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In light of the recent conflict between the community, editors, and staff in general, I have come to the conclusion that much of the way we handle interactions with the community, and our expectations/requirements for staff are currently antiquated, and a source of friction. I have considered many paths to bring the community closer to the wiki proper through representation among staff. I have also considered methods by which we can encourage the community at large, both on /d and the discord, to contribute to the wiki material. The purpose of this forum will be to propose a varying array of options in order to bring our staff requirements up to modern standards. It will additionally begin discussion on ways we can better involve those on /d and the discord in contributing to the wiki.

Additionally, I will be discussing in the coming days how we can re-initiate community involvement through blog events like those that Agent C used to run. Once posted, this forum will have a timer of one month. I will be paying close attention to how the community feels about each option, and encourage everyone to leave their opinions in the comments below each set of options. This will help me better evaluate which options are more feasible to the community or not. If possible, I will also adjust certain options based on suggestions being made, as I am not perfect, and cannot account for all desired outcomes. Once you have made your vote please clarify in the comments what part of each option you liked, and what you didn't like, and what you think would be better in its place.

I encourage active discussion on everything, and fully intend to post an adjusted final options following the completion of the polling period for a second round of discussion prior to moving it to a real policy proposal.

NOTE THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL POLICY VOTE. THIS IS A DISCUSSION. NONE OF THESE OPTIONS WILL IMMEDIATELY BE IMPLEMENTED ON COMPLETION OF THE ONE MONTH TIMER. ---bleep196- (talk) 18:26, April 9, 2019 (UTC)

Poll Start

Some options are yes no. Others request selecting in order of most to least favorable. Please read before editing.

User Rights Requests Requirements

The following sections will cover proposed changes to the current standards of our positions. Some options may be more radical than others. Please keep in mind changes are being suggested to ensure potential candidates are better prepared for the positions they are requesting volunteer rights for, as well as ensure the community is better connected.

Patroller

Patrollers are the most easily accessible staff position at this time. That said, when I look at what other wikis consider worthy of having patroller rights for, I believe our standards have fallen far far behind the norm. This is especially true when I look at the requirements on our sister wiki, the Elder Scrolls Wiki.

Current Standards:

The minimum requirements for becoming a patroller are:
  • You've made at least 250 edits in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count).
  • You have been continuously active at this wiki for at least one month.
  • If you have been previously elected Chat Moderator, you have held the position of Chat Moderator for a minimum of two months.

Option A

Option A would offer the most substantial revision.

The "minimum" requirements for becoming a patroller are:

  • You've made at least 1250 edits in the article, category, module, or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count).
  • You have been continuously active at this wiki for at least one month.
  • If you have been previously elected Chat moderator, you have held the position of Chat Moderator for a minimum of two months.
  • You have displayed a thorough understanding of and mastery of the basic editing tools.
    • This includes the ability to help other users who may have questions in regards to editing.

Option B

Option B would offer a more slight adjustment.

The "minimum" requirements for becoming a patroller are:

  • You've made at least 750 edits in the article, category, module, or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count).
  • You have been continuously active at this wiki for at least one month.
  • If you have been previously elected Chat moderator, you have held the position of Chat Moderator for a minimum of two months.
  • You have displayed a thorough understanding of and mastery of the basic editing tools.
    • This includes the ability to help other users who may have questions in regards to editing.

Option C

Option C would not revise the current editing requirements, but would add the last bullet point in the other options.

The minimum requirements for becoming a patroller are:

  • You've made at least 250 edits in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count).
  • You have been continuously active at this wiki for at least one month.
  • If you have been previously elected Chat Moderator, you have held the position of Chat Moderator for a minimum of two months.
  • You have displayed a thorough understanding of and mastery of the basic editing tools.
    • This includes the ability to help other users who may have questions in regards to editing.

Voting

Please indicate which options you find favorable in order from most to least. IE, A, B, C. B, C, A. C, B, A, etc.

  1. B A C - Sigmund Fraud Talk Contributions 19:59, April 9, 2019 (UTC)

Comments

Please use this section to offer alternative suggestions, and feedback. I will be reading these comments closely.

Chat Moderator

Chat Moderator is a more complicated topic. Given how disconnected the community currently feels from the wiki proper, revisions to rectify that gap are desperately needed.

