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<i>GET OUT YOUR PITCHFORKS & TORCHES — THE WORLD IS ABOUT TO END!</i></big></big>
JK, but now that I have your attention, I am going to try to condense what I am about to say as much as possible. There’s a TL;DR, a full description, & a complete technical report of what I’m proposing, please read one (or more if you want) & then vote below. Suggestions & opinions welcome.
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I propose that Admins be split into two groups; one who can code & one who can lead. This way you don’t have to fit both roles in order to become an Admin & help out.</div></div></div>
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Essentially what I am proposing is that several of our default user groups be outfitted for different purposes. Content Moderators would gain all<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference">
[1]</sup> of the rights that Admins have, except the ability to edit MediaWiki,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference">
[2]</sup> access
Special:ThemeDesigner,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference">
[3]</sup> alter
Special:WikiFeatures,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference">
[4]</sup> edit the
Mobile Main Page,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference">
[5]</sup> & Bulk-Edit-Template-Type.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference">
[6]</sup> Without the ability to touch those delicate pages, we could allow more users who have no knowledge of code whatsoever to become “Leader Admins” who manage the Wiki. This would mean the total loss of the Content Moderator group as it exists today, but since in our history Admins have been the primary exercisers of such rights, we don’t see it as a serious loss.
While Content Moderators would become near-Admins, Rollbacks would become “Code Admins,” whose only abilities would be to edit protected pages (templates), & also to edit <i>MediaWiki</i> files & pages, thus allowing them to contribute to delicate code without needing to be paragons of social skill <i>or to be very active edit-wise</i>. Since we would effectively be losing Rollbacks as a group, all of their rights (plus a little extra) would be given to the Chat Moderator group, & it would become our Sentinels all-in-one (so nothing is lost).
So what happens to
Special:ThemeDesigner & the rest? What happens to Staff? Well, what would happen is that those extra rights would become Bureaucrat-only, so that they may only be altered after first notifying or conversing with the
Diep.io Community first (since so few people will have access to them). After this occurred, me,
Zathsu, &
Bana (as part of a compromise) would go through as a temporary Tribunal & review all of the Staff to see which groups they best belong in after the change. Staff with an affinity for coding would keep Rollback rights for example, but users with no coding affinity would lose their Rollback rights; other Staff would be rearranged similarly, depending on where their skillsets lay.</div></div></div>
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<div style="text-align:left;font-size:120%;color:{{{color}}};font-weight:600;"><div class="OPS">“Leader Admins” (Content Mods) gain the following rights:</div></div>
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- Special:AdminDashboard access<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference">[7]</sup>
- Special:Block abilities<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference">[8]</sup>
- Immunity to IP Blocks & Range Blocks<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference">[9]</sup>
- Ability to Admin-archive threads<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference">[10]</sup>
- Ability to delete Videos<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference">[11]</sup>
- Can delete pages with massive histories<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference">[12]</sup>
- Can edit/move/protect/disable comments on other people’s blogs<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference">[13]</sup>
- Can use Special:Import<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference">[14]</sup>
- Overrride the title blacklist<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference">[15]</sup>
- Ability to access/search deleted pages & contributions<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference">[16]</sup>
- Higher API limits for rapid editing<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference">[17]</sup>
- Special:Statistics admin-access<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference">[18]</sup>
- Ability to view a list of unwatched pages<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference">[19]</sup>
- API clearance for bulk move requests<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference">[20]</sup>
- Ability to add the following groups:
- Chat Moderator
- Discussions Moderator
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- Special:AdminDashboard access<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference">[21]</sup>
- Ability to edit the MediaWiki Namespace<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference">[22]</sup>
- Ability to change protection levels and edit protected pages<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference">[23]</sup>
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- Special:Block abilities<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference">[24]</sup>
- The Rollback tool<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference">[25]</sup>
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- Ability to not create redirects when moving pages<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference">[26]</sup>
- Special:Block abilities<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference">[27]</sup>
- The Rollback tool<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference">[28]</sup>
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</p><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Bureaucrats"> Bureaucrats </span></h3>
<p>Bureaucrats gain sole dominion over the following permissions, which would be removed from admins:
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Administrators">
Administrators </span></h3>
<p>All Administrators (Bureaucrats & their bots excepted) will eventually be demoted & placed into some combination of the newly outfitted groups depending on the Tribunal’s decision for each Admin. This may take some time to fully complete.
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Senior Moderators </span></h3>
<p>All current Content Moderators will likely lose Rollback rights, & may lose other rights case-by-case depending on the Tribunal.
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Junior Moderators </span></h3>
<p>Most Junior Moderators will lose Rollback rights, however they may be preserved (& other rights may be removed) case-by-case depending on the Tribunal.
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Sentinels (
Rollbacks &
Chat Mods) </span></h3>
<p>There are currently no Sentinels, but new Sentinels would only have Chat Mod rights.
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Interns </span></h3>
<p>All Interns would lose Rollback rights period, although they could regain them if they show coding abilities.
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<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="In_Conclusion"> In Conclusion </span></h1>
<p>There are a couple of debatable changes, & while they’re relatively minor, they may be dealbreakers for you, so read carefully and make sure you understand the implications. Try not to vote unless you actually understand this proposal (I would be happy to answer any questions about it). Again, this is a <i>proposal</i>, so if you don’t like what such a thing portends, feel free to discuss it & vote your conscience.
At the end of the day however, this would change many things; it means it’ll be easier to rise in staff, it means that some people in the lower levels will be promoted (although some may be demoted too), & it means that many people in the higher levels will be demoted, but the end result is a Staff which allows more people to excel in their own areas of expertise, so consider it carefully.
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<h2 style="display: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Footnotes">Footnotes</span></h2>
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- ↑ <span class="reference-text">By all, I mean all that are currently in use; rights attached to certain extensions that we will never use, redundant rights, et cetera are not included.</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">Represented as “(editinterface)”</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">Represented as “(themedesigner)”</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">Represented as “(wikifeatures)”</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">Represented as “(curatedcontent)”</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">Represented as “(template-bulk-classification)”</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(admindashboard)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(block)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(ipblock-exempt) & (proxyunbannable)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(walladmindelete)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(specialvideosdelete)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(bigdelete)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(blog-articles-edit), (blog-articles-move), (blog-articles-protect), & (blog-comments-toggle)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(importupload)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(tboverride)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(browsearchive)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(apihighlimits)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(dumpsondemand)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(unwatchedpages)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(batchmove)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(admindashboard)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(editinterface)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(protect)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(block)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(rollback)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(suppressredirect)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(block)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(rollback)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(themedesigner)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(wikifeatures)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(curatedcontent)</span>
- ↑ <span class="reference-text">(template-bulk-classification)</span>
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