Forum:Staff Members

Thoughts
We definitely need new staffers. No question about it. but they must be reliable. Otherwise there's no point in having them.

Yes, may i say I haven't seen many here in a long time. DTN is back, so that is another mod, makes 2. But still, Ultima is here, and Kryten is here. Kate seems to be having complications in life so she isn't editing. Still, it is a waste of time having all of these administrators here when they aren't even here. Personally, I think an op or mod should be de-opped or de-modded (?) if they are inactive for a certain period of time. I mean Riku##### left after making 26 edits! Scottch and all of the originals have left too. They should be de-opped until they return. I mean it is useless having people be admins. if they don't even edit on the wiki anymore. Therefore, I agree with JFH, we should de-admin people, and assign new ones. I mean TNE is at the top of the featured users, and her rank is only a mod. I really don't see how that is fair. *rants on about nothing and recaps ideas*. Therefore, I believe in what JFH is saying. *Falls asleep after examining the blank look on the faces of the audience*.

JFH, I was just saying my idea (no, you didn't say it). Still, you are right Ultima. I am just thinking that some of these admins left within the first month of the wiki. Why not just remove their image (Place it in an archive like "the previous admins") then assign new ones. I mean, there is only 1 Bueracrat, and he isn't here that often. We really need to get more staff members. 3 or 2 is just not enough. JFH told me that a 100 article wiki is recommended to have 4 administrators, so...

That sounds fair enough. JFH, what is your final say?

I agree fully! I think that would be great for them as they are great editors!

Two active admins is not enough for a wiki like ours. We definitely need new admins, and fast. Give worthy people, such as NinjaSheik, TNE, DTN and ENX the adminship, it's in good hands with them. We can definitely trust these four. DTN and TNE are on break right now, but they would still make great admins. As for the higher talk page editcount than mainspace, who really cares? As long as the edits are good, quality edits, and the talk pages don't outnumber the mainspace by too many, then go for it.

DTN is back. Still, I think it should be HOO and DTN. They have been good to the wiki, been here quite a while, and have their hearts in the right place, trying to help this place as much as possible. I do agree with Xion, however, she makes a good argument.

Administrative Input
{{Azul|time=20:24, March 28, 2010 (UTC)|text=While it's true that many of the staff are no longer editing or present on the wiki, it does not mean that they are no longer available for contact. Bluerfn always seems to pop in when a major problem occurs or when his Bureaucrat abilities are needed. I haven't edited in awhile but I log in at least 3 times a week to check for immediate messages at my talkpage, school consumes most of my time. Ultima is in the loop with current issues, more so than I am, and Hexedy is there when you need him. Kryten and Kate seem omnipresent ;} So no matter how inactive we are or seem, we are always around. Kinda like herpes. When times are tough we flare up, but when things are calm, we are no where to be found. Once it's triggered... BAM! We're everywhere. ewww that was a disgusting analogy, but whatevs, you get the point lolz

Now, that being said. I do not agree with a public voting/election for Admins. Our turnout last year was very stressful on all of us. And I feel like I was partially responsible for advertising, setting up, etc. the election. So, for the promotion or addition of Admins/Bureaucrats, I feel that it should be left to the existing staff members. Mods, on the other hand, can go either way: be selected by the community based on skillz (i.e. what Kryten proposed) or by staff only. While mods are important to the wiki and our current mods are outstanding editors, Admins should be chosen more carefully since they do work with deleting pages and other "delicate" functions at KHWiki.

To wrap this all up. Do we need to make more staff members? The staffers who have commented have already made it clear that we are here to deal with problems even if we are not editing or obviously present, and mods are basically regular contributors, just with a quicker anti-vandalism tool. If the majority of the community and staffers believe that we do, then, we will.}}

Post-vote discussion
Okay, so this means we have 14 for no 13 for yes. Make that 15 for no because someone undid my name in the not agree category. Still, we may need 1 or 2 staffers, but1) we need to make sure a bureaucrat chooses with NO bribing, and 2) that the person is responsible. I don't disagree with having new staff members, but pretty much all of the current staff members are active, so what is the point? I say do what you want, but remember there isn't really a point, and to keep the voting fair. NO BRIBES!

If you ask me, I think you will be in need of more administrators very soon. --Anonymous
 * Saturday night works for me. I'll try to be there at 5:00 PM, but if not, start without me. Glorious  CHAOS!  03:47, April 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll probably be on all day saturday, just to be on the safe side. Ult ima 10:35, April 9, 2010 (UTC)

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Moderators?
So most people agree on the fact that we need two new mods (including me). But... nobody has said anything about candidates. When do we start with that?
 * I believe it was decided that current/old moderators are in charge of selecting the actual moderators.-- Xion 4  ever  00:37, April 13, 2010 (UTC)

Ok, that's what I thought.
 * Current mods ? If this is the case, I have quite a long list of contributors to select, but ultimately, the shortlisting is up to you. How does that sound ? We also need input from Urutapu and the rest of the staff. 10:12, April 20, 2010 (UTC)