Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14027812-20140122233602/@comment-4787430-20140123062934

Moving this to CT board, since there is voting on a policy change.

Most of the requirements were copied from the Forum mod requirements when we were trying to come up with chat mod requirements. But, I do agree that having a certain amount of mainspace edits is probably not necessary for chat mods, since chat mods will mostly spend their time in the chat room.

However, it also shouldn't be so easy to become a chat moderator. If it was, everyone would be applying. So, the requirements still need some work. I think being a member of the wiki for 2 (or 3) months could be a suitable replacement for amount of edits, so we don't have newcomers becoming chat mods and then leaving after a couple months. Chat mod applicants already need to be actively participating in chat, and be able to switch gears if someone enters the chat room asking questions about The Elder Scrolls.

I have been informed that some users questions about the wiki and games are not being answered when they go into the chat room, because people are chatting about off-topic things, which is perfectly fine, but a chat mod should be able to put the off-topic conversation aside to help a user who came to chat looking for help in the game and/or on the wiki. This is also why being knowledgeable about the wiki and it's policies are a requirement. It doesn't mean you have to know every last detail, but be familiar with it.