WickedGov:User groups: Difference between revisions

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* When the user is indefinitely [[Project:Banning policy|banned]].

* When the account has made no edits or logged actions for 1 year.

* Whenever administrator permissions are revoked for any reason.

When advanced permissions are revoked for any reason, they may be regained only through the bureaucrats' noticeboard. However, in cases of resignation in ''uncontroversial'' circumstances, access may be restored upon request and without discussion, unless the resignation occurred over 1 year before the request for restoration.

== Bureaucrats ==

Bureaucrats (<code>bureaucrat</code>) are ~~administrators~~ with the ''technical ability'' to add and remove all user groups (except the Staff group) for all users. Bureaucrats are also the primary responsible users for the following actions:

Bureaucrats (<code>bureaucrat</code>) are users with the ''technical ability'' to add and remove all user groups (except the Staff group) for all users. Bureaucrats are also the primary responsible users for the following actions:

* [[WickedGov:Renaming users|Renaming users]]

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* Deleting pages with very large histories (5000+ revisions)

~~Administrators interested in becoming a bureaucrat may make a request at the [[WickedGov:bureaucrats' noticeboard|~~bureaucrats~~' noticeboard]].~~

Also, bureaucrats should receive the suppressor and checkuser permissions, if desired, simultaneously with bureaucrat permissions.

~~Requests for bureaucratship~~ should ~~be publicized on high-profile noticeboards such as~~ the ~~[[WickedGov:town common|town common]]. They should stay open for at least 7 days, except as outlined below, or when a request obviously has no chance of succeeding.~~

~~=== Removal of bureaucrat~~ permissions ~~===~~

~~The <code>bureaucrat</code> group should be removed by another bureaucrat:~~

* Upon self-request at the [[Project:Bureaucrats' noticeboard|bureaucrats' noticeboard]].

* Immediately and without discussion when:

** Another bureaucrat reasonably suspects that the tools are being used for [[Project:Vandalism|vandalism]] or blatant [[Project:Disruptive editing|disruptive editing]] (including [[Project:Edit warring|edit warring]]), or

** Another bureaucrat reasonably suspects that the account is compromised.

** Note that in the case of a compromised or rogue bureaucrat account, ~~the other bureaucrats may be unable to restore order. In this case~~, ~~a staff member will intervene to remove access.~~

* Upon consensus at the bureaucrats' noticeboard only.

* When the user is indefinitely [[Project:Banning policy|banned]].

* When the account has made no edits or logged actions for 1 year.

* Whenever administrator permissions are revoked for any reason.

~~To ensure maximum transparency, bureaucrats should not remove permissions from themselves.~~

~~When~~ bureaucrat permissions are revoked for any reason, they may be regained only through the bureaucrats' noticeboard. However, in cases of resignation in ''uncontroversial'' circumstances, access may be restored upon request and without discussion, unless the resignation occurred over 1 year before the request for restoration.

== Staff ==

Accounts in the staff (<code>officestaff</code>) group are used to perform [[WickedGov:office actions|office actions]] and other official actions. This group is exempt from community control.

== Bots ==

Bots (<code>bot</code>) are automated accounts. Edits by these accounts are hidden from [[Special:RecentChanges]] by default.

== Notes ==

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 * When the user is indefinitely [[Project:Banning policy|banned]].
 * When the account has made no edits or logged actions for 1 year.
-* Whenever administrator permissions are revoked for any reason.
 When advanced permissions are revoked for any reason, they may be regained only through the bureaucrats' noticeboard. However, in cases of resignation in ''uncontroversial'' circumstances, access may be restored upon request and without discussion, unless the resignation occurred over 1 year before the request for restoration.
 == Bureaucrats ==
-Bureaucrats (<code>bureaucrat</code>) are administrators with the ''technical ability'' to add and remove all user groups (except the Staff group) for all users. Bureaucrats are also the primary responsible users for the following actions:
+Bureaucrats (<code>bureaucrat</code>) are users with the ''technical ability'' to add and remove all user groups (except the Staff group) for all users. Bureaucrats are also the primary responsible users for the following actions:
 * [[WickedGov:Renaming users|Renaming users]]
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 * Deleting pages with very large histories (5000+ revisions)
-Administrators interested in becoming a bureaucrat may make a request at the [[WickedGov:bureaucrats' noticeboard|bureaucrats' noticeboard]].
+Also, bureaucrats should receive the suppressor and checkuser permissions, if desired, simultaneously with bureaucrat permissions.
-Requests for bureaucratship should be publicized on high-profile noticeboards such as the [[WickedGov:town common|town common]]. They should stay open for at least 7 days, except as outlined below, or when a request obviously has no chance of succeeding.
-=== Removal of bureaucrat permissions ===
-The <code>bureaucrat</code> group should be removed by another bureaucrat:
-* Upon self-request at the [[Project:Bureaucrats' noticeboard|bureaucrats' noticeboard]].
-* Immediately and without discussion when:
-** Another bureaucrat reasonably suspects that the tools are being used for [[Project:Vandalism|vandalism]] or blatant [[Project:Disruptive editing|disruptive editing]] (including [[Project:Edit warring|edit warring]]), or
-** Another bureaucrat reasonably suspects that the account is compromised.
-** Note that in the case of a compromised or rogue bureaucrat account, the other bureaucrats may be unable to restore order. In this case, a staff member will intervene to remove access.
-* Upon consensus at the bureaucrats' noticeboard only.
-* When the user is indefinitely [[Project:Banning policy|banned]].
-* When the account has made no edits or logged actions for 1 year.
-* Whenever administrator permissions are revoked for any reason.
-To ensure maximum transparency, bureaucrats should not remove permissions from themselves.
-When bureaucrat permissions are revoked for any reason, they may be regained only through the bureaucrats' noticeboard. However, in cases of resignation in ''uncontroversial'' circumstances, access may be restored upon request and without discussion, unless the resignation occurred over 1 year before the request for restoration.
 == Staff ==
+Accounts in the staff (<code>officestaff</code>) group are used to perform [[WickedGov:office actions|office actions]] and other official actions. This group is exempt from community control.
 == Bots ==
+Bots (<code>bot</code>) are automated accounts. Edits by these accounts are hidden from [[Special:RecentChanges]] by default.
 == Notes ==
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