The minimum requirements for becoming a chat moderator are:
  • You've made at least 100 edits, and at least 50 of these must be in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count for these set 50).
  • You have been endorsed by at least one active administrator, moderator or chat moderator (see Making the request below).
  • You have been continuously active at this wiki, and in this wiki’s chat, for at least two months.
  • You have not been site-blocked or chat-banned for a period of at least three months.
  • If you have been previously appointed patroller, you have held patroller rights for a minimum of two months.

Option A

Option A will provide the most radical changes to the role.

The minimum requirements for becoming a chat moderator are:

  • You've made at least 250 edits, and at least 150 of these must be in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count for these set 150).
    • You display a basic understanding of the editing tools, and can help users with editing questions should they have them.
  • You've created 5000 posts within any of the channels within the discord.
    • You've displayed mastery of discord's interface and tools through interactions with others.
  • You have been endorsed by at least one active administrator, moderator or chat moderator (see Making the request below).
  • You have been continuously active at this wiki, and in this wiki’s chat, for at least two months.
  • You have not been site-blocked or chat-banned for a period of at least three months.
  • If you have been previously appointed patroller, you have held patroller rights for a minimum of two months.

Option B

Option B will introduce more moderate changes.

The minimum requirements for becoming a chat moderator are:

  • You've made at least 150 edits, and at least 100 of these must be in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count for these set 100).
    • You display a basic understanding of the editing tools, and can help users with editing questions should they have them.
  • You've created 3000 posts within any of the channels within the discord.
    • You've displayed mastery of discord's interface and tools through interactions with others.
  • You have been endorsed by at least one active administrator, moderator or chat moderator (see Making the request below).
  • You have been continuously active at this wiki, and in this wiki’s chat, for at least two months.
  • You have not been site-blocked or chat-banned for a period of at least three months.
  • If you have been previously appointed patroller, you have held patroller rights for a minimum of two months.

Option C

Option C will introduce no changes to the editing requirements, but will introduce basic alterations to posting amount on the discord.

The minimum requirements for becoming a chat moderator are:

  • You've made at least 100 edits, and at least 50 of these must be in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count for these set 50).
    • You display a basic understanding of the editing tools, and can help users with editing questions should they have them.
  • You've created 2000 posts within any of the channels within the discord.
    • You've displayed mastery of discord's interface and tools through interactions with others.
  • You have been endorsed by at least one active administrator, moderator or chat moderator (see Making the request below).
  • You have been continuously active at this wiki, and in this wiki’s chat, for at least two months.
  • You have not been site-blocked or chat-banned for a period of at least three months.
  • If you have been previously appointed patroller, you have held patroller rights for a minimum of two months.


Voting

Please indicate which options you find favorable in order from most to least. IE, A, B, C. B, C, A. C, B, A, etc.

  1. A B C - Sigmund Fraud Talk Contributions 20:02, April 9, 2019 (UTC)

Comments

Please use this section to offer alternative suggestions, and feedback. I will be reading these comments closely.

Moderator

The position of Moderator was initially created when the chat was still a part of the wiki interface. It was also created when there was only one other moderator role, chat moderator. Given the proposed changes to patroller, I am of the opinion that anyone who wishes to hold patroller rights at the same time as chat moderator might as well make a rights request for content moderator, as by that point if they are active on both the wiki and discord sides, they have likely accrued significant editing experience to qualify for both roles. Thus the options for this section will either be remove the role, or keep it, and have it be subject to the requirements for the two roles necessary to obtain it. Renaming the position is also an option, but I am currently without a good alternative, so I will let others make suggestions in the comments.

Option A

Remove the role in its entirety, and allow "moderators" to request content moderator rights.

  1. Yes - Sigmund Fraud Talk Contributions 20:07, April 9, 2019 (UTC)

Option B

Retain the role, and simply rename it.


Voting

Please indicate which option you prefer. If option A, then at end of discussion period removal of the role will move to policy proposal. If option B, please indicate a suggested alternative name in the comments, and a renaming proposal will be initiated following end of discussion.

Comments

Please use this section to offer alternative suggestions, and feedback. I will be reading these comments closely.

