Battlestar Wiki:User types - Revision history

LIMAFOX76: Adding FR link

2020-03-28T16:18:09Z

Adding FR link

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	*[[Battlestar Wiki:Banning policy]]		*[[Battlestar Wiki:Banning policy]]
	*[[Battlestar Wiki:Requests for adminship]]		*[[Battlestar Wiki:Requests for adminship]]
			[[fr:Battlestar Wiki:Types d'utilisateurs]]

Shane at 11:57, 29 May 2008

2008-05-29T11:57:33Z

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	* '''Chiefs''': Chiefs are known, in [[w:Main Page\|Wikipedia]] parlance, as ''administrators''. They are named after the role that Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] has in organizing other deckhands and staff in keeping ''Galactica'' defended. From the [[Mop Boy\|junior chief]] to the more experienced, chiefs are trusted users who have also demonstrated knowledge (and adherence to) Battlestar Wiki policy. Chiefs receive a handful of tools to expedite quick changes to articles and user accounts to maintain wiki performance, article integrity and accuracy. Chiefs [[BW:WOW\|don't get any special "say"]] over other users and have only one vote in matters of wiki policy and consensus. Chiefs have the power, [[BW:BLOCK\|with sufficient cause, to block users]] who violate Battlestar Wiki policies, guidelines, consensus and practices.		* '''Chiefs''': Chiefs are known, in [[w:Main Page\|Wikipedia]] parlance, as ''administrators''. They are named after the role that Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] has in organizing other deckhands and staff in keeping ''Galactica'' defended. From the [[Mop Boy\|junior chief]] to the more experienced, chiefs are trusted users who have also demonstrated knowledge (and adherence to) Battlestar Wiki policy. Chiefs receive a handful of tools to expedite quick changes to articles and user accounts to maintain wiki performance, article integrity and accuracy. Chiefs [[BW:WOW\|don't get any special "say"]] over other users and have only one vote in matters of wiki policy and consensus. Chiefs have the power, [[BW:BLOCK\|with sufficient cause, to block users]] who violate Battlestar Wiki policies, guidelines, consensus and practices.

	* '''Senior Chiefs''': Senior Chiefs (also known as ''bureaucrats'' or "b-crats" in Wikipedia-speak) are trusted users (or chiefs) who have additional tools to change user privileges on Battlestar Wiki. After proper authority given from user consensus and policy, senior chiefs can create other chiefs, senior chiefs and deckhands. Bureaucrats also help in [[BW:RFC\|disputes]].		* '''Senior Chiefs''': Senior Chiefs (also known as ''bureaucrats'' or "b-crats" in Wikipedia-speak) are trusted users (or chiefs) who have additional tools to change user privileges on Battlestar Wiki. After proper authority given from user consensus and policy, senior chiefs can create other chiefs, senior chiefs and deckhands. We also manage all username problems. Bureaucrats also help in [[BW:RFC\|disputes]].

	==The Unofficial "Clubs"==		==The Unofficial "Clubs"==

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Admin --> Chiefs

2007-10-01T22:21:13Z

Admin --> Chiefs

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	==See Also==		==See Also==
	*[[Battlestar Wiki:~~Administrators~~' noticeboard]]		*[[Battlestar Wiki:Chiefs' noticeboard]]
	*[[Battlestar Wiki:Page Moves]]		*[[Battlestar Wiki:Page Moves]]
	*[[Battlestar Wiki:About]]		*[[Battlestar Wiki:About]]

Spencerian: Updated.

2007-09-24T20:59:11Z

Updated.

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	* Refugees and civilians may be called members of the "Order of the Broom."		* Refugees and civilians may be called members of the "Order of the Broom."
	* Deckhands may be called members of the "Order of the Sponge."		* Deckhands may be called members of the "Order of the Sponge."
	* Chiefs may be called members of the "Order of the Mop." The [[Mop Boy]] is the junior ~~administrator~~.		* Chiefs may be called members of the "Order of the Mop." The [[Mop Boy]] is the junior chief.
	* Senior Chiefs may be called members of the "Order of the Squeegee."		* Senior Chiefs may be called members of the "Order of the Squeegee."

Spencerian: Updated

2007-09-24T20:58:09Z

Updated

Spencerian: /* The Unofficial "Clubs" */

2007-06-10T15:11:22Z

The Unofficial "Clubs"

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	For levity, Battlestar Wiki members sometimes pretend that their privileges have a club name, based on their rights and responsibilities. You may see these "club names" jokingly used when a user's privileges change as part of the fun of helping Battlestar Wiki, so don't take the names seriously.		For levity, Battlestar Wiki members sometimes pretend that their privileges have a club name, based on their rights and responsibilities. You may see these "club names" jokingly used when a user's privileges change as part of the fun of helping Battlestar Wiki, so don't take the names seriously.

