Project:Staff

NOTE TO EVERYONE: The Staff are currently being Purged. We will very rarely accept new Staff until we are finished unless you are an exceptional individual.

This is the page that holds all the information regarding staff, ranks, edit rewards, joining staff, etc.

Bureaucrats

 * Ursuul — Chief of Staff, Head of State, oppressive despot. Will kick your ass with Necromancer, has no chill.
 * Zathus — Semi-active Bureaucrat, creative soul, beloved grandpa of our Wiki. Will occasionally yell at children to get off his lawn.

Administrators

 * Friendly — Has SuPeRb taste in starter pokemon.
 * Finale — Official CSS/JS Caretaker. Will absolutely bulldoze everything and everyone with their killer Tri-Angle build. Chill if you get on the right side, unfortunately Your Worst Nightmare if you don't.

Content Moderators

 * Teamerz — The Staff you have highest chance of meeting in chat and the most active conceptionist on Diep.io Conception Wikia.
 * SuperRobot — Active BAnaNa, good OrAToR who will occasionally make you feel like an idiot in a debate. Noot quite as mean as they sound.
 * Captain Hayden — A high ranking military official that is pretty chill.

Discussion Moderators

 * Queen Aysha - A literal goddess.

Sentinels
None.

Staff Rank Descriptions
''Note: All Staff Members have Chat Mod and Rollback Rights. Any Staff you see in chat will be a Chat Moderator.''

The Autocrat
The Autocrat is the currently active Bureaucrat. Right now, that is Ursuul. Autocrats have full power & lead the Wiki.

Administrators
Administrators are just that; Administrators. They are system operators who can block people, edit MediaWiki Pages, give other individuals Chat Moderator & Discussion Moderator rights, rescind said rights, & exercise the power of all other User-Groups besides Bureaucrats. The only things they cannot do is affect the user-rights of Rollbacks, Content Moderators, bureaucrats, or other Administrators. You can tell an Administrator apart from other Staff because their Official Staff tag is cyan. Only Staff may gain this right.

Content Moderators
Content Moderator Rights allow a user to protect, unprotect, delete, & undelete pages, as well as move & edit already protected pages. These rights will be given & taken at will depending on how well a Staff Member performs. Content Moderators are almost always Discussion Moderators as well, but not always. You can tell a Content Moderator apart from the rest of Staff because their Official Staff tag is maroon. Only Staff may gain this right.

Discussion Moderators
Discussion Moderator Rights allow a user to highlight forum threads, remove message wall & forum posts, as well as close & reopen threads on message walls & forums. These rights will be given & taken at will depending on how well a Staff Member performs. You can tell a Discussion Moderator apart from the rest of Staff because their Official Staff tag is yellow. This Right may be issued to Staff & to Interns.

Sentinels
This is the base level of Staff; either for those at the entry-level or as punishment for current Staff. All Sentinels automatically have Chat Moderator & Rollback rights by default, but may move up and acquire more over time. You can tell a Sentinel apart from the rest of Staff because their Official Staff tag is green. These Rights (Chat Mod & Rollback) may be issued to Staff & to Interns.

Interns
Interns are those who requested temporary User-Rights in their Résumé so that they can prove themselves. They may have said rights for up to one week, or longer in some rare exceptions, until they are either permitted to become full Staff or are rejected & lose their User-Rights.

When will we see Interns? (Subject to Change)
Once the Second Staff Purge is finished, & the Staff Ranks are stabilized, then we will begin accepting Interns & new Staff Members. Those who wish to become Staff may request either Rollback or Chat Mod rights on the Résumés Board when they ask to join Staff. They may be temporarily given said rights for a period of 24 hours to seven days, wherein they will attempt to prove themselves worthy to become Staff. If they are worthy and perform well, then they will be able to earn permanent Rollback & Chat Moderator rights when they officially join Staff and become Sentinels. Discussion Mod & Content Mod rights will be issued or rescinded as punishment for failures or rewards for successes. Admin rights are harder still to obtain, and even more difficult to keep. There shall never be more than three interns at any given time.