Do I understand correctly that with option A people who are currently "moderator" will end up with two roles, those being "patroller + chat mod" or "content mod + chat mod"?
- FDekker talk 18:42, April 9, 2019 (UTC)
If they meet the requirements for both they could certainly drum up a rights request for it. I don't see why they wouldn't be able to, especially since we have users who have both Discussion Moderator AND Chat Moderator.---bleep196- (talk) 18:48, April 9, 2019 (UTC)

Content Moderator

Content Moderators are a step up from patrollers, and are expected to display a mastery of editing on par with Administrators, but not necessarily with the community side competence of other moderation roles.


The minimum requirements for becoming a content moderator are:
  • You have made at least 1000 edits in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count).
  • You have been continuously active at this wiki for at least three months.
  • You have not made a failed Content Moderator request in the past two months. This does not include requests which were closed because you did not meet the formal requirements.
  • You have held the position of patroller, or combined position of patroller/moderator, for a minimum of two months.
  • You have not been site-blocked or chat-banned for a period of at least three months.
  • You do not currently hold Discussions Moderator rights.

Option A

This would be the most radical change of the three options. The line about not being a discussions moderator is antiquated,

The minimum requirements for becoming a content moderator are:

  • You have made at least 3000 edits in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count).
    • You display a thorough mastery of basic and advanced editing tools, as well as substantial experience utilizing templates.
    • You must be able and/or willing to answer editing questions if brought forward.
  • You have been continuously active at this wiki for at least three months.
  • You have not made a failed Content Moderator request in the past two months. This does not include requests which were closed because you did not meet the formal requirements.
  • You have held the position of patroller, or combined position of patroller/moderator(Either removed or renamed), for a minimum of two months.
  • You have not been site-blocked or chat-banned for a period of at least three months.
  • You do not currently hold Discussions Moderator rights.
    • Individuals holding discussions moderator rights that are seeking content moderator rights should apply for administrator given the overlap between the rights groups permissions.

Option B

Option B is a more moderate change.

The minimum requirements for becoming a content moderator are:

  • You have made at least 2000 edits in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count).
    • You display a thorough mastery of basic and advanced editing tools, as well as substantial experience utilizing templates.
    • You must be able and/or willing to answer editing questions if brought forward.
  • You have been continuously active at this wiki for at least three months.
  • You have not made a failed Content Moderator request in the past two months. This does not include requests which were closed because you did not meet the formal requirements.
  • You have held the position of patroller, or combined position of patroller/moderator(Either removed or renamed), for a minimum of two months.
  • You have not been site-blocked or chat-banned for a period of at least three months.
  • You do not currently hold Discussions Moderator rights.
    • Individuals holding discussions moderator rights that are seeking content moderator rights should apply for administrator given the overlap between the rights groups permissions.

Option C

Option C would leave the base requirements unchanged, but add the bullet points present in the other options.

The minimum requirements for becoming a content moderator are:

  • You have made at least 1000 edits in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count).
    • You display a thorough mastery of basic and advanced editing tools, as well as substantial experience utilizing templates.
    • You must be able and/or willing to answer editing questions if brought forward.
  • You have been continuously active at this wiki for at least three months.
  • You have not made a failed Content Moderator request in the past two months. This does not include requests which were closed because you did not meet the formal requirements.
  • You have held the position of patroller, or combined position of patroller/moderator(Either removed or renamed), for a minimum of two months.
  • You have not been site-blocked or chat-banned for a period of at least three months.
  • You do not currently hold Discussions Moderator rights.
    • Individuals holding discussions moderator rights that are seeking content moderator rights should apply for administrator given the overlap between the rights groups permissions.

Voting

Please indicate which options you find favorable in order from most to least. IE, A, B, C. B, C, A. C, B, A, etc.

  1. B A C - Sigmund Fraud Talk Contributions 20:07, April 9, 2019 (UTC)

Comments

Please use this section to offer alternative suggestions, and feedback. I will be reading these comments closely.


Discussions Moderator

Discussion's moderator is the newest of our wiki roles, and I feel the one that has been most neglected by the administration and staff as a whole. We have failed on a number of fronts to provide the necessary support and involvement that would provide /d with the representation they desire in staff decisions, while also driving away potential content editors. Our current stock of /d moderators have done an amazing job cleaning up the discussions section, and fostering an active community. I'd like to update our requirements for this role in order to incentivize both them, and the /d userbase in contributing not just to discussions but to the wiki as a whole. I have several suggestions on this front outside of just the role revisions that I will get to.

