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 Hazbin Hotel Wiki has a staff request process that determines if a user will serve as a member of the staff by listing specific requirements.
For users who wish to become staff members of the Discord, a separate decision is determined by the Discord's staff members.
Request Process
Please make sure you adhere to most of the required criteria and requisites requested in your application's respective prerequisites below before applying.
After the prerequisites have been completed, the next step is to get community consensus on your nomination. To do this, you must fill out a form in the Rights Requests category in Discussions. The application must have the following:
- Title the post with the right you are applying for (ex: Request: Discussions Mod)
- Add and fill out the following to the post:
- Username: [Username]
- Application for: [user right]
- Edits made on the wiki: [your edits]
- Days/months you have been editing here: [length of time]
- Why I should have this right: [summary of why you want and deserve this position]
- For: @VeggieGoBrrrr (in case the vegetable is unavailable, you many ping @Nightsilver, @KaineDaCharizard, or @Spongebob456.)
- Users will comment on the thread and to vote on the request using the options Support, Oppose, and Neutral, and must provide a reason why for their vote.
- After one week, voting will close, and if the votes are in favor of the user, the staff will grant the user the requested right.
Note that the reason should be valid and clear; do not support a user solely because they are your friend, or oppose a user because you don't like them.
If the application is not in this form, it will be declined. Because roles overlap in tools and responsibilities, users can only request one right at a time.
Requirements
These requisites are current as of August 2020 and are the quintessential guidelines for hiring. The status for the whether the right is open is available below.
Rollback
Position: Closed (Contact Bureaucrat for info)
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.
- Rollbacks are generally expected to meet the following standards:
- 150+ edits
- Active editor
- Account over 5 months of age
- Knowledge and experience using Recent Changes
Discussion Moderators
Position: Open
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.
See here for a list of this wiki's discussion moderators.
- Discussions Moderators are generally expected to meet the following standards:
- 100+ edits
- Active editor
- Account over 5 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
Position: Open
Content moderators are responsible for locating and erasing vandalism, and 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.
See here for a list of this wiki's content moderators.
- Content Moderators are generally expected to meet the following standards:
- 250+ edits
- Account over 5 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
Position: Open
Administrators are trusted editors who have the most responsibilities of the entire staff, and are equipped with the tools to keep the wiki running smoothly. They can issue blocks to troublesome editors, revert spam/vandalism using the rollback tool, and delete spam pages. Furthermore, they are responsible for ensuring positive user interaction, and settle disputes between users. They are authorized to use the tools at their disposal to deal with issues facing the wiki to the best of their ability. Administrators are the first person to contact if a user needs help, has a question or request.
Admins have all the privileges from both the content moderator and discussions moderator groups, and the ability to promote or revoke both the content moderator and discussions moderator rights.
See here for a list of this wiki's administrator
- Administrators are generally expected to meet the following standards:
- 1,000+ 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.
- At least marginal activity on our community outlets (Discord/Discussions), and an interest in our wiki's community at large.
- Knowledge of our wiki and chat policies.
- 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
Position: Closed
Bureaucrats are trusted users that have the ability to manipulate users to promote or demote to any user right, as well as block and unblock users. This right is generally given to those in the admin group. They are responsible for maintaining, protecting, and promoting lawful wiki users and keeping wiki vandals in check. Bureaucrats cannot directly remove another user's bureaucrat status, but they can remove their own.
This wiki's bureaucrat is VeggieGoBrrrr.
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
- Must be a current Administrator at the time of application.
- Must be a member of the wiki for at least a year.
- Should not have been previously blocked on our wiki (unless if a blemished record is due to an abuse filter error) for an accumulated duration of more than 3 weeks.
Inactivity
After prolonged periods of inactivity without notice, staff members may be demoted from their positions; if they resume their Recent Changes regularly, they may be allowed to return to their positions.