Grand Theft Wiki:Staff: Difference between revisions

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Staff (Moderators, Administrators and Managers) are users on Grand Theft Wiki with the responsibility to keep the wiki running smoothly. The main job of all Staff is to help users, so don't hesitate to ask a member of Staff if you have any problems or questions.

Certain Staff also have various rights, administrative tools and authority over the wiki. There are three levels of Staff on Grand Theft Wiki. No users other than the ones mentioned here have any administrative privileges or decision-making authority.

Moderators

File:Lance Corporal.png	Moderators are users on Grand Theft Wiki who have been trusted with additional tools to keep the Wiki clean. Moderators are trusted helpers, rather than having "power" or "authority" over other users. Moderators are always experienced editors, so should be able to help you if you have any questions.
	No active moderators	Moderator Rights: Rollback edits (quick revert) Move pages Patrol other users edits Set own edits to automatically-patrolled Protect talk pages

Administrators

	Administrators (Admins or SysOps) are members of Staff with tools and authority to solve disputes and keep the wiki running smoothly. Administrators are still just editors of the wiki, and the main part of their job is the help other users; but they enforce the policy of Grand Theft Wiki, and occasionally need to step in and use their additional tools to solve problems.
	User:A-Dust User:Biggest gta fan ever	Administrator Rights: Protect, move & delete pages Edit protected pages Suspend/block users and IPs Some discretion with rules

Managers

	Managers (Bureaucrats) are the users that steer Grand Theft Wiki. They have authority in any disputes, and can approve large-scale changes to the wiki. As well as being full Administrators, Managers can also promote other users to staff.
	User:gboyers	Manager Rights: Promote staff Final decisions on rules Approves, interprets and modifies policy Major decisions about the wiki Edit 'MediaWiki' system namespace

Other Staff

There are also Wikia Staff, Janitors and Wikia Helpers who have administrative privileges in all Wikia wikis. These users are not managed by Grand Theft Wiki, although they should still operate within GTW policy.

Inactive Staff

These users are previous or inactive staff.

User:Thai420 (Bureaucrat)
User:Thorpe (Sysop)
User:Chief of Staff (Sysop)
User:GTW-Chris (Sysop)
User:GTW-George (Patroller)
User:GTW-47 (Patroller)
User:Blakegripling ph (Patroller)
User:Eganio (Administrator)
User:GuildKnight (Bureaucrat)

Promotion to Staff

See Grand Theft Wiki:Promotion to see the process for nominating staff for promotion, and to provide nominations and opinions.

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-'''Staff''' (Patrollers, Administrators and Managers) are users on Grand Theft Wiki granted the ability and responsibility to keep the wiki running.
+'''Staff''' (Moderators, Administrators and Managers) are users on Grand Theft Wiki with the responsibility to keep the wiki running smoothly. The main job of all Staff is to help users, so don't hesitate to ask a member of Staff if you have any problems or questions.
-There are three levels of Staff on Grand Theft Wiki. No users other than the ones listed here have any administrative privileges.
+Certain Staff also have various rights, administrative tools and authority over the wiki. There are three levels of Staff on Grand Theft Wiki. No users other than the ones mentioned here have any administrative privileges or decision-making authority.
-==Patrollers==
+==Moderators==
 {|
-|width="120px"|[[Image:Lance Corporal.png|100px]]
+|rowspan=2 width="120px"|[[Image:Lance Corporal.png|100px]]
-|'''Patrollers''' are advanced users on Grand Theft Wiki who have been trusted with the rollback tool to allow them to immediately revert bad edits. Patrollers should always be able to help you if you have any questions.
+|colspan=2|'''Moderators''' are users on Grand Theft Wiki who have been trusted with additional tools to keep the Wiki clean. Moderators are trusted helpers, rather than having "power" or "authority" over other users. Moderators are always experienced editors, so should be able to help you if you have any questions.
+|-
+|width=300px|''No active moderators''
+|'''Moderator Rights:'''
+*Rollback edits (quick revert)
+*Move pages
+*Patrol other users edits
+*Set own edits to automatically-patrolled
+*Protect talk pages
 |}
 ==Administrators==
 {|
-|width="120px"|[[Image:Corporal.png|100px]]
+|rowspan=2 width="120px"|[[Image:Corporal.png|100px]]
-|'''Administrators''' (''Admins'' or ''SysOps'') are members of Staff that have authority and decision-making power. The main part of the Administrators job is to help other users, but they also enforce the [[policy]] of Grand Theft Wiki. Administrators can delete/undelete/protect/revert/ pages, suspend users/IPs and edit the MediaWiki namespace.<br clear="both">
+|colspan=2|'''Administrators''' (''Admins'' or ''SysOps'') are members of Staff with tools and authority to solve disputes and keep the wiki running smoothly. Administrators are still just editors of the wiki, and the main part of their job is the help other users; but they enforce the [[policy]] of Grand Theft Wiki, and occasionally need to step in and use their additional tools to solve problems.
+|-
+|width=300px|
 *[[User:A-Dust]]
 *[[User:Biggest gta fan ever]]
+|'''Administrator Rights:'''
+*Protect, move & delete pages
+*Edit protected pages
+*Suspend/block users and IPs
+*Some discretion with rules
 |}
 ==Managers==
 {|
-|width="120px"|[[Image:Sergeant.png|100px]]
+|rowspan=2 width="120px"|[[Image:Sergeant.png|100px]]
-|'''Managers''' (''Bureaucrats'') are the users that steer Grand Theft Wiki. They have authority in any disputes, and can approve large-scale changes to the wiki. As well as being full Administrators, Managers can also promote other users to Patroller, Administrator or Manager using [[Special:Giverollback]] and [[Special:Makesysop]].<br clear="both">
+|colspan=2|'''Managers''' (''Bureaucrats'') are the users that steer Grand Theft Wiki. They have authority in any disputes, and can approve large-scale changes to the wiki. As well as being full Administrators, Managers can also promote other users to staff.
+|-
-*[[User:Gboyers]] (Previously ''User:Xenon'')
+|width=300px|
-*[[User:GuildKnight]] ''(semi-active)''
+*[[User:gboyers]]
+|'''Manager Rights:'''
+*Promote staff
+*Final decisions on rules
+*Approves, interprets and modifies policy
+*Major decisions about the wiki
+*Edit 'MediaWiki' system namespace
 |}
 ==Other Staff==
-There are also [[Special:Listusers/staff|Wikia staff]] who have administrative privileges in all Wikias.
+There are also [[Special:Listusers/staff|Wikia Staff]], [[Special:Listusers/janitor|Janitors]] and [[Special:Listusers/helper|Wikia Helpers]] who have administrative privileges in all Wikia wikis. These users are not managed by Grand Theft Wiki, although they should still operate within GTW policy.
-[[Special:Listusers/janitor|Janitors]] have administrator access to all Wikia (although this can be removed from individual wikis on request). They also have additional tools allowing them to combat cross-wiki spam and vandalism.
 ===Inactive Staff===
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 *[[User:Blakegripling ph]] (Patroller)
 *[[User:Eganio]] (Administrator)
+*[[User:GuildKnight]] ''(Bureaucrat)''
 ==Promotion to Staff==
 See [[Grand Theft Wiki:Promotion]] to see the process for nominating staff for promotion, and to provide nominations and opinions.