Thread: Staff Application/Informational

So, with the site ever growing and evolving, it was decided that the time has come to create an application for staff. If any member are interested, please take a look and fill out the following form, and then submit it to webmaster bluemoonroleplaying dot com Please keep in mind that filling it out in no way guarantees that you will get a position on staff at any point in time in the future, be it in the immediate or distant. This is merely for us to to get an idea of YOU, the members, and who might one day like to help out and who has the potential skills to do so. And for US, the staff, to relay what we do and what skills are necessary to get the various jobs done. So without further ado, please CAREFULLY read over the form below. Follow ALL directions if you choose to actually submit it. This form is NOT to be shared outside of this forum and its membersstaff. Thank you. Staff Application DISCLAIMER 1 Keep in mind that while its perfectly alright to goof offhave fun, be flirty etc, staff members are expected to keep their role onsite in mind and to conduct themselves in a way that is professional. DISCLAIMER 2 Filling out the following form does not guarantee you will be placed onto staff. General Information 1 Username 2 Positions Interested in choose one, some, or all of the GIVEN choices Design Team, Welcoming Committee, Moderator 3 Availability 4 Are you good about communicating schedule changes, emergencies aside, to others? 5 Do you have any previous forum staff experience? If yes, are you still part of the staff or did you leave and why? 6 Why are you interested in being part of staff? 7 Would you be open to being placed in a staff position that you did not list as being interested in? Culture and Etiquette 1 Do you work well with others? 2 Is there a reason we should pick you? 3 How do you handle constructive criticism? 4 What do you like about this site? 5 What do you dislike about this site? 6 How well do you handle stresspressure? 7 Have you been in trouble with staff before? If yes, what happened? Please note that if the answer is yes, it does not exempt you from being considered for a staff position. 8 Are you currently in or have you ever been in a relationship with an active member of staff? 9 Any questions, concerns or comment you'd like to make or note? Design Team Application Skills A Please answer ALL of the following questions to the best of your ability, if uncertain, type NA 1 What graphics programs are you familiar with and how well do you know each? 2 Are you a programmer? If so please list your Github or other public code repository. 3 Are you familiar with coding andor formatting for forums, if so what do you know and how well? 4 Do you know BB Code andor HTML, if so how well? 5 Do you know CSS, if so how well? 6 Are you familiar with creating skins for forums? 7 Do you have experience creating avatars, signatures, emojis, buttons, banners, or any other graphic found on a forum? If so, what and explain? Skills B Please answer ALL of the following questions to the best of your ability, if uncertain, type NA 1 Do you and others consider youyourself friendly? Give an example. 2 Do you and others consider youyourself approachable? Give an example. 3 What would you consider the most important thread on the site and why? 4 A member approaches you with a problem not designated as something youre supposed to handle, what do you do? 5 A member posts an introduction that seems to violate site rules, what do you do? Skills C Please answer ALL of the following questions to the best of your ability, if uncertain, type NA 1 You have an idea and want to propose it to your fellow staff members. How would you go about doing this? And if it was talked about and eventually denied how would you handle it? 2 As an appropriately ranked staff member, you receive a report from a member simply telling you that they are being harassed by another member on site, say via PM. What would be the first step you would take to work toward resolving this, given only this information? 3 You're on the Welcoming Committee and you welcome a member who either seems like they might be too young or a spammer, what would you do? 4 As a Moderator, you witness a political andor religious argument on our Discord server that starts to become toxic. One of the people you personally agree with, but the other one you strongly disagree with. No other staff members are present, so what do you do? 5 You are in a discussion with other members of staff about something site related and a higher ranking staff member says something that you personally disagree with, would you speak up? And if so, how would you get your point across to them? 6 As an appropriately ranked staff member, you find out about or see a lower ranked staff member using their staff power to do things they aren't supposed to be doing, what would you do? 7 If you found out about a higher ranking staff member abusing power, what would you do? 8 As part of staff, a member confides in you privately that another member has been bothering themmaking them highly uncomfortable using offsite means such as Skype or private Discord. How would you handle this information? Skills D Please answer ALL of the following questions to the best of your ability, if uncertain, type NA 1 As an appropriately ranked staff member, you notice a trend in member behavior that is causing negative effects for other staff members. What course of action do you take? 2 As an appropriately ranked staff member, you notice another staff member struggling in their role. What course of action do you take from start to finish? 3 As an appropriately ranked staff member, you have to make a tough decision knowing full well it's the right one, but that it will cause several to get upset. How do you handle that? 4 As an appropriately ranked staff member, you come up with an idea for the forum. How do you bring up the topic to others? 5 If you could change one thing about the site, what would it be, why and how would you go about doing it? All completed applications are to be submitted to an Administrator staff member with red name subject line Staff Application. 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