This page lists the jobs staff members of Yandere Simulator Wiki perform. Along with this, the page describes promotion and demotion procedures.
Structure
Ranks Overview
- Content moderator
A content moderator's job is to maintain the wiki's articles, files, categories, and overall content in order.
The technical permissions granted to content moderators include the ability to rollback changes, delete and undelete any pages (including files and categories), protect and unprotect them, edit protected pages, rename any pages without creating a redirect, and mark edits as patrolled. In addition, they can also help new users with the editing process and guide them.
To qualify for the role of content moderator, a user must demonstrate a solid understanding of the wiki markup, editing guidelines, and style, as well as contribute to the wiki over a significant period to demonstrate their commitment.
- Thread moderator
A thread moderator's job is to maintain the order in the Discussions and Comments section. They can lock, delete, and undelete posts and comments, as well as edit posts and rename them, if necessary.
To become a thread moderator, a user must demonstrate their social skills and activity on the wiki. Since resolving conflicts may be difficult without technical rights, an internship can be offered to a user who has not demonstrated their skills but has not shown a lack of them either.
- Chat moderator
A chat moderator's job is to maintain the order on the wiki's servers; the requirements are similar to the thread moderator position, but it is not necessary to be a member of the wiki staff to be eligible for the chat moderator position. It is not required to be a moderator on both servers simultaneously if a user is interested in only one of them.
- Administrator
Administrators have all technical permissions as moderators, as well as blocking and unblocking users, changing the design, and managing technical aspects of the wiki. They are also expected to manage social aspects of the wiki by encouraging social interactions and editing activity. In case there are multiple administrators, their duties can be divided among them.
Generally, a user must have been a moderator for a significant amount of time to prove their suitability for the position. The exact experience required depends on the specific situation and the expectations and requirements of a new administrator.
- Bureaucrat
The only technical permission that a bureaucrat status grants is the ability to grant other users technical permissions; however, while a bureaucrat may grant this status to another user, they cannot remove it from them. Therefore, their primary responsibility is to be actively involved in and engaged with the wiki.
However, a bureaucrat usually also has administrative privileges and is typically expected to act as a leader. A bureaucrat can only be demoted through a public voting process. If the community voted for demotion, the bureaucrat can either remove the status themselves or the voting results can be submitted to Fandom support for enforcement.
- Rollbacks
The rollback status provides a user with only two technical privileges: the ability to use the "rollback" functionality, which undoes all changes made by the most recent contributor (this can also be done manually by any user), and the automatic marking of their edits as being patrolled.
It should be noted that this is not a staff position, but rather a "trusted editor" role. A content moderator or administrator may request to grant this role to a specific user if they believe it is no longer necessary to review every edit they make.
Promotion
The most significant and fundamental principle is that staff ranks should not be granted to show appreciation for hard work or highlight an individual user. Instead, they should be granted only if it will significantly improve the overall performance. Specifying strict numerical criteria for any rank is avoided intentionally, as neither a low nor high number of edits, messages, or any other metric can guarantee that a user is qualified for a particular position.
If a user believes they meet the criteria, they should notify a bureaucrat or any other staff members. Afterwards, a staff vote will be held; if all staff members agree, the promotion will be granted. A public vote will be held if the staff cannot reach a consensus or if the user disagrees with the decision.
It is recommended to have a Discord account and join the Editor's server, as it's used for most of the communication between staff members.
Demotion
A staff member may be demoted without prior voting if they have severely violated the rules of the wiki or have remained completely inactive (including in all Discord, Discussions, and editing activities) for more than two months.
In all other circumstances, the same procedure as for promotion applies.