NexusWiki:Administration/Conduct
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This page provides guidelines as to the conduct of Wiki Administrators, and the use of Administrator abilities. All Administrators are expected to follow the guidelines listed below, and not following these is considered misconduct.
[edit] General Conduct
Bureaucrats and sysops (hereby referred to as "Administrators") are provided with abilities beyond that of normal users on the expectation that these will be used to fulfill duties on the wiki that normal users are not capable of fulfilling. They are not provided on the expectation that Administrators are any "more worthy" or "more authoritative" than any other user. The term "administrator" is preferred to "moderator" primarily because bureaucrats and sysops act to facilitate the wiki's usage through maintenance tasks. In short, an Administrator is to be treated as a normal user, with all the rights and responsibilities therein, with additional responsibilities as listed below.
Administrators are not to use their status as a badge of authority. Administrators are merely especially trusted wiki users, and are beholden to the community just as any other user is. An Administrators's word has no greater weight than any other user. As a wiki, each voice has equal weight, regardless of their abilities.
Ultimately, the role of an administrator is very small: to maintain the wiki, nothing more.
[edit] Administrative Powers
Administrators are:
- Facilitators for use of the wiki through maintenance tasks
Administrators are not:
- Forum moderators
- Babysitters
- Arbitrators
[edit] Deletion of Pages
Deletion of Pages is restricted to Administrators due to its permanent nature - Deletions (especially of images) are not revertible by other users, and Image deletions are permanent by nature (i.e., even Administrators cannot undelete them). The following guidelines indicate when Administrators may delete pages.
Administrators may only delete pages that users have requested be deleted on NexusWiki:Administration/Deletions and NexusWiki:Administration/Speedy Deletions. Deletion requests on NexusWiki:Administration/Deletions must be ratified by the community (measured by the results of a two-week vote), before an Administrator may delete it.
Deletion requests on NexusWiki:Administration/Speedy Deletions must follow the Speedy Deletion guidelines for an Administrator to delete it. Further, Administrators may not speedy delete a page that they themselves have requested be deleted. It is part of an Administrator's responsibility to check these pages often and serve any pending requests, subject to the guidelines above.
Log of all deletions/undeletions is found at Deletion Log.
In some circumstances, deletions on a scheduled basis may be required as part of a system on the wiki. In this case, it is not expected that each deletion be requested through the Administration Pages. Instead, the schedule should be approved by the Community at the Schedules section of NexusWiki:Administration/Deletions. Approved Schedules are listed in the following Subsection.
[edit] Scheduled Deletions
There are currently no approved scheduled deletions
[edit] Protection of Pages
Protection of Pages is restricted to Administrators due to reasons inherent in its nature - Protections would not be useful if regular users could Protect and Unprotect pages at will. The following guidelines indicate when Administrators may Protect pages.
Administrators may only protect pages that users have requested be protected on NexusWiki:Administration/Protections. Before a page is protected, it is expected that the Administrator will ensure that there is good reason for its protection - these include protracted edit wars, and constant vandalism by multiple users on a high-visibility page. Further, Administrators may not protect a page that they themselves have requested be protected. It is part of an Administrator's responsibility to check these pages often and serve any pending requests, subject to the guidelines above.
In the event of Protection, an Administrator is expected to protect the page in whatever state the page was in at the time the request is reviewed, regardless of its original state.
Log of all protections is found at Protection Log
In some circumstances, Protections on a scheduled basis may be required as part of a system on the wiki. In this case, it is not expected that each protection to be requested through the Administration Pages. Instead, the schedule should be approved by the Community at the Schedules section of NexusWiki:Administration/Protections. Approved Schedules are listed in the following Subsection.
[edit] Scheduled Protections
There are no currently scheduled protections.
[edit] Editing of Protected Pages
As a subset of their Protection abilities, Administrators also have the ability to edit protected pages. Administrators may not exercise this ability. A singular exception is where a page has been protected due to constant vandalism, and changes are necessary to the page, and said changes have been approved by the community, then and only then shall an Administrator edit a protected page. Requests for an Administrator to edit a Protected page should be made on the specific page's Talk page or the Administration/Protections page itself.
[edit] Banning of Users
Banning of Users is restricted to Administrators due to security reasons - a conflict between two users could easily escalate to a constant ban war if such power were available to all users. The following guidelines indicate when Administrators may Ban users.
Administrators may only ban users who consistently vandalise wiki pages. This is typically the alteration of a wiki page not in good faith. Impersonating another user via the use of misleading signature tags or any other method is also considered vandalism. An Administrator is expected to warn the user twice (in response to at least two different edits) on their talk page before administering a ban. Some pages may have specific rules as to their usage, and consistent and flagrant disregard for those rules may also be considered vandalism.
When an Administrator warns or bans a user, the action should be noted on the NexusWiki:Administration/Vandal Data page. Regular users may report vandalism on NexusWiki:Administration/Vandalism page. Log of all bannings can be found on Block Log and a list of currently banned users and IP addresses can be found at Special:Ipblocklist.
Bans shall be escalating in nature, the first being for 24 hours, the second being for 48 hours, the third being a week, the fourth being a month, and the fifth being indefinite. An Administrator may also choose to ban the IP of a user on this scale, should the user attempt to circumvent the ban.
Due to the time-sensitive nature of Vandalism, it is not expected that the Administrator gain community approval before banning vandals. It is, however, expected that an Administrator ban those who clearly act against the community's wishes, and be prepared to reverse a ban should the community desire it. It is part of an Administrator's responsibility to ban any vandals they find on the wiki, subject to the guidelines above.
