There have been many mentions of modifying the process for Chat Moderator selection. The current process is outlined below. Please leave comments as to what modifications you would like to see to this process. After a week or so of discussion, we will write up a new proposal and put it forth for community input.
Comments unrelated to the Chat Mod position will be removed. Separate forums are open for Wiki Mod and Admin positions.
Promoting a Chat Moderator
Anyone can nominate someone as a candidate to become a Chat Moderator, but nominations will only be accepted for candidates who meet certain conditions:
- The candidate must have been active in chat for a full month. This requirement is meant to demonstrate that they have some knowledge of chat environments and policies.
- The candidate needs 3 other users to vouch for him/her within a week. One of these users must be Wiki Moderator/Administrator.
- The candidate cannot be nominated more than once per 3 months(If a nomination is refused due to the candidate not meeting requirements, then it is not considered a nomination and the candidate can be nominated again once the other requirements are met).
- The candidate must not have had any ban from chat for a period of 3 months prior to nomination on this Wiki and for a period of one month on any other Wiki.(To see if someone has been banned, refer to this page, Choose Chat Ban log from the scroll down menu and write the user's name in the target area)
- If these conditions are not met, then the nomination is automatically disqualified. Otherwise, the nomination will remain open for 7 days for all members of the DragonVale Wiki community to discuss.
- The candidate will be notified that they've been nominated by leaving a message on their message wall.
- If the candidate does not wish to be nominated, they can give a statement saying that they decline the nomination, at which point the discussion will be closed.
- One of the current administrators will notify the community of the discussion by editingMediaWiki:Community-corner to update the Community Messages. Someone will also update the Announcements on the main page.
- After the community discussion has been open for 7 days, one of the current administrators will open the Voting Process.