AVID:Requests for Permissions/Top

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Welcome! If you are considering requesting to become either a moderator or an administrator, you must read the Note below. Please see the Instructions section for guidance on how to request. To request for rollbacking abilities, go to AVID:Requests for rollback.

Moderatorship
The Moderator role would allow users to help out the Admins and Bureaucrats by gaining slightly elevated powers to help keep the Wiki clean and free from vandals, without them having the power to allow major changes to happen to the Wiki. It would also act as a first stepping stone onto the Wiki's staff team for users who want to elevate themselves to Admin or Bureaucrat in the future.

What would the requirements be?


 * You must have at least 250 edits and they must be in good faith. (This includes edits on the old WikiFoundry site)
 * You must not have been strongly warned within the last 3 months or tempblocked within the last 6 months.
 * You should show a keen interest in the site and willingness to get involved with the community.
 * You should show evidence of helping out the Admin team in the past. This includes reporting users and alerting Admins, but it does not require you to have done any rollbacks in the past.
 * Actions users have taken on the Wiki's official Discord server will also be taken into account when considering users for Moderator.

What responsibilities would Moderators have?

The moderators of the site won't get as many responsibilities as the higher up Administrators or Bureaucrats, but they will be able to exercise the following:
 * Block users for up to 2 months. They will not, however, be able to revoke talk page access, so all users can appeal their ban. In the case of a sockpuppet or vandal, a Moderator can exercise a 2 month block to stop the sock from vandalising the site, and then an Admin or Bureaucrat can follow up with a more permanent block.
 * Issue Warnings and Strong Warnings.
 * Restore and Delete Pages and Files.
 * Add RfCs to the main page, however closing them will still only remain in the hands of the Bureaucrats.

''I have the commitment needed for Admin. Can I skip Moderator and jump straight to Admin?''

Absolutely!

Adminship
Becoming an administrator is a big responsibility. Administrators work very hard to maintain AVID and keep it running. This is not something that is handed out frequently or without thought. Only the most trustworthy, active, and knowledgeable users are granted adminship. For more insight into what this means and what it requires, please continue reading.

Before you continue, please read the entirety of the administrators page. You must know the ins and outs of being an administrator before requesting to be one. Administrators have a lot of power, and thereby have significant responsibility. If you do not think you will be able to properly handle that power and make responsible decisions, this is not for you.

''I know I can handle being an administrator. What are the requirements to becoming one?'' While bureaucrats do have some flexibility in deciding who becomes an administrator, there are a set of base guidelines that they look for in reviewing requests:
 * User must have registered their account 1 year ago on avid.miraheze.org (we'll check on Special:CentralAuth to make sure). In addition, you must have at least 1,000 or more edits (Edits prior to May 2020 on the former CLG Wiki website are counted towards this threshold).
 * User should not currently be disruptive to the wiki, intentionally or not.
 * User has not previously requested for adminship within the past 3 months.
 * User has proven knowledge of AVID and its policy. This means that they follow editing guidelines, they fix and improve pages, they upload high quality logos and follow copyright rules, etc.
 * User is active in fighting vandalism, sockpuppetry, and policy-breakers. This means that their editing history provides evidence of assisting administrators (i.e. editing talk pages of admins to alert them of destructive users), reporting users, and undoing/rollbacking poor or nonconstructive edits.

''I satisfy (or mostly satisfy) all of the above requirements. What now?'' Remember that when you become an administrator, you are expected to increase in activity and effectiveness. If you are granted adminship, you are expected to edit often and use your powers responsibly. You are expected to continue doing all of the above and more. This includes logging-on daily, responding to user reports, responding to messages or questions on your talk page, monitoring the recent changes, participating in wiki discussions, maintaining the front/AVID/MediaWiki pages, and constructively utilizing administrator abilities. If your request is approved and you are inactive or caught abusing your powers, bureaucrats and/or Miraheze staff members reserve the right to remove your rights and punish you accordingly.

I am prepared to do everything you just listed and more. If you truly believe you are a fit to become an administrator, then we wish you luck! Be aware of how the requesting process works. This is a voting process. All users are permitted to vote, whether or not they are an administrator. They will either support, oppose, or comment. After a request is published, AVID editors have one month to vote. After one month is up, a bureaucrat will review the votes and make a decision. If one month is up and a bureaucrat has not responded to a request, feel free to notify a bureaucrat on their talk page. You are not permitted whatsoever to edit in the support or oppose sections. You may add or reply to comments, but you may not modify or remove others' comments. If you are caught trying to influence editors to vote or change their vote, your request will be disqualified. Cheating, incivility, and harassment is prohibited. The Instructions section below will guide you on how to publish a request.

Bureaucracy
If you are an administrator who would like bureaucracy, contact a bureaucrat on their talk page or Discord. If approved, you may request for bureaucracy through AVID:Requests for Permissions.

=Instructions for Requesting= Please ensure you have read the above section. Anyone requesting must have a valid reason to why they should be promoted, and understand how to use the abilities. Use the code below to request. Fill in each parameter with what is specified (except the "Request" and " ~ " part, leave that alone). Remember that these abilities are not given out freely or carelessly, and that they are not for fun. If your request is ignored or rejected, do not feel bad. Take the voters' advice and begin to work harder so you can request again in the future.

Code for Requesters: The following would appear: {| style="border: 1px solid darkgray; width: 100%;"

Comments
=Note to Voters= All users are able to vote, but may only vote once per request and our user accounts policy. Please note that if a request has already been approved/rejected by a bureaucrat, you are no longer able to vote. In the Support section, users should sign if they think that the user should earn the abilities. In the Oppose section, users should sign if they disagree with the user being promoted. In the Comments section, users may add their opinion to why or why not the user should be promoted.
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=Note To Administrators= All completed requests should be moved to the page archives, NOT deleted.