To be given the Discussions moderator toolset for use on the discussion forums, a user must meet the following requirements.
  • You must have made at least 2000 discussions posts.
  • Be active on the Discussion Boards for a period of at least 2 months.
  • Have an endorsement from an active Discussion Moderator, Administrator, or Bureaucrat confirming that the user is a regular user of the boards, and has a record of good behavior.
  • Any ban blocks the user from applying for this role for a period of 3 months following the end of the ban.
  • If you have been appointed to another position previously, you must have held it for at least 2 months.
  • You must not hold the position of "Content Moderator".

Option A

Option A would be the most radical change. Adding minimum editing requirements may not be a popular option, this I understand, but given all other moderative positions have a basic editing requirement, I feel it is necessary to bring discussions in line with the other moderation positions. At this time I feel it is also important that we begin getting discussions users involved in contributing in both mediums, and adding a minimal editing component will help in some ways. That said, I will be addressing projects/methods through which to teach users how to contribute. Should it remain against community opinion, I will remove the addition of said requirement prior to proposal vote.

To be given the Discussions moderator toolset for use on the discussion forums, a user must meet the following requirements.

  • You must have made at least 4000 discussions posts.
    • You must display complete mastery of all discussions functions.
  • You've made at least 250 edits (In line with chat moderator option A), and at least 150 of these must be in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count for these set 150).
    • You must display a basic understanding of editing functions, and be able to answer simple editing questions should they arise.
  • Be active on the Discussion Boards for a period of at least 2 months.
  • Have an endorsement from an active Discussion Moderator, Administrator, or Bureaucrat confirming that the user is a regular user of the boards, and has a record of good behavior.
  • Any ban blocks the user from applying for this role for a period of 3 months following the end of the ban.
  • If you have been appointed to another position previously, you must have held it for at least 2 months.
  • You must not hold the position of "Content Moderator".
    • Due to permissions held by content moderator, discussions moderator meeting the prerequisites for the former are encouraged to request administrator rights.


Option B

This would be the more moderate change.

To be given the Discussions moderator toolset for use on the discussion forums, a user must meet the following requirements.

  • You must have made at least 3000 discussions posts.
    • You must display complete mastery of all discussions functions.
  • You've made at least 150 edits (In line with chat moderator option b), and at least 100 of these must be in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count for these set 100).
    • You must display a basic understanding of editing functions, and be able to answer simple editing questions should they arise.
  • Be active on the Discussion Boards for a period of at least 2 months.
  • Have an endorsement from an active Discussion Moderator, Administrator, or Bureaucrat confirming that the user is a regular user of the boards, and has a record of good behavior.
  • Any ban blocks the user from applying for this role for a period of 3 months following the end of the ban.
  • If you have been appointed to another position previously, you must have held it for at least 2 months.
  • You must not hold the position of "Content Moderator".
    • Due to permissions held by content moderator, discussions moderator meeting the prerequisites for the former are encouraged to request administrator rights.

Option C

Option C would provide no change in the discussion post requirement, but add the minimal editing requirement currently in place for chat moderators.

To be given the Discussions moderator toolset for use on the discussion forums, a user must meet the following requirements.

  • You must have made at least 2000 discussions posts.
    • You must display complete mastery of all discussions functions.
  • You've made at least 100 edits (In line with chat moderator option b), and at least 50 of these must be in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count for these set 100).
    • You must display a basic understanding of editing functions, and be able to answer simple editing questions should they arise.
  • Be active on the Discussion Boards for a period of at least 2 months.
  • Have an endorsement from an active Discussion Moderator, Administrator, or Bureaucrat confirming that the user is a regular user of the boards, and has a record of good behavior.
  • Any ban blocks the user from applying for this role for a period of 3 months following the end of the ban.
  • If you have been appointed to another position previously, you must have held it for at least 2 months.
  • You must not hold the position of "Content Moderator".
    • Due to permissions held by content moderator, discussions moderator meeting the prerequisites for the former are encouraged to request administrator rights.


Voting

Please indicate which options you find favorable in order from most to least. IE, A, B, C. B, C, A. C, B, A, etc.

Comments

Please use this section to offer alternative suggestions, and feedback. I will be reading these comments closely.

