Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-6941549-20140215223715/@comment-3076045-20140217120205

(First off... I must say that I tried about 4 times at various times at work today to post on here)

Now, on to the actual topic ...

I agree - there should be a re-evaluation of the staff. I welcome one - I only ask that my time-limitations not be taken tooo negatively, if possible. (I do what I can, when I can, basically).

As for some of the other topics that have been brought up - firstly, I hope that you decide to stay, Ghost - we don't want good editors leaving if we can help it. (But I say this in the list of the other comments, because, as you said, we do not want to derail an important thread).

Secondly - I can say from experience that yes, it is pretty difficult to be on chat and doing other things at the same time. (I rarely go on chat for that reason - because if I go on chat, I pretty much guarantee that I wont get a chance to do anything else). That said - it is possibly because I go on chat so rarely. I guess I can try and be online a bit more often (But, I AM the only one working in my household, plus, you know, Ethan :\)

Thirdly - I actually kind of like the idea of having a time-limit on nominations is a really good idea - having a 3-month limit on staff positions is a really great idea. Its long enough that we can actually get some sort of idea as to their editing, maturity, and a whole bunch of other things that you really can't see in a short space of time.

Fourthly - A defensive point from an Admin here - there are certain situations where Chat Mods aren't able to deal with situations arising in the chat - but, on the whole, hopefully, chat mods should be able to cope with a lot of the issues. (In the same way that Forum Moderators are usually able to deal with issues that arise on the forums.) Yes, I am over-generalising for the sake of neatness - both groups do a lot of work. However, having said that, and no offense is intended to either group - that's kinda the point. We decided to add both Forum Mods and Chat Mods for two reasons - firstly, to free us up to work on some of the heavier issues if required (although, even then, we like to try and have a community approach if at all possible. (Also, because as TombRaiser said - because we do have lives outside of the wiki, but thats a secondary point to that issue). From a conceptual (thats probably the wrong word) point of view though - there is a very different reason for having them - it makes it so that the ratio of staff members to editors is a lot lower (which is, I think, a good thing, as it means more community members are involved with the moderating of the wiki itself). It was also meant to be a sort-of way to get to adminship, as we get more and more editors and edits, and more admins are required. Having been able to deal with issues on, say, the forums (Forum Mod or not), for example, goes a long way towards showing being able to deal with the issues that arise on the rest of the wiki.

Sorry for the long ramble, but I tend to write all my thoughts down at once, because I cant get online more than once (or maybe twice) a day, unfortunately.