AVID:Requests for Permissions

Requests for Permissions

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Welcome! If you are considering requesting to become either a moderator or an administrator, you must read the Note below. Please see the Instructions section for guidance on how to request.

Note to Requesters

It is best to learn the ins and outs of being part of site staff, as it will be a big responsibility. So before you continue, please read the entirety of the AVID:Site Staff page, and take note of what we expect from a staff member.

Moderatorship

The Moderator role allows users to help out the Admins and Bureaucrats by gaining slightly elevated powers to help keep the Wiki clean and free from vandals, without the power to enact major changes to the Wiki. It is also a first step and learning experience with the Wiki's staff team for users who wish to become Admin or Bureaucrat in the future.

What are the requirements?

• You must have at least 250 edits and they must be in good faith. (Edits prior to May 2020 on the former CLG Wiki website are counted towards this threshold)
  • In addition, these edits must not be filler/useless (i.e. overly minor changes to text that are not needed, continually editing your user page and not contributing to mainspace articles). Do not pad your edit count just to meet this criteria.
• You must not have been strongly warned within the last 3 months or tempblocked within the last 6 months.
• You should show a keen interest in the site and willingness to get involved with the community.
• You should show evidence of helping out the Admin team in the past. This includes reporting users and alerting Admins, but it does not require you to have done any rollbacks in the past.
  • Actions users have taken on the Wiki's official Discord server will also be taken into account when considering users for Moderator.

I have the commitment needed for Admin. Can I skip Moderator and jump straight to Admin?
Absolutely!

Adminship

Administrators work to maintain AVID and keep it running. Administrators have a lot of power, and thereby have significant responsibility. They should use their powers to combat vandalism/spam, and keep the wiki running in an orderly manner.

I know I can handle being an administrator. What are the requirements to becoming one?
While bureaucrats do have some flexibility in deciding who becomes an administrator, there are a set of base guidelines that they look for in reviewing requests:

• User must have registered their account 1 year ago. In addition, you must have at least 1,000 or more edits. (once again, edits from the former CLG Wiki are included)
• User should not currently be disruptive to the wiki, intentionally or not.
• User has not previously requested for adminship within the past 3 months.
• User has proven knowledge of AVID and its site rules. This means that they follow editing guidelines, they fix and improve pages, they upload high quality logos and follow copyright rules, etc.
• User is active in fighting vandalism, sockpuppetry, and policy-breakers. This means that their editing history provides evidence of assisting administrators (i.e. editing talk pages of admins to alert them of destructive users), reporting users, and undoing/rolling back poor or nonconstructive edits.

I satisfy (or mostly satisfy) all of the above requirements. What now?
Remember that when you become an administrator, you are expected to increase in activity and effectiveness. If you are granted adminship, you are expected to edit often and use your powers responsibly. You are expected to continue doing all of the above and more. This includes approving and/or rejecting edits on the moderation queue, responding to user reports, responding to messages or questions on your talk page, monitoring the recent changes, participating in wiki discussions, maintaining the front/AVID/MediaWiki pages, and constructively utilizing administrator abilities. If your request is approved and you are caught abusing your powers, bureaucrats reserve the right to remove your rights and punish you accordingly.

I am prepared to do everything you just listed and more.
If you truly believe you are a fit to become an administrator, then we wish you luck! Be aware of how the requesting process works. This is a voting process. All users are permitted to vote, whether or not they are an administrator. They will either support, oppose, or comment. After a request is published, AVID editors have a maximum of one month to vote, although closure can occur earlier at the original author's request or if consensus one way or the other is overwhelming (SNOW). After one month is up, should none of the early closure exceptions apply, a bureaucrat will review the votes and make a decision. If more than one month has passed and a bureaucrat has not responded to a request, feel free to notify a bureaucrat on their talk page or via Discord. You are not permitted whatsoever to edit in the support or oppose sections after the maximum voting period has passed. You may add or reply to comments, but you may not modify or remove others' comments. If you are caught trying to influence editors to vote or change their vote, your request will be disqualified. Cheating, incivility, and harassment is prohibited. The Instructions section below will guide you on how to publish a request.

