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Clarifying the sufficient number of staff for accepting a revision (STAFF ONLY)

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I added this part! No worries.

Most of the staff members agreed with minimal 2 staff members but for bigger verses/significant of minimum of 3 members

Alright, I think this suits like this:
  • Content revisions that affect tiers 1 and 0 or that are highly controversial should be reviewed and approved by a larger number of staff members to ensure that all relevant parties are aware of and agree with the proposed changes.
I will add this to my draft post.
It seems unwise to try to set up one fit for all sizes regardless of nuances or complexity solutions.

Also, tier 1 and 0 revisions require evaluations from staff members who are genuinely knowledgeable in these areas.
 
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The overall problem here is that the numbers of required staff members depend on how controversial or self-evident a revision is, if it concerns tiers 1 and/or 0, how high-ranking the staff evaluators are, and to a degree how prominent/popular each affected verse is.

As such, any rules would have to take all of these complicated factors into account.
Anyway, again...
 
With all due respect Ant, you are overreacting SEVERELY to Dread's involvement here.

Is she relatively new? Yes. Has she been very active lately? Also yes. Is that something you are seriously going to condemn, though? A user being genuinely helpful?

From my own experiences with Dread, she has consistently provided helpful information (in the RVR) that has proven vital in establishing the context of cases. She has also partaken in numerous successful revisions before.

I understand your concerns regarding her dictating the course of this thread, but need I remind you this thread was brought up (as stated in the very OP) by her, as a (in my opinion) very legitimate concern regarding what is an acceptable vote count. It is obvious to anyone that has commented here that we, the staff, will still very much have the final say in this situation.

However, you are acting INCREDIBLY rude towards Dread. You are looking at a gift horse in the mouth by completely disregarding the actions of a productive, helpful member because of her inexperience, which is just, and mind my French, bullshit.
 
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I apologise if I was too rude and testy in my tone above. It is very late here, and I do not want to suddenly risk to force our staff and community to continuously work with practically destructive restrictions.

This would be an extremely far-reaching and drastic change to how our community handles its most important functions, and as such I want it to be handled as carefully as possible.
 
Ant, brother, first of all, if it's late over there and you ain't feeling 100%, just go to sleep. The thread'll still be here come the morrow, and I doubt anyone's closing it without your further input.

Second, if we do pass this rule, and it does not work out (which I highly doubt considering the rule has yet to be even ironed out, how could it possibly be passed and ruin anything at this stage), we could just...rescind it? Policy's made to change, not stay stagnant. Conditions shift, and our focus shifts to accommodate them. That's the whole point of even having a revision system for our wiki rules.
 
I apologise if I was too testy in my tone above. It is very late here, and I do not want to suddenly risk to give our staff and community practically destructive restrictions to continuously work with.
In all honestly, for the first time, I actually got offended and felt as I was ineffectual member who took time and thoughts about this CRT and creating all this rules by myself.

I don't want to derail but if you took one single minute of how I behaved in this thread, I genuinely was extremely open-minded to suggestions of the staff members and had 0 intentions to “risk” any destruction as foremost, this is still not applied and still in discussion

Ant, I am aware you may offend me non intentionally, but you need to work on your phrases as it was extremely offensive and rude to me and for a second, I was about to lose motivation in this thread generally.

And lastly, no. I won't accept this poor apology from you, but I will not create drama over it and move it as it is nothing happened.
 
That is correct, yes. Content Moderators, Calc Group Members, and Image Helpers are recruited for entirely different reasons and specialisations.
I feel a little weird about this, I know perfectly well that's why we have our roles as staff. But (I will speak in my case) almost every day I receive requests for evaluation and sometimes they are of verses that nobody knows and after days of repeated bumps nobody takes the time to evaluate and then I do it, what I mean is that the staff many times is not willing to evaluate anything other than their own verses and because our role is not the right one then we can't give a pass to the thread. I have ever seen that I have accepted a thread and it has been applied and you have said that I as Content Moderator had no right to give a pass on the thread and that it should be accepted by a thread mod or admin, but because the thread was very simple you said it was fine, but if they are not willing to evaluate the threads then what we can do? I do not consider myself at all inferior to the evaluation of any thread mod or admin in general evaluation and all the people who ask for my evaluation can say so, so at least add a rule where it says that minor or uncontroversial threads can be accepted not only by thread mod or admins but by the rest of the staff with competent evaluation.
 
