User blog:Ollieeh/Wiki Guidelines (FOR ADMINS) - Please Read

Hi everyone,

What I have noticed happening is that someone will ask an administrator for something. That administrator will say 'no'.

Then they ask another administrator for the same thing. That administrator says 'yes'.

I think we need some official guidelines in place for the most popular requests from regular users. This is my view on it, please leave your own view in the comments below and I will edit this page according to what you think:

"Can I be an administrator?"

The one thing to remember is that we do not need any more administrators. We have over 7 people with a higher status on this Wiki. Our job is to control comments and edits, edit high traffic pages, and answer questions. If we did not receive an 'administrator' badge or colours, I guarantee you people would not be so willing to become one.

The first thing to do is to judge the person for yourself. Are they a regular contributor? Are they constantly reporting pages or people? Are they logged in? Have they edited their user page to tell people more about them? Do they speak properly? If the answer to any of those is a 'no', then you should kindly tell them what they should do and to ask again later.

If you think the answer to all the questions is 'yes', then you must ask the wider community. Start a blog post or a forum discussion, and alert us to it. Tell us about this user and why you think they should be an administrator. It is up to all of us to decide, not just one person.

"Can my name be in a colour like yours?"

Colours are here to identify administrators from regular users. Since there is no colourscheme, regular users cannot receive them unless they receive a status of authority.

Blocking a user

Only block a user if they violate one of the rules. The amount of time that you block them for is dependent on the serverity of their actions.

If there is a problem with administrators and unfair promotion or demotion, then the entire Wiki community must be informed. Wikia staff should only be contacted if we, as a community, can't reach a descision.

No one should be blocked for any amount of time over 6 months. Users who are not logged in cannot receive warnings since they can't check their own userpage. They are blocked straight away. Users who are logged in do receive a warning first, on their message wall. Please make it clear what rule they have broken and on what page.

'''That's my view on it. Please leave your own down in the comments below  and I will edit these rules according to your views- if we all reach an agreement, a new page will be created outlining these guidelines which ALL administrators must follow.'''