	* Regular ~~user~~ may be called members of the "Order of the Broom."		* Regular users may be called members of the "Order of the Broom."
	* Trusted users may be called members of the "Order of the Sponge."		* Trusted users may be called members of the "Order of the Sponge."
	* Administrators may be called members of the "Order of the Mop." The [[Mop Boy]] is the junior administrator.		* Administrators may be called members of the "Order of the Mop." The [[Mop Boy]] is the junior administrator.

Shane: /* The Unofficial "Clubs" */

2007-06-09T04:44:05Z

The Unofficial "Clubs"

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	For levity, Battlestar Wiki members sometimes pretend that their privileges have a club name, based on their rights and responsibilities. You may see these "club names" jokingly used when a user's privileges change as part of the fun of helping Battlestar Wiki, so don't take the names seriously.		For levity, Battlestar Wiki members sometimes pretend that their privileges have a club name, based on their rights and responsibilities. You may see these "club names" jokingly used when a user's privileges change as part of the fun of helping Battlestar Wiki, so don't take the names seriously.

	* Regular user may be called ~~member~~ of the "Order of the Broom."		* Regular user may be called members of the "Order of the Broom."
	* Trusted users may be called members of the "Order of the Sponge."		* Trusted users may be called members of the "Order of the Sponge."
	* Administrators may be called members of the "Order of the Mop." The [[Mop Boy]] is the junior administrator.		* Administrators may be called members of the "Order of the Mop." The [[Mop Boy]] is the junior administrator.

Shane: /* The Unofficial "Clubs" */

2007-06-09T04:43:48Z

The Unofficial "Clubs"

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	For levity, Battlestar Wiki members sometimes pretend that their privileges have a club name, based on their rights and responsibilities. You may see these "club names" jokingly used when a user's privileges change as part of the fun of helping Battlestar Wiki, so don't take the names seriously.		For levity, Battlestar Wiki members sometimes pretend that their privileges have a club name, based on their rights and responsibilities. You may see these "club names" jokingly used when a user's privileges change as part of the fun of helping Battlestar Wiki, so don't take the names seriously.

			* Regular user may be called member of the "Order of the Broom."
	* Trusted users may be called members of the "Order of the Sponge."		* Trusted users may be called members of the "Order of the Sponge."
	* Administrators may be called members of the "Order of the Mop." The [[Mop Boy]] is the junior administrator.		* Administrators may be called members of the "Order of the Mop." The [[Mop Boy]] is the junior administrator.

Spencerian: Corrected.

2007-04-20T18:56:48Z

Corrected.

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	* '''Administrators''': Administrators, from the [[Mop Boy\|junior administrator]] to the more experienced, are trusted users who have also demonstrated knowledge (and adherence to) Battlestar Wiki policy. Administrators receive a handful of tools to expedite quick changes to articles and user accounts to maintain wiki performance, article integrity and accuracy. Administrators [[BW:WOW\|don't get any special "say"]] over other users and have only one vote in matters of wiki policy and consensus. Administrators have the power, [[BW:BLOCK\|with sufficient cause, to block users]] who violate Battlestar Wiki policies, guidelines, consensus and practices.		* '''Administrators''': Administrators, from the [[Mop Boy\|junior administrator]] to the more experienced, are trusted users who have also demonstrated knowledge (and adherence to) Battlestar Wiki policy. Administrators receive a handful of tools to expedite quick changes to articles and user accounts to maintain wiki performance, article integrity and accuracy. Administrators [[BW:WOW\|don't get any special "say"]] over other users and have only one vote in matters of wiki policy and consensus. Administrators have the power, [[BW:BLOCK\|with sufficient cause, to block users]] who violate Battlestar Wiki policies, guidelines, consensus and practices.

	* '''Bureaucrats''': Bureaucrats are administrators who have additional tools to change user privileges on Battlestar Wiki. After proper authority given from user consensus and policy, bureaucrats can create administrators and create trusted users.		* '''Bureaucrats''': Bureaucrats (or "b-crats") are trusted users (or administrators) who have additional tools to change user privileges on Battlestar Wiki. After proper authority given from user consensus and policy, bureaucrats can create administrators and create trusted users. Bureaucrats also help in [[BW:RFC\|disputes]].

	==The Unofficial "Clubs"==		==The Unofficial "Clubs"==

Shane at 19:18, 10 April 2007

2007-04-10T19:18:13Z

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	{{~~Project~~\|User types\|shortcut=BW:USERTYPES\|image=BSG-WIKI SM.png}}		{{Guideline\|User types\|shortcut=BW:USERTYPES\|image=BSG-WIKI SM.png}}
	{{Battlestar Wiki List of Policies}}		{{Battlestar Wiki List of Policies}}

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	There are essentially five types of visitors to Battlestar Wiki:		There are essentially five types of visitors to Battlestar Wiki:

	* '''"~~Lurkers~~"''': Battlestar Wiki is an publicly-available MediaWiki-based encyclopedia that anyone can read without contributing or editing. Borrowed from ~~the internet nickname~~ for ~~readers of chat forums~~, the number of Battlestar Wiki lurkers range in the thousands, who come to check a fact, episode event, or character periodically.		* '''"Refugees"''': Battlestar Wiki is an publicly-available MediaWiki-based encyclopedia that anyone can read without contributing or editing. Borrowed from ''Battlestar Galactica's'' name for its civilian population (which rarely affect policy and are primarily spectators), the number of Battlestar Wiki "lurkers" range in the thousands, who come to check a fact, episode event, or character periodically.