Bureaucracy

If you are an administrator who would like bureaucracy, contact a bureaucrat on their talk page or Discord.

Instructions for Requesting

Please ensure you have read the above section. Anyone requesting must have a valid reason to why they should be promoted, and understand how to use the abilities. Use the code below to request. Fill in each parameter with what is specified (except the "Request" and "~~~~" part, leave that alone). Remember that these abilities are not given out freely or carelessly, and that they are not for fun. If your request is ignored or rejected, do not feel bad. Take the voters' advice and begin to work harder so you can request again in the future.

Code for Requesters:

{{Request|Username|Reason as to why you should be a moderator/administrator|~~~~}} ===Support=== ===Oppose=== ===Comments=== Example When typing: {{Request|User|Because...|~~~~}} ====Support==== ====Oppose==== ====Comments====

The following would appear:

Instructions for Voting

All users are able to vote, but may only vote once per request. Please note that if a request has already been approved/rejected by a bureaucrat, you are no longer able to vote. In the Support section, users should sign if they think that the user has earned the abilities. In the Oppose section, users should sign if they disagree with the user being promoted. In the Comments section, users may add their opinion or questions as to why or why not the user should/nt be promoted.

Users vote using either of the following templates:
{{Support}} You make a good fit. ~~~~
Support You make a good fit. [signature]

{{Oppose}} You make a bad fit. ~~~~
Oppose You make a bad fit. [signature]

Requests

So do you think you are fit for the staff team? If so, then go ahead and make a request in any of the three sections below.

Adminship

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Closing as Approved. Welcome to the admin team, EMG! VortexArto (talk) 02:14, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

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User:EternityMediaGroup

talk · contribs · editcount · logs · block log · rights log

So, as some of you may have noticed, I stepped down as a moderator recently. I've taken this time to boost my edut count, as I feel that was the only thing blocking me from joining the admin team. I've contributed significantly to the project over my several years on-site, including writing the original description for the DWA 2019 logo, as well as some quality-of-life edits, such as clearing out opinionated comments and misuse of the technique section. During my time as moderator, I tried to respond quickly and efficiently to as many issues as the public wanted, a mentality I continue to utilise on the Discord server. I feel like I'm ready to take the next step, and I hope you feel I am too.

Support

Support This user is frequently active across AVID as a whole and has shown a lot of improvement as a member of our community since becoming a moderator. I think they are in a position where they would be suitable as an Admin. Luke2505 (talk) 17:09, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Support Per Luke StudioLerex (talk) 17:09, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Support Very active and helpful member of the community. --Logohub (talk) 17:04, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Support EMG is a voice of reason, has proven competent at pressing buttons, and has done well in curbing his own rough edges. I think this would be a boon to the AVID community. I think the migration has unfairly pushed EMG's candidacy out of the spotlight, perhaps there should be a notice for this to get proper attention. Off topic, the above permissions requests should probably be closed as well. --Raidarr (talk) 13:28, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Support Sickminecraft45 (talk) 13:38, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Comments

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Bureaucracy

User:Camenati

talk · contribs · editcount · logs · block log · rights log

It has been six months since I have proved what I can do as an administrator, and my contributions continue to pay off for the wiki.

Just saying that I am one of the most active users on the wiki would not be a good reason to support my promotion to bureaucracy. But when you expand that role, you can see that I have done my best in monitoring submitted drafts and edits in the moderation log, thoroughly examining them to see if they are good enough to be presented to the general public. This proves that my desire to ensure the quality of the wiki remains high and progresses from there. Since I have a very good knowledge of the site rules on the wiki, I am very aware of anyone who makes edits that do not follow site and editing guidelines, whether it would be missing examples or incomplete descriptions. Some of you may recall that I decline drafts more often than any of the other admins on the wiki, but that is because I care about seeing improvements in editors and keep the quality across pages old and new consistent. We all value a safe and inclusive community, but we also want to achieve a lot more with wisdom and productivity. I aim to keep the momentum of both the relationship between these two sides and the wiki rising for the better. If someone needs help in their articles such as adding images or describe an object, I am alert in fixing that issue, not to mention my awareness of what a lot of users are capable of when they edit pages or create articles. I keep that in mind and respect their skills, aiming to establish friendly relations with fellow users.

