Guide:Promotions

Wiki promotions are typically always open for all positions. You may nominate yourself or another user by contacting Adrestia, though please make sure that if you are nominating another user that they are okay with it first. Please make sure that you or whoever you are nominating meets the requirements and qualifications for the desired position.

Because we are a smaller wiki, we no longer have minimum edit/post and activity requirements. However, nominees should show at least some effort into contributing to the wiki in some way.

**Last updated: June 6th, 2023.**

## Content Moderators

### Position Description

Content moderators (also known as contentmods) moderate wiki activity and pages to ensure that the content listed is accurate and follows wiki rules. They should also be reverting vandalism or bad edits.

### Requirements and Qualifications

* There is no minimum edit or activity requirement, though nominees should show at least some interest in the wiki or editing.
* Edits made by the user should be consistent and helpful, even after promotions.
* Users who apply should be willing to take on the responsibilities of being a moderator, and understand what it means.

## Discussions Moderators

### Position Description

Discussions moderators (primarily known as threadmods or Thread Moderators) moderate the threads to ensure that content posted stays on-topic and civil.

### Requirements and Qualifications

* Because the threads are not incredibly active, not much activity is required, but nominees should show at least some interest.

## Administrators

### Position Description

Administrators (mostly known as admins) are usually promoted from current moderators. Admins control most of the sites details and can block users.

### Requirements and Qualifications

* Admins should already be part of the staff and have been active and consistently doing their job.
	+ It is very rare, but has happened before, where a user can be promoted from casual editor to admin. This usually does not happen any more due to the wiki being more active and larger before.
* Admins are expected to still conduct wiki activity such as editing articles after their promotion.
* Admins should show interest in being their role.

## Bureaucrats

### Position Description

Bureaucrats have the most power of any position on the wiki and typically are the wiki's representatives.

### Requirements and Qualifications

* Represent the wiki.
* Have essentially complete control over the wiki's content, and should not take this to their advantage or for granted

## Demotions

Members of the staff can lose their positions for one of the following reasons:

* By choice.
* Inactivity with little to no prior notice.
* Misconduct (including, but not limited to: abuse of power, rule violations, etc).

If staff members are to be inactive for a long periods of time, there should be some sort of notice of this inactivity. A message wall greeting that explains that responses are slow are fine.

Staff members performing misconduct typically are demoted as quickly as possible to keep the wiki safe.

## Voting Process

When a user is being nominated for promotion, a new announcement will be sent out to the wiki with a Google Form to conduct anonymous voting for the user. This voting period typically will last a few days.

**Content and Discussions moderators must gain >51% approval rate in order to be promoted, while admins and bureaucrats need 75% or higher.**

If an applicant runs but is unsuccessful, they may request a rerun three months after voting has ended.

Good luck to all future applicants!