Death Battle Fanon Wiki Staff Information and Requirements

This page lists information on the various different Staff Positions defined on the Death Battle Fanon Wiki.

Ranks are placed from low to high. Exceptions on these requirements are doable depending on the context.

This will not affect users that already have any of these rights. =Terminology=
 * Main Content Area = Articles.
 * Example of articles: The Tall Man, Link VS Sora
 * Example of non-articles: Your userpage, The Forum, comments

Rollback
Abilities: Requirements:
 * The power to revert all changes made in a row by one same user in one click
 * The power to Ajax Undo and Ajax Rename
 * At least 750 edits in main content area
 * Must've been on the wiki for at least 2 months
 * Must've gained the trust of the community (e.g. no warnigs of unacceptable behaviour. Accidents are understandable)
 * Must've aided in reverting spam/vandalism at least twice
 * Must've went out of their way to point a user at their wrongdoing outside of the chatroom (i.e. the user must've misbehaved outside of the chatroom and the user must contact them through their Wall or in a comment)
 * Must've made efforts to assist users and socialize with them
 * Must've reported to the Rule Violation Report at least periodically

Chat Moderator
Abilities: Requirements:
 * The power to kick others from chat until they re-enter and ban them for extended time
 * Sending inline announcements
 * At least 500 edits in main content area
 * Must've been on the wiki for at least 2 months
 * Must be in chat quite often
 * Must've gained the trust of the chat users
 * Must've went out of their way to point a user at their wrongdoing inside of the chatroom regarding something pertaining to the chat
 * Must've gained the trust of the community (e.g. no warnigs of unacceptable behaviour. Accidents are understandable)

Superintendent
Our custom name for the combination of the Rollback and Chat Moderator ranks.

Abilities: Requirements:
 * All Rollback and Chat Moderator abilities
 * All Rollback and Chat Moderator requirements (some lightly changed)
 * At least 1,000 edits in main content area
 * Must've been on the wiki for at least 3 months
 * Must've gained the trust of the community (e.g. no warnigs of unacceptable behaviour. Accidents are understandable)

Discussions Moderator
Abilities: Requirements:'
 * All Chat Moderator abilities
 * Removing and restoring threads and replies from any user
 * Closing and reopening threads
 * Managing Forum boards, move threads from one board to another, and highlight and un-highlight threads.
 * Moderating chat
 * Deleting blog comments
 * Editing and deleting article comments
 * At least 1,250 edits in main content area
 * Must've been on the wiki for at least 3 months
 * Must regularly hang out on the Forum and Chatroom
 * Must've stepped into a conversation at least once to point a user on their misbehaviour
 * Must've gained the trust of the community (e.g. no warnigs of unacceptable behaviour. Accidents are understandable)
 * Must've made efforts to assist users and socialize with them
 * Must've reported to the Rule Violation Report at least periodically

Superordinate
Our custom name for a combination of the Discussions Moderator and Rollback ranks (and by extension, potentially Chat Moderator) rights.

Abilities: Requirements:
 * All Rollback, Chat Moderator and Discussions Moderator abilities
 * At least 1,500 edits in main content area
 * Must've been on the wiki for at least 4 months
 * Must regularly hang out on the Forum and Chatroom
 * Must've stepped into a conversation at least twice to point a user on their misbehaviour
 * Must've gained the trust of the community (e.g. no warnigs of unacceptable behaviour. Accidents are understandable)
 * Must've aided in reverting spam/vandalism at least thrice
 * Must've made efforts to assist users and socialize with them
 * Must've reported to the Rule Violation Report at least periodically

Content Moderator
Abilities: Requirements:
 * Deleting and moving protected pages
 * Deleting and moving files
 * Undeleting pages and files
 * All Rollback abilities
 * Re-upload files
 * Protecting and unprotecting pages
 * Patrol pages if the community has the RecentChanges patrol feature enabled
 * At least 1,750 edits in main content area
 * Must've been on the wiki for at least 4 months
 * Must've stepped into a conversation at least twice to point a user on their misbehaviour
 * Must've gained the trust of the community (e.g. no warnigs of unacceptable behaviour. Accidents are understandable)
 * Must've aided in reverting spam/vandalism at least thrice
 * Must've made efforts to assist users and socialize with them
 * Must've reported to the Rule Violation Report at least periodically

Operator
Our custom name for a combination of the Content Moderator and Chat Moderator ranks.

Abilities: Requirements:
 * All Chat Moderator abilities
 * All Content Moderator abilities
 * At least 2,000 edits in main content area
 * Must've been on the wiki for at least 5 months
 * Must've stepped into a conversation at least four times to point a user on their misbehaviour
 * Must've gained the trust of the community (e.g. no warnigs of unacceptable behaviour. Accidents are understandable)
 * Must've aided in reverting spam/vandalism at least five times
 * Must be in chat quite often
 * Must've made efforts to assist users and socialize with them
 * Must've reported to the Rule Violation Report at least periodically

Moderator
A general name for all three Moderator ranks (and thereby also the Rollback rank, which may be additionally given) all in one; a user who is simultaneously a Chat, Discussions and Content Moderator is therefore a Moderator.

Abilities: Requirements:
 * All Content Moderator abilities
 * All Discussions Moderator abilities
 * All Chat Moderator abilities
 * At least 2,250 edits in main content area
 * Must've been on the wiki for at least 6 months
 * Must've stepped into a conversation at least six times to point a user on their misbehaviour
 * Must've gained the trust of the community (e.g. no warnigs of unacceptable behaviour. Accidents are understandable)
 * Must've aided in reverting spam/vandalism at least seven times
 * Must be in chat quite often
 * Must've made efforts to assist users and socialize with them

Admin
Also known fully as the Administrator and sometimes referred to as a System Operator or Sysop. Abilities: Requirements:
 * All Content Moderator abilities
 * All Discussions Moderator abilities
 * All Chat Moderator abilities
 * The power to edit whitelisted MediaWiki pages
 * The ability to edit code pages (.css, .js)
 * Using the Theme Designer
 * Setting Wiki Features
 * Blocking and unblocking users
 * Granting and revoking Chat Moderator and Discussions Moderator rights
 * Must've made efforts to assist users and socialize with them
 * Must've reported to the Rule Violation Report at least periodically
 * At least 2,500 edits in main content area
 * Must've been on the wiki for at least 7 months
 * Must've stepped into a conversation at least seven times to point a user on their misbehaviour
 * Must've gained the trust of the community (e.g. no warnigs of unacceptable behaviour. Accidents are understandable)
 * Must've aided in reverting spam/vandalism at least nine times

Bureaucrat
'''Please note that while it IS possible to become a bureaucrat, this will not commonly happen. Most of the time, requests for bureaucrat rights will be declined. Exceptions are not out of the question, but very uncommon.'''

Abilities: Requirements:
 * Manipulating and freely altering user rights (able to hand out Chat, Content and Discussions Moderator, Rollback, Admin and Bureaucrat rights)
 * Unblocking themselves
 * All Admin abilities
 * At least 3,000 edits in main content area
 * Must've been on the wiki for at least a full year
 * Must've stepped into a conversation at least ten times to point a user on their misbehaviour
 * Must've gained the trust of the community (e.g. no warnigs of unacceptable behaviour. Accidents are understandable)
 * Must've aided in reverting spam/vandalism at least twelve times
 * Must've made efforts to assist users and socialize with them

If you feel eligible for being promoted to one of these titles, please let a bureaucrat know (in the case you feel worthy of the Chat/Discussions Moderator role, you can also contact a "normal" admin).