Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-25356303-20180124194156/@comment-25356303-20180219051647

Personally I think it would be best to require that bot operators currently be a patroller, administrator/bureaucrat, or a global position like Helper. I guess vandalism isn't so much the concern as accidental misuse, but even so, this requirement would give bot operators another level of accountability to the community. In the rare situations where a non-staff member wants bot rights, then we would be able to make use of the final requirement Crusader mentioned as we do with other staff positions.

It would also be nice to have bot operators on speed dial on Slack in particular; while other outside methods of communication (Discord, Facebook, etc.) are not required for staff, Slack membership is.