * Dragonlord0007: I miss him really much, but same, he isn't active anymore.

=End=

I hope I don't disturb the thing with this thread. But I think we need to talk about what we should do for the wiki more often.

Now I wait for my Heli's manga memes. 