My knowledge of sockpuppets and rule breakers continue to catch unsuspecting sockpuppeteers with valid evidence and an immediate response whenever their name pops up in the recent changes log. For those who have previously broken rules, I expand the reasoning on templates warning them of that rule by providing them more alternatives to deal with the issue and asking if they can explain themselves in situations such as unsourced information. I would also sometimes offer to help them along the way in case they could not figure out how to follow specific guidelines properly.

This level of activity and alertness will make me a great fit for the tasks only a bureaucrat can do

Support

1. Support Oh god, you get my vote 100%. You are by far the most helpful user i've seen here. You definetly earn this right as bureaucrat. (• USER TALK! •) 03:10, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
2. Support 100%. He's one of the most dedicated users on the wiki, very helpful to other users, contributes a lot and does amazing artwork! I'm giving it a yes to Camenati, but I'd also suggest for him to be a bit more active in Discord staff discussions if he gets promoted. Good luck Logoarto (talk) 03:10, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
3. Camenati is perhaps the single-most prolific contributor to this wiki. His work in page expansion and in general adminship is beyond just commendable. With this in mind, I give my full Support. Eternity Media Group (talk) 03:11, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Revocation

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After further consideration of the Discord nickname incident in particular, staff have made the decision to permaban. Talk · Edits 03:43, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

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User:SuperMax124

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User has been abusing his admin powers by using ReplaceText to boost his edit counts. This can be seen with most of his ReplaceText edits being unnecessary (i.e. replacing ") ===" with ")==="). He also was rarely involved in admin discussions, and I've invited him several times to admin discussions only for him to leave the group chat. On top of that, he also abused his discord admin powers during an incident a few months ago when a member (who will not be named) was having suicidal thoughts. SuperMax renamed several users' usernames to "I HATE ******" (name censored here for privacy reasons). This led to several users blaming another admin for changing the usernames until it was discovered that it was SuperMax who was behind the renaming. Because of those reasons, I believe he is not ready to become an administrator, be it a wiki admin or a Discord admin.

Support

1. Support He sure does sound like a bad egg Bruhchamp16593 (talk) 02:54, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
2. Support on the basis of the nickname incident alone. I remember how disgusted I was when I found out he'd done that, and the fact that he wasn't permanently demoted then and there is disappointing. Misuse of ReplaceText is also very poor of him, cementing my thoughts thst he should not hold such a level of power.Eternity Media Group (talk) 02:59, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
3. Support I will say that he was a fine addition to the team, but he appears to misuse his privileges enough where his actions are becoming less and less justified and more as a way of manipulation for his own gain. Camenati (talk) 03:00, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Comments

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I mentioned internally on discord that an RfR was not required and that still applies here as a resignation. Closed as procedurally invalid with the requested action being  Done. --Raidarr (talk) 22:59, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

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User:Luke2505

talk · contribs · editcount · logs · block log · rights log

This is a hard thing for me to do, however I am making a request for my own revocation as a Wiki Moderator since I have found I no longer have the time to keep up all my commitments within the logo community, owing to changes in my personal life.

I believe I have made a lot of positive contributions to the Wiki, for example, I made the final push for the heavily misused FX/SFX section to be sorted out and changed to Technique, I pioneered the introduction of on-site Moderators (which lead to the introduction of the Moderation extension in-turn) and also did lots of high quality improvements to pages and images - something I plan on continuing post-demotion.

While I will miss being a staff member here on-Wiki, I feel that it is best I go out on a high than become an inactive moderator and get removed on less positive circumstances. I also hope my revocation will allow someone keen to seize the opportunity to step up and shine as my replacement as a moderator.

I still plan on retaining my role as a moderator on the Wiki's Discord server, where you can find a more detailed explanation on my reasoning behind stepping down.

Comments

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