Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-27755354-20170812173905

Hey everyone. Myself and some other staff members have recently discussed the possibility of raising the bar a little for new staff applicants. This includes chat moderators,  forum moderators ,  patrollers  and  administrators. Our proposal is quite simple; all four of these staff positions will either get a mainspace edit requirement, or their current edit requirement will be increased.

Chat moderators
Chat moderator appplicants will now need to have a minimum of 250 mainspace edits. Edit-related questions are often asked in our chat, and it's practical to have staff members present who have at least a basic understanding of editing.

Forum moderators
Due to the nearing merge of our forums and our Discussions, we've decided on a 500 mainspace edit requirement for forum moderators. Our current Discussions layout will essentially replace our forums, which means we'll also be keeping our "Moderator questions" category that's currently used on the Discussions. Editing-related questions will almost certainly be asked there, and it's useful to have forum moderators who are capable of answering such questions.

Patrollers and administrators
The edit requirement for patrollers will be increased to 2500 mainspace edits, the administrator position will require 5000 mainspace edits. We've decided to set the bar high as a matter of principle; aspiring patrollers and administrator should know what to aim for, realistically. The current requirement implies it's fairly easy to get either position, which isn't the message we want to send; applicants should be passionate, not just doing a small amount of work.

All of these requirements will only apply to future applicants.

Share your thoughts below, but please don't vote. This thread is for discussion only. 