Project:Internships

Got your Résumé suspended, & now you don’t know what to do? Or maybe your goal was to become an Intern all along? Either way, this page is for you.

What is an Intern?
Interns are users who have been granted temporary user rights, usually come combination of Chat Mod, Discussion Mod, & Rollback rights, so that they may prove themselves responsible enough to join Staff. They are not officially Staff, but for all intents & purposes they are. They act the same way, & they deserve just as much respect as full Staff.

Becoming an Intern
When you apply to join Staff, you may have your Résumé suspended. When this happens, your Résumé is put on hold, & you are invited to become an Intern for a week or so to prove your worth. If you reject this invitation, then your Résumé will be automatically rejected. Alternatively, if you know that you won’t be able to make full Staff right off the bat, or if you just want to become an Intern first, then you can specifically request to become an Intern by saying so in your Résumé. If you request to become an Intern instead of requesting to join Staff, you will become an Intern immediately instead of being invited. Your Internship will also last for at least one week, instead of ranging from the usual one day to two weeks. However, there is still a slim chance that your application to become an Intern will be rejected, so make sure to put a lot of effort into your Résumé to avoid this eventuality.

Intern User Rights
Intern User Rights are temporary of course, & last only as long as your Internship, but you have a bit of choice when it comes to which ones you’ll get. You may choose either Discussion Mod, Chat Mod, or Rollback rights for yourself, & if your Internship is accepted, then you will receive the one you pick. A second user-right will usually be attributed to you by a Bureaucrat, but you may only receive the one you choose. There is also the possibility that a Bureaucrat will give you both of the other user-rights available to Interns, giving you all three, but this is rare. Most Interns will receive two of the three available rights.

How to be a Good Intern
Stay active. That’s the biggest thing you can do, stay active. Don’t be afraid to use your rights simply because you’re not Staff; act like you’re already a fully fledged Staff Member, & you will likely become one. Other than that, try not to abuse your power, because it will sharply curb your chances at becoming Staff, but then again, not using your power at all will result in the same thing. It’s a thin thread to tread upon, but you’ll have to learn how to find a good balance in order to be a successful Intern.

As a final side note, you don’t have to become Staff after your Internship. You may decide, after being an Intern, that you don’t want to join Staff, which is just fine by us. If you just want to become an intern to know what it feels like to be Staff for once, then that is perfectly acceptable. If you want to be a perpetual Intern without the responsibilities & stresses of being a full Staff member, then you can always keep becoming an Intern over & over again & we won’t care (although Internships can not be longer than two weeks, & you have to wait a week before becoming an Intern again so that others can have a chance to become an Intern).