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.

Rollback

No requests

Moderatorship

User:Tabit

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

Hey y'all. You all probably know me by this point.

I've been trying my best to be a really hardworking individual on this wiki for at least 2 years now, such as expanding pages, cleaning up pages, helping out other users, and more. Although I haven't played an active role when it comes to the Discord server and combatting sockpuppets (although I have indeed reported some users who are sockpuppets in the past), I've been trying my best to keep in touch with everyone here, admins, bureaucrats, and normal users on this wiki because we are a community where we should be treated the same as always. With my abilities, I will try to help and be open towards other users with certain things, such as their user page and a grasp of this wiki, and of course, keeping this wiki clean as much as possible. I hope this is enough because I am heavily aware that it is a responsibility I have to treat with care, especially given that I still have school, which thankfully, is almost over.

Support

1. Support This user has done major contributions and is also active on the wiki, definitely has my support. (takl) 14:36, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

   Support on the same basis. (Lets chat!) 14:45, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Comments

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Closing as  failed per author's request Logohub (talk) 02:42, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

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User:Sickminecraft45

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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!

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)

   No, the requester can retract. Just a crat has to close rather than an admin.

   Also the rule is supposed to be a MAXIMUM of one month, staff misinterpreted the RFC lol. (Lets chat!) 02:29, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

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closing as successful. Welcome to the team @FryLetterman!

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User:FryLetterman

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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)

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)

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

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User:BaldiBasicsFan

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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.

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)

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Adminship

User:Camenati

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Ever since April of last year, I have made thousands of contributions to the wiki, whether it would be my efforts in expanding smaller pages or clean up generally incomplete articles. Considering I make several edits per day, I am an extremely active player in not just adding pages and relevant images, among other good faith edits, but also dealing with policy-breakers such as reminding them about the rules and immediately responding to sockpuppeteers on the spot. Some of my investigative characteristics on connecting likely socks to previously blocked users have greatly helped the wiki in stopping unsuspected sockpuppeteers such as Prodigy012 and Jacknorrisbelike. I believe this, alongside my immediate approach to other staff-exclusive tasks (page deletions, RFC closures, etc.) and cleanup abilities, will benefit the administration here on the site, combined with a calm and courteous personality towards fellow users.

Support

1. Support · Talk · Edits 04:41, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
2. Support I'm no admin either, but seeing your major contributions throughout the past year, you're a really strong candidate for becoming an admin. (Discussion area ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) 04:51, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
3. Support In fact, I didn't know he wasn't an admin. He really deserves this role. 17:26, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
4. Support I'm surprised you aren't an admin at this point, considering the help you've been doing on this wiki. IAmThe789Guy (talk) 19:18, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
5. Support (takl) 19:28, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
6. Support Logohub (talk) 13:46, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
7. Support. About time. I've always thought you'd make a great admin. (Talk · Edits) 03:47, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
8. Support 1000 times yes! (Lets chat!) 06:19, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
9. Support You are a great user who is loyal to this wiki so you will make a good fit as an admin! (Talk to Me!) 10:05, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
10. Support Throughout the year he's been here, Camenati has been an incredible help on-wiki, helping to tag images and pages that should be deleted, reporting troublemaking users and reminding those who've committed more minor violations, alerting the staff of troublesome users and other issues in need of correction on Discord, I could go on with the contributions he's made on this wiki! Because of everything he's done for this wiki since he joined, I firmly believe he would make for a most fantastic addition to our wiki's staff and admin team! HibiscusCrown20 (talk) 14:57, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
11. Support as per everyone else. I bet you waited for the day you'd pass year 1; in fact, you have waited, seeing the logs. Anyway, as it does go through, then a massive welcome to the team! Seriously, you deserve it. PM pinter (talk) 15:00, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Bureaucracy

No requests

Revocation

No requests