The forums are obviously part of the Wiki. God Of War 17:39, 3 March 2009 (UTC)Ĭomment Byte Master is correct. Distinguishing between a Regular sysop and a forum admin would really help. I take advantage of seeing ranked people on the cc to report vandalism on the forums. if anything the system Bonzi is proposing will make it clear to see who you can ask for help regrading things on the wiki. The sysops, forum admins, and bureaucrats automatically get ranked but what about the 2 other ranks? There are some ips and regular users who do more than some admins so i dont see the whole elitism thing working.
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Strong Support But please explain how the CC Mods will get chosen. Their positions on the wiki aren't a necessity in clan chat, as they don't exercise those powers there, and if one was trying to find a wiki or forum administrator, they'd likely look on the wiki and the forums, not cross-reference the clan chat list ranks to the ranks list on the site. Andrew talk 16:37, 3 March 2009 (UTC)Īctually, it's the official chat for the wiki community, which means forums included. Forum Admins would still be able to kick, but as I said before, this is the official chat for the wiki, not the forums. I find it rather odd that you accuse anyone of elitism when Bonzii has clearly explained the reasoning for this proposal. This isn't devaluing anyone's work, it's making it easier to recognize forum admins and sysops in the clan chat. Simply put, elitism has no place in a community of equals. Devaluing the work the forum administrators put in is rather unfair, considering they make contributions to the wiki community as anyone else would, the only difference is that their contributions are displayed in a different manner. Oppose - Changing the ranks makes no difference to their ability to use clan control functions, the only thing that would be changed by this proposal is the mentality that certain people that are able to kick are somehow better than others. Also, the only difference between sysops and forum admins is the forum admin ability to sticky/global threads, make announcements, and create polls. Support - With all due repect to forum admins, the clan chat is the official clan chat for the RuneScape Wiki, not the RuneScape Wiki Forums. Jedi Talk HS Log Tracker 05:57, 3 March 2009 (UTC) If all we care about is the ability to kick, why do we even have ranks and this proposal? The whole issue on ranks is the ability to kick, like Christine said. They have to earn it and put time and effort into it. The point is both positions have a lot of responsibility and a user can't just ask for it and get it. So they really have no reason to complain. These people are still able to kick, which is pretty much all they care about anyways. Kudos 2 U Talk! Edit count! Contribs! 05:44, 3 March 2009 (UTC) But I don't really see how this rank would help anyone, including you, Bonz, as all it does is demote people, which will only lead to complaining.
I don't see how posting on the forums is harder than writing a money making guide or a quest walkthrough.
Neutral - I hate to sound against forum adminship as the forums need to be kept clean and civil and all that too, but the forums aren't the biggest part of the wiki: the wiki is. It is just that fact applies to this situation for me, does it not? Jedi Talk HS Log Tracker 05:34, 3 March 2009 (UTC) I am not "touting around the fact" that I am one. Also, iirc, you only got Forum Admin today or yesterday, so don't go touting around the fact that you are one. Normal admins CAN lock/move/delete threads. Jedi Talk HS Log Tracker 05:14, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
I would like the ranks to remain as they presently are. There is a reason regular admins cannot do. The only change is their area of expertise. But forum admins have worked sometimes just as hard, if not harder them regular admins. Oppose - I'm not just saying this because I am a forum admin, but forum admins have earned admin status just like synops.