Purpose of Staff[]
The purpose of the What We Do in the Shadows Wiki's staff is to keep articles managed and under control. They posses rights that regular contributors do not; however, staff should not misuse their power to block users or restrict editing permissions on pages without reason.
Wield your power responsibly, and use it for the benefit of the community, not for personal benefit.
Any concerns regarding vandalism, protection of pages, blocking a user, or mishandling of facts should be taken up with an administrator or the current bureaucrat.
Any issues with editing, help on templates, editing, layouts, etc. should be discussed with a Wiki Representative.
Staff List[]
Global[]
Wiki Representative[]
Wiki Representatives assist with FANDOM-related issues and keep the wiki on-track. They act as a liaison between the What We Do in the Shadows Wiki and Fandom Staff.
Local[]
Bureaucrat[]
Bureaucrat is the highest rank of local staff. They have the same permissions as administrators, content moderators, rollbackers, and discussions moderators, with the addition of:
- Granting and revoking the following rights:
- Bureaucrat
- Content Moderator
- Rollbacker
The following is a list of What We Do in the Shadows Wiki bureaucrats.
Admininistrator[]
Administrator is the second-highest content- and disussions-related rank of local staff. They have the same permissions as content moderators, rollbackers, and discussions moderators, with the addition of:
- Blocking users from editing and other actions.
- Editing the Wiki's skin and format.
- Editing whitelisted MediaWiki pages.
- Granting and revoking the following rights:
- Administrator
- Discussions Moderator
The following is a list of What We Do in the Shadows Wiki administrators.
Content moderator[]
Content moderators have access to tools needed for keeping blogs, articles, and other pages clean, as well as protecting pages in the case of emergency. They are also tasked with checking edits to make sure they are contributing and not vandalism.
Discussion moderator[]
Discussions moderators are responsible for activity in all discussion threads and comments. They keep Discussions and comments a safe place and can delete, edit, highlight, lock, and reopen threads, and can edit and delete comments.
Rollback[]
Rollbacks have the ability to undo all the edits made by the most recent user in an article. Their task is to revert vandalism and bad-faith edits with one click.
Requirements[]
Wikis cannot rely on one staff member alone to run it indefinitely. It must wean off of having its founding administrator running it. This wiki requires more attention as it grows – whether it would be only to have more eyes examining edits or to have people parsing through our files and properly organizing them. The What We Do in the Shadows Wiki has a process that determines if a user will serve as a member of the staff by listing specific requirements.
At the moment, staff applications are open for users and contributors interested in helping out.
Requesting for rights[]
Rights are given by request made to a bureaucrat on their message wall. Before applying, make sure you adhere to most of the required criteria and requisites requested in your application's respective prerequisites below.
Requisites[]
These requisites are the quintessential guidelines for hiring.
Rollback[]
- Rollbacks are generally expected to meet the following standards:
- 50+ edits
- Active editor
- Account over 2 months of age
- Knowledge and experience using Recent Changes
Discussion Moderators[]
- Discussions Moderators are generally expected to meet the following standards:
- 50+ edits
- Active editor
- Account over 2 months of age
- Active on our Discussions
- Knowledge of our community and chat policies
- Prior experience modding for other wikis is a plus.
- Must be a member of our community for at least a month.
- Some edits on our articles is preferred.
Content Moderators[]
- Content Moderators are generally expected to meet the following standards:
- 150+ edits
- Account over 3 months of age
- Knowledge and experience using Recent Changes or getting familiar with it soon after hire.
- Knowledge of the wiki's basic category structure.
- Some knowledge of wikitext is preferred.
- Some experience using the classic editor (on "source" mode) is preferred.
- Ability to edit templates is also preferred.
- Prior experience as a content moderator, rollback, or similar position on another wiki is a plus.
Administrators[]
- Administrators are generally expected to meet the following standards:
- 250+ edits
- Active editor
- Account over 6 months of age
- Knowledge of our regulations
- Shown experience in editing
- Willingness to assist users who request it and respond in a courteous manner
- Knowledge of wikitext.
- Experience using the classic editor (on "source" mode).
- Knowledge and experience using Recent Changes or getting familiar with it soon after hire.
- Knowledge of our wiki's basic category structure.
- Must not have been blocked on our wiki for the last 3 months, and cannot have a single block that exceeds 1 month (unless if a blemished record is due to an abuse filter error).
Bureaucrat[]
This is solely determined by bureaucrat consensus, with marginal input of the current administrators. This process will likely be modified at a later point in time. The wiki is currently not seeking more bureaucrats at this time.
- Bureaucrats are generally expected to meet the following standards:
- Only acting administrators are eligible to be promoted. If no administrators are present, the applicant must be a member of the wiki for at least a year.
- Have no records of vandalism or being blocked within the past 3 weeks, with no previous block lasting more than 1 week.
- Willingness to assist users who request it and respond in a courteous manner.