Medals
''Note: Medals earned on previous accounts can be transferred to new, confirmed accounts should said previous account become compromised. However, edit counts are not cumulative.''

Medals are badges that you can earn which will appear in a module on the right-hand side of your profile. There are two types of Medals; Common Medals, & Special Medals. Common Medals can be earned by multiple people by accomplishing the same task, while Special Rewards can only be earned during unique events such as contests, or for performing a universally accoladed task, such as helping with the October Merge. Special Medals are only given out once, and afterward they can no longer be acquired.

Former Staff
This is a list of all users that were once staff members, but have since lost their roles for one reason or another.

Pre-Staff Purges
Staff who were demoted before the infamous Staff Purges:
 * SpookyGoul — Was a Dominator from June 20th to July 18th. Reason For Demotion: Inactivity.
 * Ziga — Was a Dominator from June 24th to July 30th. Reason for Demotion: Resignation.
 * Mother Of Ships — Was a Guardian from September 21st to October 23rd, then a Mothership until October 31st, when she was demoted back to Guardian for Vandalism. On November 5th she resigned.

First Staff Purge
Staff who were demoted, & remained demoted, during the First Staff Purge. Staff who were immediately re-promoted in the aftermath are not counted here:
 * Guilmon — Demoted during the November 8th Staff Purge. Not re-promoted due to what seems to be inactivity.
 * Akkaviv — Demoted during the November 8th Staff Purge. Not re-promoted due to inactivity.
 * Miss Lovey Dove — Demoted during the November 8th Staff Purge. Not re-promoted due to prior power abuse.

Second Staff Purge
Staff who were demoted during the Second Staff Purge.
 * TOTMGsRock — Demoted during the 2nd Staff Purge, November 29th.
 * Tonn Lenk — Demoted during the 2nd Staff Purge, December 1st.
 * Zombie Jotuc — Demoted during the 2nd Staff Purge, December 1st.
 * FallenBooster — Demoted during the 2nd Staff Purge, December 3rd.
 * Apentashot1274 — Demoted during the 2nd Staff Purge, December 6th.
 * Smgamermat77 — Demoted during the 2nd Staff Purge, December 8th.
 * Jimmy — Demoted during the 2nd Staff Purge, December 10th.
 * Anson — Lost his account for the third time on December 12th.
 * Transforming Eevee — Demoted during the 2nd Staff Purge, December 14th.
 * Gunpowder2830 - Demoted during the 2nd Staff Purge, December 14th.

How To Lose Your Rank (Subject to Changes)
Please note that during the Staff Purge, Staff can be demoted for seemingly no reason; this is because they have been deemed to be superfluous & that they have been demoted as part of the minimization of the Staff Ranks. However, for the moment we do have some rather loose conditions that can result in an earlier demotion.

The ways for ANY Staff to be demoted are as follows:

Inactivity

 * If a Basic Staff, Discussion Mod, or Content Mod are deemed inactive by an Admin.
 * If an Admin is deemed inactive, the Autocrat shall usually respond personally.

Power Abuse

 * If you use power in a way that does not help the Wiki, or even if you simply neglect your given rights so that they are wasted, then you are at risk of losing your rank, especially during the Purge, which is still in effect. Administrators are the ultimate arbiters who decide if the lower Staff ranks have abused their power, while the Autocrat in turn decides if the Administrators have abused their power. Power abuse shall be loosely defined & left to the better judgment of the Administrators & Autocrat for now.

Unfit

 * If you are deemed to be unfit for the job, you will be demoted. This generally means that there is massive public outcry at your actions, peer condemnation, or certain exercises of power that the Autocrat deems to be abusive have been discovered that disqualify you from having User-Rights.

Other unmentioned sanctions may apply; this is entirely up to the Admins & Autocrat and may not be overwritten.