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Please, hear me out and understand the differences between what I am suggesting, and the old UE team before you just lock this. I’ll even summarize some of the major differences right now:
And now I’ll summarize what this team will do (through a staff appointed Support Mod):
Essentially what I am aiming for is a staff sanctioned group of normal users who care for and want to give back to the guide section (and to Sythe itself). Of course anyone could PM staff members that a guide is in the wrong place or this guide should be unarchived, but that adds extra work to the staff member who has to judge for him (or her) self whether the user’s claim is legitimate. A team would allow for a trust to be established between the staff and a group of users that will allow them to request (via specific threads in the private section) that actions be taken without the staff member having to check into them (much).
Now for reporting plagiarism, which is essentially requesting a ban, the team members would assemble the evidence in a clear, concise way that makes it easier for the moderator to verify the evidence before taking appropriate actions against the user. That way, you are only making it easier for the moderators (establishing a system for reports) without giving the team members any real trust as you would have to for a sectional moderator.
This suggestion is essentially a suggestion about the idea behind the team, not details on how the team should work. I’ve tried to eliminate the problems of the old system (and tried to make it more down to earth and less elitist) so that the guides section can be managed and kept at a decent quality without forcing the moderators to put in much extra time except for moving threads that the team suggests be moved.
I’ve also been thinking of ways to make the team members accountable for their actions so that the staff can easily audit the work they have done and easily step in to change it when they see fit.
So, give it some thought, ask questions, etc. I haven’t written down all my thoughts since it would be pointless if the idea behind them all is deemed to be garbage.
- No rank, only named on a list of team members in a sticky in the guides section
- No post count in private section
- Set number of team members
- One guide requirement for application
- Staff can decide who gets to select the team members out of the applicants (which means they can deny anyone they want)
And now I’ll summarize what this team will do (through a staff appointed Support Mod):
- Find and approve high quality guides to add to a sticky that lists high quality guides
- Find and gather evidence on plagiarizers and report them to the Support Mod in the private section
- Find and request that guides be moved to appropriate sections
- Find and request that high quality old guides (that got archived) be unarchived
Essentially what I am aiming for is a staff sanctioned group of normal users who care for and want to give back to the guide section (and to Sythe itself). Of course anyone could PM staff members that a guide is in the wrong place or this guide should be unarchived, but that adds extra work to the staff member who has to judge for him (or her) self whether the user’s claim is legitimate. A team would allow for a trust to be established between the staff and a group of users that will allow them to request (via specific threads in the private section) that actions be taken without the staff member having to check into them (much).
Now for reporting plagiarism, which is essentially requesting a ban, the team members would assemble the evidence in a clear, concise way that makes it easier for the moderator to verify the evidence before taking appropriate actions against the user. That way, you are only making it easier for the moderators (establishing a system for reports) without giving the team members any real trust as you would have to for a sectional moderator.
This suggestion is essentially a suggestion about the idea behind the team, not details on how the team should work. I’ve tried to eliminate the problems of the old system (and tried to make it more down to earth and less elitist) so that the guides section can be managed and kept at a decent quality without forcing the moderators to put in much extra time except for moving threads that the team suggests be moved.
I’ve also been thinking of ways to make the team members accountable for their actions so that the staff can easily audit the work they have done and easily step in to change it when they see fit.
So, give it some thought, ask questions, etc. I haven’t written down all my thoughts since it would be pointless if the idea behind them all is deemed to be garbage.