Administrators

Administration is the second highest tier of user rights, short of Bureaucrats. They have access to backend site functions, templates, user rights up to the moderation roles, as well as complete discussion and discord access. The current requirements for Administrator are wholesale inadequate to address representation of the community, and in some regards, inadequate for a master editor, which an administrator should be by the time they reach this role. The current state of our user roles makes introducing changes tricky, as many of our most talented tech minded administrators of the past interacted with the blogs and forums on the wiki.

The introduction of /d and an independent discord server has segregated these sectors from the wiki, leaving many of the older administrators in a position where they are no longer interacting with the community at all. With that said, introducing requirements to interact with /d and discord leaves our extremely talented editors who may need administrator rights to do their jobs in a pickle, as they no longer qualify. The question then becomes, how do we deal with this issue? What requirements do we put in place? I've got several options that I'm going to lay out. Hopefully feedback will allow us to put together a more thorough picture.

The minimum requirements for becoming an administrator are:
  • You have made at least 2000 edits in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count).
  • You have been continuously active at this wiki for at least three months.
  • You have not made a failed administrator request in the past two months. This does not include requests which were closed because you did not meet the formal requirements.
  • You have held the position of patroller, or combined position of patroller/moderator, for a minimum of two months.
  • You have not been site-blocked or chat-banned for a period of at least three months.

Option A

Option A, B, and C would introduce community requirements with a caveat to accomodate tech minded individuals. A would be the most rigourous.

The minimum requirements for becoming an administrator are:

  • You have made at least 5000 edits in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count).
    • OR if community focused, You have made at least 5000 discussion posts OR at least 6000 discord posts.
    • Most Administrators are expected to display complete mastery of all facets of editing, and at least minimal understanding of backed functions.
  • You have made at least 1000 discussion posts or You have made at least 2000 discord posts.
    • OR if community focused you have made at least 2000 edits in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count) and display thorough understanding and mastery of basic and advanced editing.
  • You have been continuously active at this wiki for at least one year.
  • You have not made a failed administrator request in the past two months. This does not include requests which were closed because you did not meet the formal requirements.
  • You have held the position of patroller, or combined position of patroller/moderator, for a minimum of two months.
  • You have not been site-blocked or chat-banned for a period of at least three months.
  • Particularly talented tech-minded individuals may circumvent the community requirements IF and only IF they demonstrate a proficiency with skill(s) that are desperately needed, or so rarely seen that not promoting them would be a net loss. These individuals must still meet the other expectations of an administrator as per wiki policies.
    • For example: Java and CSS proficiency. Possession and mastery of a bot through which large scale editing projects may be conducted. Proficiency and understanding of templates.

Option B

Option B would be a more moderate choice.

The minimum requirements for becoming an administrator are:

  • You have made at least 4000 edits in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count).
    • OR if community focused, You have made at least 4000 discussion posts OR at least 5000 discord posts.
    • Most Administrators are expected to display complete mastery of all facets of editing, and at least minimal understanding of backed functions.
  • You have made at least 500 discussion posts or You have made at least 1000 discord posts.
    • OR if community focused you have made at least 1500 edits in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count) and display thorough understanding and mastery of basic and advanced editing.
  • You have been continuously active at this wiki for at least six months.
  • You have not made a failed administrator request in the past two months. This does not include requests which were closed because you did not meet the formal requirements.
  • You have held the position of patroller, or combined position of patroller/moderator, for a minimum of two months.
  • You have not been site-blocked or chat-banned for a period of at least three months.
  • Particularly talented/tech-minded individuals may circumvent the community requirements IF and only IF they demonstrate a proficiency with skill(s) that are desperately needed, or so rarely seen that not promoting them would be a net loss. These individuals must still meet the other expectations of an administrator as per wiki policies.
    • For example: Java and CSS proficiency. Possession and mastery of a bot through which large scale editing projects may be conducted. Proficiency and understanding of templates.

Option C

Option C would not change the numerical requirements for editing, but would add all the other bullet points presented in options A and B.

