Thread:Jackboog21/@comment-8846246-20180112042820/@comment-8846246-20180112214155

"I don't think staff numbers should get to the point where it's too crowded to have two, unless bias starts to emerge."

Well, one reason for others is speed. Example: A user is blocked from chat by a chat mod. If they appealed to a large council it could take awhile to get a ruling. If they instead appealed to the smaller Council of Discussion, they could get a quicker ruling from staff who only deal with Discussion topics. If they don't like this ruling, they could appeal to the Administration council, but that could require both the Head Bureaucrat and Admin to agree to take the case and would take longer. And if they did take the case, the Head Chat Mod and Discussion Mod would appear as non-voting members.

"Am I right in saying that the head Helper would be a representative of the peoples council?"

Yes, presiding over a council basically makes that person the spokes-person. For the Head Helper, they'd be the one responsible for telling COA about a rule they want. The one who presides also starts the threads and other simple things.

"Question, with the COTP, they would vote for a rule to pass onto the COA for voting?"

Yes, while the COA can create rules on their own, COTP is a way for users to voice opinions on rules and have the rule be refined. After COTP vote on it and it passes, they propose it to the COA to vote.

"What does full staff vote from non-staff members mean? Is it a standard vote?"

The staff pick a non-staff member to be the Intern for a month. It's possible this wouldn't be a full-staff vote. This could also be a task for the COTP.

"An intern coming in would, I feel, only be necessary if the wiki is in trouble"

I don't think you understand what Interns are and do. They do less than even Helpers. It's not a real rank, more of an honorary title that gets the perk to break ties. In the event of trouble, they're completely useless.

"Shall staff attendance and all that be discussed after this?"

Sure?