	* '''~~Users~~''': To edit any article on Battlestar Wiki, you must [[Special:Userlogin\|create a user account]] for yourself. (Sorry, to limit spam vandals and other bot attacks, you have to create an account and cannot post anonymously.) ~~Users~~ can edit almost any article and some internal wiki policy and project pages, but cannot move pages.		* '''Civilians''': To edit any article on Battlestar Wiki, you must [[Special:Userlogin\|create a user account]] for yourself. (Sorry, to limit spam vandals and other bot attacks, you have to create an account and cannot post anonymously.) These users can edit almost any article and some internal wiki policy and project pages, but cannot move pages.

	* '''~~Trusted users~~''': ~~Trusted~~ users are the same as the normal user, except that they have demonstrated reliable skills and numerous page edits to give them the privilege to [[BW:MOVE\|move and rename article pages]].		* '''Deckhands''': Named after the [[Deckhand\|workers]] that keep the [[Viper (RDM)\|Vipers]] of ''[[Galactica]]'' able to defend the [[The Fleet (RDM)\|Fleet]] in the [[Re-imagined Series]], these ''trusted users'' are the same as the normal user, except that they have demonstrated reliable skills and numerous page edits to give them the privilege to [[BW:MOVE\|move and rename article pages]].

	* '''~~Administrators~~''': ~~Administrators~~, ~~from~~ the [[Mop Boy\|junior ~~administrator~~]] to the more experienced, are trusted users who have also demonstrated knowledge (and adherence to) Battlestar Wiki policy. ~~Administrators~~ receive a handful of tools to expedite quick changes to articles and user accounts to maintain wiki performance, article integrity and accuracy. ~~Administrators~~ [[BW:WOW\|don't get any special "say"]] over other users and have only one vote in matters of wiki policy and consensus. ~~Administrators~~ have the power, [[BW:BLOCK\|with sufficient cause, to block users]] who violate Battlestar Wiki policies, guidelines, consensus and practices.		* '''Chiefs''': Chiefs are known, in [[w:Main Page\|Wikipedia]] parlance, as ''administrators''. They are named after the role that Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] has in organizing other deckhands and staff in keeping ''Galactica'' defended. From the [[Mop Boy\|junior chief]] to the more experienced, chiefs are trusted users who have also demonstrated knowledge (and adherence to) Battlestar Wiki policy. Chiefs receive a handful of tools to expedite quick changes to articles and user accounts to maintain wiki performance, article integrity and accuracy. Chiefs [[BW:WOW\|don't get any special "say"]] over other users and have only one vote in matters of wiki policy and consensus. Chiefs have the power, [[BW:BLOCK\|with sufficient cause, to block users]] who violate Battlestar Wiki policies, guidelines, consensus and practices.

	* '''~~Bureaucrats~~''': ~~Bureaucrats~~ (or "b-crats") are trusted users (or ~~administrators~~) who have additional tools to change user privileges on Battlestar Wiki. After proper authority given from user consensus and policy, ~~bureaucrats~~ can create ~~administrators~~ and ~~create trusted users~~. Bureaucrats also help in [[BW:RFC\|disputes]].		* '''Senior Chiefs''': Senior Chiefs (also known as ''bureaucrats'' or "b-crats" in Wikipedia-speak) are trusted users (or chiefs) who have additional tools to change user privileges on Battlestar Wiki. After proper authority given from user consensus and policy, senior chiefs can create other chiefs, senior chiefs and deckhands. Bureaucrats also help in [[BW:RFC\|disputes]].

	==The Unofficial "Clubs"==		==The Unofficial "Clubs"==
	For levity, Battlestar Wiki members sometimes pretend that their privileges have a club name, based on their rights and responsibilities. You may see these "club names" jokingly used when a user's privileges change as part of the fun of helping Battlestar Wiki, so don't take the names seriously.		For levity, Battlestar Wiki members sometimes pretend that their privileges have a club name, based on their rights and responsibilities. You may see these "club names" jokingly used when a user's privileges change as part of the fun of helping Battlestar Wiki, so don't take the names seriously.

	* ~~Regular users~~ may be called members of the "Order of the Broom."		* Refugees and civilians may be called members of the "Order of the Broom."
	* ~~Trusted users~~ may be called members of the "Order of the Sponge."		* Deckhands may be called members of the "Order of the Sponge."
	* ~~Administrators~~ may be called members of the "Order of the Mop." The [[Mop Boy]] is the junior administrator.		* Chiefs may be called members of the "Order of the Mop." The [[Mop Boy]] is the junior administrator.
	* ~~Bureaucrats~~ may be called members of the "Order of the Squeegee."		* Senior Chiefs may be called members of the "Order of the Squeegee."

	==See Also==		==See Also==