Ant, brother, first of all, if it's late over there and you ain't feeling 100%, just go to sleep. The thread'll still be here come the morrow, and I doubt anyone's closing it without your further input.

Second, if we do pass this rule, and it does not work out (which I highly doubt considering the rule has yet to be even ironed out, how could it possibly be passed and ruin anything at this stage), we could just...rescind it? Policy's made to change, not stay stagnant. Conditions shift, and our focus shifts to accommodate them. That's the whole point of even having a revision system for our wiki rules.
Well, these types of changes to our most crucial tasks can easily cause massive amounts of damage via, for example, dozens of accepted ill-conceived revision threads, before they are reverted, so I much prefer if they are evaluated and decided extremely carefully by our most high-ranking staff members, not suddenly rushed in a hurry.
 
In all honestly, for the first time, I actually got offended and felt as I was ineffectual member who took time and thoughts about this CRT and creating all this rules by myself.

I don't want to derail but if you took one single minute of how I behaved in this thread, I genuinely was extremely open-minded to suggestions of the staff members and had 0 intentions to “risk” any destruction as foremost, this is still not applied and still in discussion

Ant, I am aware you may offend me non intentionally, but you need to work on your phrases as it was extremely offensive and rude to me and for a second, I was about to lose motivation in this thread generally.

And lastly, no. I won't accept this poor apology from you, but I will not create drama over it and move it as it is nothing happened.
Well, I tend to get nervous when regular members who do not have long experience and perspectives regarding the potential negative consequences of drastic revisions start to push for them overly much, and am very blunt/unfiltered/sincere by nature given the autism, but I have nothing against you on a personal level, and appreciate if you are just trying to help.
 
Well, these types of changes to our most crucial tasks can easily cause massive amounts of damage via, for example, dozens of accepted ill-conceived revision threads, before they are reverted, so I much prefer if they are evaluated and decided extremely carefully by our most high-ranking staff members, not suddenly rushed in a hurry.
Ant, no one in this thread, at least as far as I'm concerned, could've fathomed pushing this revision through without at least one purple looking it over. Preferably it'd have to be all three.

And again, no one is rushing anything. This thread is not on some secret schedule you're not being let in on. It's just existing right now, soaking up staff attention.
 
I feel a little weird about this, I know perfectly well that's why we have our roles as staff. But (I will speak in my case) almost every day I receive requests for evaluation and sometimes they are of verses that nobody knows and after days of repeated bumps nobody takes the time to evaluate and then I do it, what I mean is that the staff many times is not willing to evaluate anything other than their own verses and because our role is not the right one then we can't give a pass to the thread. I have ever seen that I have accepted a thread and it has been applied and you have said that I as Content Moderator had no right to give a pass on the thread and that it should be accepted by a thread mod or admin, but because the thread was very simple you said it was fine, but if they are not willing to evaluate the threads then what we can do? I do not consider myself at all inferior to the evaluation of any thread mod or admin in general evaluation and all the people who ask for my evaluation can say so, so at least add a rule where it says that minor or uncontroversial threads can be accepted not only by thread mod or admins but by the rest of the staff with competent evaluation.
That is a problem, yes, but we unfortunately still cannot let staff members who were recruited for entirely different reasons handle discussion thread evaluations, any more than we should let all of our content and thread moderators evaluate calculation blogs.

If a staff member wants to handle several roles, they can technically also apply for an extra thread moderator position, and in your particular case I personally think that you have earned an admin position. The issue is just about waiting until you have been a staff member for a long enough time to qualify.
 
Ant, no one in this thread, at least as far as I'm concerned, could've fathomed pushing this revision through without at least one purple looking it over. Preferably it'd have to be all three.

