Talk: Admins and mods/Archive 1

Revision as of 16:01, 6 April 2006

So, are we allowed to nominate others? – Jello² 17:25, 4 Apr 2005 (EDT)

Yes, but they should agree to the nomination before they become admins. Angela 18:54, 4 Apr 2005 (EDT)

Individual Wikia

I presume each should have its own page modelled on this page? Robin Patterson 23:46, 18 Jul 2005 (UTC)

I don't believe that every Wikicity needs to have a formal policy on becoming an administrator. See Common mistakes#Applying too many policies. The bar for becoming an admin is very different depending on the wiki. Look at my adminship on various wikis:

I became a bureaucrat on the Calgary wiki just because I asked for its creation.
I became an Administrator here becase I was already an admin on the Calgary wiki and of the few Wikia regulars, no one objected within a week after I expressed interest
I am up for adminship on Wikipedia with a couple more oppose votes so far. It appears likely to pass, but a couple of oppose votes would knock it down.

Generally, the more users on a wiki, the harder it is to become an administrator. And this makes sense to me. If we go back to the Calgary wiki, I would make any remotely regular contributor an admin if they wanted it. One reason for my confidence, is that I read EVERY edit on the Calgary wiki. I would clearly be able to monitor the actions. If anything was done that was inappropriate, I could intervene quite easily. I guess I'll go update the Calgary wiki to invite people to request adminship.

But hey, this is just my opinion. -- JamesTeterenko 16:41, 22 Jul 2005 (UTC)

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 :Yes, but they should agree to the nomination before they become admins. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 18:54, 4 Apr 2005 (EDT)
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 I presume each should have its own page modelled on this page? [[User:Robin Patterson|Robin Patterson]] 23:46, 18 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 :I don't believe that every Wikicity needs to have a formal policy on becoming an administrator.  See [[Common mistakes#Applying too many policies]].  The bar for becoming an admin is very different depending on the wiki.  Look at my adminship on various wikis:
 :* I became a bureaucrat on the [[Calgary]] wiki just because I asked for its creation.
-:* I became an [[Wikicities:Administrators|Administrator]] here becase I was already an admin on the Calgary wiki and of the few Wikicities regulars, no one objected within a week after I expressed interest
+:* I became an [[Wikia:Administrators|Administrator]] here becase I was already an admin on the Calgary wiki and of the few Wikia regulars, no one objected within a week after I expressed interest
 :* I am up for [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Requests for adminship|adminship]] on Wikipedia with a couple more oppose votes so far.  It appears likely to pass, but a couple of oppose votes would knock it down.