The minimum requirements for becoming an administrator are:

  • You have made at least 2000 edits in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count).
    • OR if community focused, You have made at least 2000 discussion posts OR at least 5000 discord posts.
    • Most Administrators are expected to display complete mastery of all facets of editing, and at least minimal understanding of backed functions.
  • You have made at least 250 discussion posts or You have made at least 500 discord posts.
    • OR if community focused you have made at least 1000 edits in the article, category, module or template namespace (i.e. talk page, blog and forum contributions do not count) and display thorough understanding and mastery of basic and advanced editing.
  • You have been continuously active at this wiki for at least three months.
  • You have not made a failed administrator request in the past two months. This does not include requests which were closed because you did not meet the formal requirements.
  • You have held the position of patroller, or combined position of patroller/moderator, for a minimum of two months.
  • You have not been site-blocked or chat-banned for a period of at least three months.
  • Particularly talented/tech-minded individuals may circumvent the community requirements IF and only IF they demonstrate a proficiency with skill(s) that are desperately needed, or so rarely seen that not promoting them would be a net loss. These individuals must still meet the other expectations of an administrator as per wiki policies.
    • For example: Java and CSS proficiency. Possession and mastery of a bot through which large scale editing projects may be conducted. Proficiency with and understanding of templates.

Option D

Option D would consist of separating the Administrator role into two facets. Editing and Community Administrators. I won't elaborate on requirements here as that will require thorough discussion, and probably multiple stages of delineation to determine.

Voting

Please indicate which options you find favorable in order from most to least. IE, A, B, C. B, C, A. C, B, A, etc.

  1. A B C D - Sigmund Fraud Talk Contributions 20:09, April 9, 2019 (UTC)

Comments

Please use this section to offer alternative suggestions, and feedback. I will be reading these comments closely.

Bureaucrat

What was brought to light by the two most recent BC rights requests was a lack of hard requirements in place for the role of BC. I refuse, at this point in time, to offer options that include numerical values for the role, as any number will not be able to quantify the necessary experience to ascend to that position. Instead, I will offer two options, one which gives a subjective requirement that the community can determine copackaged with a singular hard requirement, as well as an option for no change. There are no minimum requirements for Bureaucrat at this time.

Option A

The minimum requirements for becoming an Bureaucrat are:

  • Having previously held the position of Administrator for no less than six months.
  • Having displayed an acute understanding of all facets of editing, all functions of the discussions board, and all aspects of the discord server and the community.
  • Having displayed exemplary leadership skills and astute understanding of their role as an administrator.

Option B

No change from the current standard.

Voting

Indicate which you favor most, A or B.

  1. Option A. Great Mara (talk) 18:57, April 9, 2019 (UTC)
  2. A - Sigmund Fraud Talk Contributions 20:10, April 9, 2019 (UTC)

Comments

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  1. Anyone requesting access to a role that grants the admin tools should meet the requirements of being an admin beforehand. Great Mara (talk) 18:57, April 9, 2019 (UTC)

Reconnecting Community

For this category I have several suggestions which I think will be of nominal interest to both the editing and community focused areas. I am also fully open to taking suggestions on this front.

Reboot the New User Network

Advertising and getting our /d and discord users involved in the new user network would go a long way into boosting site contributions, while teaching /d and discord users the know hows of editing. It would also allow staff mentors to become more familiar with those in our community within a territory they are familiar with.

Comments/Suggestions

Leave comments and suggestions for how to realize this here.

/d Staff AMAs

Staff have a notably miniscule presence on /d outside of the discussion moderators. I'd like to encourage more staff to post Ask me anything's on the discussions board in order to facilitate /d users becoming more familiar with us in their home turf, and allow them to voice their concerns about issues that specifically affect their experience.

Comments/Suggestions

Leave comments and suggestions for how to realize this here.

Community focused weekly events

I'd like to bring back things like The Hole, and potentially creative writing contests centered on /d and the discord in order to facilitate staff and editors getting involved in discussions. Not having those events anymore has hurt wiki activity and the communities connections with Staff. Its time we changed that.

Comments/Suggestions

Leave comments and suggestions for how to realize this here.

Weekly Discord Events

I'd like to think of some weekly events on the discord server that would get staff and the userbase involved. I'm not as clear on what could be done here, but I hope it sparks some creative discussion for things we can do.

Comments/Suggestions

Leave comments and suggestions for how to realize this here.

Overall Comments/Discussions not specific to any one subsection

This is all I have at the moment. Feel free to add additional ideas and suggestions, or maybe even just complaints you have here. I'm going to be watching this forum closely and listening to all voices.

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