Ttech wrote:So you are proposing people get cycled as moderators and admins?
The admins get to retain their rights - for whatever reasons, they have earned that right in some way and I think it would be unfair to remove that right from them - however, if they haven't been on the forums for a long time, say upwards of six months or a year, I think we should consider removing that title.
alterecco wrote:
I don't think that is what ThePrivateer meant.
ThePrivateer wrote:The goal is really just to reflect within the community who we respect and trust
As for responsibility and trust, and how to come about it, personally I just spent a crazy amount of time on irc and here as well, mainly answering q's on scripting and modding. Since I work with the web on a daily basis it just felt natural one day to ask George for some moderation rights. In other words, I never really did anything
special to deserve it, just spent a lot of time here and had fun doing what I like (scripting).
I think these things in the end come about naturally. Just like ppl will know you ThePrivateer by your actions and your posts. That should in the end be respect enough, should it not? If what you want to do is spend more time administrating the community, there are plenty of things to do. Just ask, and I would be glad to delegate a task to you
(send me a pm or drop me a line on irc).
Otherwise I think it would be nice with some notability ranks, and other fun ranks. It is a game after all!
. We just need to come up with something that works and makes sense. And something fun.
Admin and Moderator shouldn't be the only ranks - those ranks come with responsibilities, regarding the management of the forum/registrations and other such stuff. Notable member is for people who love the forum, love helping out and are awarded the position because of their work, but don't want pressure in any way -- that's the purpose of the Cycle, dumping each Member's rights before the next vote. Notable Members get their three months of fame, but afterwards they get demoted and have to re-earn their right again.
Also, I'm all for 'fun' ranks. TBH, I think it would spice up the forums a bit and inject a bit of...well...fun...into the forum. Not that we aren't already fun, but it could be nice to have some cool ranks floating around, randomly assigned to different people. That would require a bit of dicussion and thought though.
I think these things in the end come about naturally. Just like ppl will know you ThePrivateer by your actions and your posts. That should in the end be respect enough, should it not? If what you want to do is spend more time administrating the community, there are plenty of things to do. Just ask, and I would be glad to delegate a task to you
(send me a pm or drop me a line on irc).
As I have said before (somewhere),
I'm not angling for the top job as Admin, or even really as a moderator. It just seems unfair that the only way that people are ranked is by their posts. There should be another way to sort out people who are dedicated, helpful or notable in anyway. And if those people stop becoming helpful, or notable, take the rank away and give it to another deserving person.
The ranks should be across the community as well -- people that pitch in on IRC, the Wiki, Xelerus and the forums should be classed as 'more notable' than just IRC people, or just Xelerus modders. Truly helpful and notable people will help across all fronts, and it should improve the community.
