Board Thread:Special Admin Messages/@comment-32764586-20181114153058/@comment-37030351-20181116105119

Themaster401 wrote: Last time a wave of staff demotes was attempted did not go so well. Creepypasta Wiki thrives for many other reasons than its staff team, if that's a reason at all. Our problem is that we immediately consider any user who shows a profile of decent activity for content moderator, and it snowballs from there. I say lay off content mods and up the requirements/make it less of an achievement or milestone and more of a binding agreement to become one.

Keep in mind bureaucrats often manage internal aspects of the wiki rather than everyday editing and story creation. They also happen to be the most busy-in-reality users of the wiki.

There are numerous other faults with this idea. Staff should not be judge and jury in who should be or not be of them. Well, too many admins are not a nice thing. Dramas tend to happen.

I have a few opinions: Maybe, demote about a quarter of the staff? With too many people arguing and deciding options do not mean it will be fair; it tends to increase the disruptiveness of the whole discussion. People then start the argue, and dramas happen. In my opinion, choosing the core part of the team (The cream of the crop of the staff team) will be fine enough.

Also, the stakes of becoming staff should be raised. Even content mods. Oh, and make sure the community is looking for right admins, and please do not promote someone just because it's your friend.

This will just be another possible alternative.

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You talked about how to choose and judge admins.

Here's some excerpt of Sannse's blog post:

"One of the classic mistakes I've seen from new founders is to make people admins and bureaucrats too easily - often simply giving the rights to the first people who edit. If things go bad, that can be very messy! So it's important to choose admins carefully, and remember that not every contributor needs to be an admin, and not every admin needs to be a bureaucrat. "

Another excerpt from Brandon's:

Admins should always be active, so someone who wants to be an admin should also be very active. You want to be someone who is seen throughout the community. If the community is electing you, then you will want to know as many people as possible. If they know you and respect you, as well as the things you do on the wiki, the more likely it is that they will vote for you. Remember, though, not to make edits simply for the sake of your edit count. Your contributions should be helping the wiki to grow, not just a way to get noticed.

After all, having too many admins are a bad thing. And, being busy IRL will tend to make you inactive in this wiki, and in the first place, they should not have been an admin! Admins need to be relatively active, as a position to guide other wiki users. Being an admin has its responsibility; if you are really that busy, maybe you just demote yourself then.