User blog:Endercat TM/The Admins and Mods

Intro
So, awhile back I wrote a blog on how to make a wiki. There are several steps I want to dig into. Namely findings right Admins and Mods, how to giv them privileges or take it away if they are being unfair. Here is a step by step guide and stuff, how to find the right people and give them the right title.

What is a Admin or Mod
Ha! Good question! You may think they are the same but no. They are totally different. What is an Admin? Admin is short for Administrator. People who take care of stuff and watch out for the trouble makers. Like banning people if they step out of line, making sure wikis don't have puppets or sabotagers. Making sure every thing is in order. Admins have a lot of power because they have the right to make restrictions on people and ban them for something. They can even ban them for no reason (which is unfair, and should NOT be done). And Mods? Mod is a Modertator and they have a lot of power too. But they specialize more on the maintenance of the wiki while the Admins focus on the community. Like a chat moderator focuses on chats and making sure people follow rules while chatting or putting comments. A content moderator focuses on the content on the wiki (like edits and stuff). Then there is of course roll back. If you are a rollback it means you have to put back what was taken. Example a site on a wikia crashes. You have to restore all of the information that was lost (if neccisary). Finally there is bureaucrat, which is the most powerful title you can have. You have control over the whole wikia. You have the right to give people special names and take them away. You have Admin power, Mod power, rollback power, the whole enchalada. Normally, founders have these titles but the founder can give a friend or a person they trust. Like if they created a wiki with a friend or someone. You can also give this title to a person if you want them to adpot the wiki (like if you no longer want to work on it).

Finding Admins (TM)
Now that you know what all these titles mean, you need to find one. A good Admin is a fair person who is capable of having power and using it correctly, a person who is active and can keep people in line. Here are few things you should not find in an Admin Then here are things you want to find in an Admin These aren't obligatory but they should at least appear in an Admin. Same goes for Mods. These things also depends on the rules of the wiki. But the main three that should appear in an Admin or Mod is There should at least be one available Admin on the wiki.
 * Banning people because of personal believes
 * Not following the rules (cussing, insulting etc)
 * Being aggressive with the community
 * Disliking the job
 * Being absent most of the time
 * Misusing power
 * Sabotoging
 * Not banning friends or family even though they miss behave
 * Banning people who stepped out of line
 * Being kind and caring to the community but also being firm
 * Follows wiki rules
 * Liking the job
 * Knowing how to handle having power
 * Getting rid of puppets and sabotagers
 * Banning everyone even close friends or family
 * Be on quite often
 * 1) Being kind to the community but firm
 * 2) Being available often
 * 3) Follows the wiki rules

Hmmm.... this person is perfect!
Imagine: you put out a notice on the wiki and voilà you find the perfect person! Now how do we make this special user titles. Hmmm... got it! Go to the user's page, click on user contributions, click user rights management and pick what title you want to give them. If you scroll down a bit you should have a list with stuff like Adminastrator, bureacrat etc. Click on one, then scroll down to the bottom. You should find a button that says "save user group". Then you should come back to the beggining of the page. It's fine. Just exit the page, go back to the user's page and you'll see the beautiful new title you gave then. ''Reminder: only bureaucrats can give all the titles. Admins can only give mod titles to the user.''

You can do this on as many people as you wish! Just make sure you picked the right person. Don't just give anyone this title, even if you are desperate. Think this over! Send out forms! And you'll find the perfect person.

''This doesn't work on Community Central. Only Staff members can give people Admin rights. ''

You also can't ''change the title of a staff member or give anyone staff rights. Bureaucrat is the highest title on a wikia.''

Wow this person did a terrible job! What should I do?
Well, my friend, if the Admin or Mod you chose isn't the righ fr your lovely wiki, you can change their title. Go to user rights management, uncheck the boxes and scroll down and finalize! This person will no longer have any more power. ''Sad fact: unfortunately once you give someone bureaucrat rights, you cannot take it back. Unless you convince the person to change, this person is on their own. So if you give someone bureaucrat rights, make sure it is the right person. ''Now okay! All you do is find another Admin or Mod to take this person's place. Now we good to go!

Now they are Admins. What privileges do they have?
Admins and Mods have lots of privileges. Example: there is a way to block a page so only Admins and Mods can edit this page. What do you do? Well if you are a bureaucrat for example, you can go to a page, click on the arrow next to the edit pencil, click protect and choose if you want to protect it or not. There are 3 options for protecting. I do not know if Admins or Mods can protect pages. Most likely, yes they can.
 * 1) You let everyone edit
 * 2) You only let registred users edit. New or unregistered users cannot edit.
 * 3) You only let Admins or Mods edit.

Another privilege? They can ban people. If a person is out of line (like insulting, cussing, breaking that wikia's rules), BAM! They are banned. Now there is suspending and banning. Suspending is when they cannot access or talk on wiki for several days. Then there is banning where they can no longer do a thing on wiki. Forever. Suspentions and bans can be removed if this person shows they can be better and behave better. But be careful, there are puppets...

Short little discussion: what are puppets?
Puppets are people who purposely go on wiki to cause trouble. Like sabotage on purpose etc. They are people you don't want on your wiki and should be taken care of before things get out of hand. They will break rules to drive you nuts. Better want to be careful with those sneaks.

Back to the point. How do we ban users. Well, on wiki it isn't called banned. It's called being blocked. How do we do it? Go to the user's information page then click block. Set up reasons why and how long this person will be blocked. Then click the final button "block this user" and this person will be blocked. From editing, chat etc. Put a reason why this user needs to be blocked. You can also watch this person's editing while being blocked, prevent them from editing and/or talking on the message wall. It depends what the person did and how series it is. You can even chose how long they can be blocked for. Don't worry, the blocking can be undone. I just don't know how. I never blocked anyone. I just know how to block people by playing around with my other account. Ask an Admin or Mod on your wiki how to undo blocking c:

Wow. That is long. There are obvisouly lots to talk about but that can be covered in the commention section. I hope this will help with future problems! Thanks for reading!

If you have any questions, please ask them in the comment section below.

Disclaimer: I have put some of my opinion into this blog. If you disagree, please tell me politely in the comment section below. I will accept your opinion too c:
Also if there are any typing errors, do not be afraid to state them