AVID:Requests for Permissions

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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:

User:User

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

Because...

Support

Oppose

Comments

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.

Rollback

No requests

Moderatorship

User:Sickminecraft45

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

I'm back again after almost a month and I have improved a lot! I haven't behaved badly in the past month and I only made one mistake. That mistake was reporting Dominicmgm whis was an unfortunate mishap as I legitimately didn't know that YouTubers with over 1 million subscribers are now allowed on the wiki. Dominicmgm, if you reading this, I'm sorry. But other than that, I have been good and I even split 3 pages that haven't been split. I have separated BBC Video and BBC Home Entertainment from BBC Studios Home Entertainment, WGBH Kids from GBH Kids, and ABC Video from ABC DVD. I apologise again for the mistake I made reporting Dominicmgm and I hope I succeed this time! I'll promise I'll never use these powers to block my 'rivals'. The reason why I want to become a moderator is to help block socks and vandals and to warn users that have broken the rules. You know third time's the charm!

Support

Oppose

  1. Oppose I'm sorry, but even with the third time you requested this, it still doesn't properly explain what makes you qualified for the role. IAmThe789Guy (talk) 13:55, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
    I just fixed it to make my reasoning a bit more clearer. (Talk to Me!) 13:57, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
    Even with that "more clearer" reason, I still don't believe you'd be a good fit. As Raidarr pointed out, you would (possibly) abuse your powers by going after your "rivals". IAmThe789Guy (talk) 14:35, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
    I'm autistic so I'm not perfect and I stated that I promise I'll never abuse these powers to block my 'rivals'. (Talk to Me!) 14:52, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
    Are you seriously using your autism as a cheap excuse??? IAmThe789Guy (talk) 15:05, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
    I’m not using it as an excuse. I’m was mentioning it just to say that I’m not perfect! (Talk to Me!) 22:13, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
    that's LITERALLY how a cheap excuse works. (Lets chat!) 22:14, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
    That is so unacceptable. And I'm autistic myself! IAmThe789Guy (talk) 22:18, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
  2. Oppose per 789. I don’t think waiting a month was long enough, and I haven't seen enough evidence to suggest you could handle such responsibility yet. (Lets chat!) 14:37, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
  3. Oppose per 789 as well. Specifically mentioning that you won't use your powers to block your “rivals” only tells me that… well… you'd use your powers to do exactly that. That's basically how the Board of Directors fell out of power here, and I really don't think a second Board just like that is in the best interests of AVID. Good job separating those pages though, but I am not really onboard your request. Also please don't use the autism card next time, personally dislike it when people use it and expect us to feel sorry for them FryLetterman (talk) 21:43, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
  4. Oppose I do not see you as fit. You still haven't sufficiently demonstrated to us why we should consider you for the Moderation role. Furthermore, as everyone else stated using Autism card as a means for people to show understanding for your flaws (matter of fact, most of the users here including myself are autistic) is not a good idea. Compooper (talk) 00:49, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Comments

IAmThe789Guy: I did not bring up rivals, I think you're referring to Solarstrike's comment on the previous request.

Anyway, the logic in this request is as superficial as last time. The request is 'I'm trying to be a good user', followed by "I did some good edits", apologies for random incidents, "I swear I won't block my rivals", and then a brief bit that has to do with the actual role. The last sentence was at least relevant but I see nothing that really demonstrates you'd even know how to assess and deal with sockpuppetry, or enforce the rules effectively. In other words I don't see evidence that anything has changed since last request. Adding request after request hoping something will stick isn't a good look. You can start with the red flag: the way you phrased "I won't block my rivals" implying you indeed have rivals... yeah, no. And, "I'm autistic and I'm not perfect" qualifies you for absolutely nothing. The point of this is to highlight what you can offer to the role. All you've done is prove, again, that you don't understand what you're trying to get.

I'd avoid trying to collect hats, and for more than a couple of months this time. This is not a place for people to 'rank up' for the sake of it.--Raidarr (talk) 00:34, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

  1.  Comment: Can you please close this? I'm taking a break for a month and I want this closed! (Talk to Me!) 02:23, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
    Rules are rules. These stay up for a month before we close. IAmThe789Guy (talk) 02:25, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed.
Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

closing as successful. Welcome to the team @FryLetterman!

User:FryLetterman

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

I've been part of AVID since 2018, and have maintained a steady presence since then. I joined the old server in January 2020, and became promoted to server moderator in September that year, a position I have retained in the new AVID server. I've been one of the most level-headed people there, banning sockpuppets, spammers, wannabe raiders, and sick degenerates (too many to count) since the promotion to server mod, and while I might not be the most active on the wiki (I do keep tabs on what happens here), I do still retain my no nonsense level-headed attitude and I feel like I'm ready to take the next step in helping this wiki improve and be protected against vandals and the like. Hopefully WF edits still count since I know I passed well over 250 edits there alone

Support

  1. Support your work on the Discord server is admirable. I think you're a brilliant candidate for mod over here. (Lets chat!) 08:51, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  2. Support per EMG. If I could still use strong support, I would. Talk · Edits 09:09, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  3. Support This user has a lot of experience moderating over on both the old and new Discord servers, and I think has very easily proved they are a more than suitable fit for moderator. Luke2505 (talk) 13:49, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
  4. Support largely because of his experience (though I'm not a discord user myself) and WF edits do count. IAmThe789Guy (talk) 23:12, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
  5. Support per everyone else. Logohub (talk) 13:17, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
  6. Support Doctorine Dark (talk) 07:14, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
  7. Support I admire older users as most of the time they are wise. (BOD doesn't count) (Talk!) 12:02, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
  8. Support per above (Talk to Me!) 13:58, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
  9. Support per everyone. Fry has proven himself as effective in the Discord server, can't wait to see how this translates onto the wiki. Compooper (talk) 23:12, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Oppose

Comments

  1.  Comment: Will your activity on the wiki itself step up should you take on this role? I think it should be considered that discord activity isn't synonymous with wiki activity and the wiki activity is on the weaker side here, hence me asking. It's not an issue of trust, just asking in terms of priorities. --Raidarr (talk) 14:35, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
    Yeah. Like I said, I've been trying to be more active here, so I'll definitely step up with the wiki activity. FryLetterman (talk) 22:36, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
    Alright, best of luck on what is more than likely to be a successful request. --Raidarr (talk) 23:17, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive.
Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.



The following discussion is closed.
Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

Closing as failed per consensus. Logohub (talk) 13:32, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

User:BaldiBasicsFan

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

I have been making a lot of goals and edit on the wiki for the previous few years, with myself improving as time goes by. Thus, I would like to be in the moderator role.

Support

Oppose

  1. Unfortunately, I must Oppose due to a lack of proper reasoning. (Lets chat!) 00:07, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
  2. Oppose per EMG Logohub (talk) 13:17, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Comments

  1.  Comment: The voting is still early. If I were you I'd address the above concern and provide more of a reason related to the responsibilities and how you'd use them. As it stands this request leans on 'time sunk fallacy' - simply making edits qualifies you as a decent editor, not as a staff member on its own. --Raidarr (talk) 14:53, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive.
Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.


Adminship

No requests

Bureaucracy

No requests

Revocation

No requests
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