Post by Bernie on Aug 31, 2016 19:14:35 GMT
(KOBO EDIT: This was written a long time ago when the concept of Volunteers hadn't even begun to be put into practice. I've updated some of the parts that were outdated or just flat-out incorrect for our current system.)
So, as many of you may know, the Lost Media Wiki has recently become much more active as of late. While this is good for the community, there is a huge downside; maintenance. The amount of articles coming in is currently far exceeding the amount the staff can reasonably manage, and there is currently little enforcement of article guidelines. Thus, I think it's time for this to change, and would like to propose a new 'volunteer' type deal.
What are Volunteers?
Basically, volunteers will be a new user group that has more features than normal members to reward their contributions to the community. These features currently:
Note that features may be removed or added as time goes on, this is very experimental at the moment.
Earning 'Volunteer'
Basically; just contribute to the community. This includes cleaning up articles, adding quality articles, and helping new users out when needed. You can submit your work to the appropriate threads (i.e Article Revisions).Each month Periodically the staff will pick out a few users who have helped out the wiki and give them the 'volunteer' status. If you have more ideas for features or pluses, feel free to suggest them in the forum.
So, as many of you may know, the Lost Media Wiki has recently become much more active as of late. While this is good for the community, there is a huge downside; maintenance. The amount of articles coming in is currently far exceeding the amount the staff can reasonably manage, and there is currently little enforcement of article guidelines. Thus, I think it's time for this to change, and would like to propose a new 'volunteer' type deal.
What are Volunteers?
Basically, volunteers will be a new user group that has more features than normal members to reward their contributions to the community. These features currently:
- A badge to show their volunteer status
- Access to Supporter-only forums
- Early previews to future updates (i.e events like Found Media week)
- Access to future scheduled volunteer-only events, like stream nights (For transparency, none of these have happened so far, but they may still happen in the future)
Ability to move & delete pages(This is not a thing - anyone can move pages, only staff can delete them)
Note that features may be removed or added as time goes on, this is very experimental at the moment.
Earning 'Volunteer'
Basically; just contribute to the community. This includes cleaning up articles, adding quality articles, and helping new users out when needed. You can submit your work to the appropriate threads (i.e Article Revisions).
