Board Thread:Consensus track/@comment-7153552-20130619222547/@comment-4787430-20130621185807

Most of the moderation tools are already available to all registered users, as you mentioned. So, there's really no need to change user rights on this matter, only to label one as an official forum moderator. The Terms of Use (specifically User Conduct) that everyone accepted when they joined or posted to Wikia still applies to the forum.

I wouldn't be opposed to starting a small group of official forum moderators. Those that are interested in being a moderator on the forum should be active on the forums, help users answering questions, and respect that other people have differing opinions.

In summary the requirements to be an official forum moderator would be something like this:
 * 1) Active in the forums
 * 2) Respectful to all members
 * 3) Have been seen to be helpful around the forum

The duties would include:
 * 1) Moving threads to the correct forum
 * 2) Tagging a thread with a correct topic
 * 3) Deleting inappropriate threads
 * 4) Answering questions

This is just a rough draft, since nothing is official just yet. Other users, and staff still need to comment, support or oppose the idea.