And again, no one is rushing anything. This thread is not on some secret schedule you're not being let in on. It's just existing right now, soaking up staff attention.
Okay then. My apologies for misunderstanding. Things seemed to suddenly get rushed here as I mistakenly perceived it.
 
Well, I tend to get nervous when regular members who do not have long experience and perspectives regarding the potential negative consequences of drastic revisions start to push for them overly much,
Ant, in no way, I was trying to rush anything as I was extremely open-minded and listening to DT's evaluation carefully and many other staff member's suggestion. And I am also very aware that this thread is extremely significant and need to be handled slowly and carefully. So I have no attentions for rushing anything.
and am very blunt/unfiltered/sincere by nature given the autism, but I have nothing against you on a personal level, and appreciate if you are just trying to help.
I would appreciate it if you would apologize and make an effort to read before sending a message in the future. Your words have not only offended me, but they have also made me feel desperate and like a useless person. Your behavior could potentially lead to my decision to leave the wiki forum the next day. I hope you can understand the impact of your actions.

Alright, I will stop derailing and focus on this thread. I have reworded this part of the rule according to your suggestion:
  • The review and approval of content revisions that affect tiers 1 and 0 or that are highly controversial should be conducted by a larger number of staff members in order to ensure that all relevant parties are aware of and agree with the proposed changes. It is essential that these revisions be evaluated by staff members who possess a genuine understanding and expertise in these areas in order to maintain the accuracy and quality of the revised material.
Hopes, this clarifies the doubts you had.
 
any more than we should let all of our content and thread moderators evaluate calculation blogs.
This is not something you can compare to an overall evaluation. You have to have a completely good knowledge in mathematics, calcs, etc. that on the contrary any other staff can have a completely competent evaluation in general evaluation including abilties, tiers, etc. But well, the only thing that matters to me are the threads in which no one is willing to give an evaluation.
 
Wait a minute we can ASK for different staff roles
Only if you have legitimately earned it through very good senses of judgement and helping out a lot in that area.
 
Ant, in no way, I was trying to rush anything as I was extremely open-minded and listening to DT's evaluation carefully and many other staff member's suggestion. And I am also very aware that this thread is extremely significant and need to be handled slowly and carefully. So I have no attentions for rushing anything.

I would appreciate it if you would apologize and make an effort to read before sending a message in the future. Your words have not only offended me, but they have also made me feel desperate and like a useless person. Your behavior could potentially lead to my decision to leave the wiki forum the next day. I hope you can understand the impact of your actions.
Okay. I apologise for causing offence then. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

The issue is just that you have been extremely intense in your efforts to redirect the course of this community in certain areas, or dictate conclusions to rule-violation thread outcomes, and due to many bad old experiences with past members, such as with Sera EX, combined with being cautious regarding drastic changes, I tend to intuitively/reactively get very nervous regarding that kind of development, especially if I am very tired.
Alright, I will stop derailing and focus on this thread. I have reworded this part of the rule according to your suggestion:
  • The review and approval of content revisions that affect tiers 1 and 0 or that are highly controversial should be conducted by a larger number of staff members in order to ensure that all relevant parties are aware of and agree with the proposed changes. It is essential that these revisions be evaluated by staff members who possess a genuine understanding and expertise in these areas in order to maintain the accuracy and quality of the revised material.
Hopes, this clarifies the doubts you had.
Okay. Thank you for helping out. 🙏🙏🙏
 
Technically it is possible, what no one would ever think is that you could have Content Mod and thread mod role at the same time without being an administrator, which apparently is possible.
It is possible, but it would often lead to handling each task in a less than satisfactory manner due to time constraints/divided work time.
 
Also, staff members without content revision thread evaluation rights will generally still have their comments seriously considered considerably more than those of regular members by staff members with evaluation rights.
 
Okay. I apologise for causing offence then. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

The issue is just that you have been extremely intense in your efforts to redirect the course of this community in certain areas, or dictate conclusions to rule-violation thread outcomes, and due to many bad old experiences with past members, such as with Sera EX, combined with being cautious regarding drastic changes, I tend to intuitively/reactively get very nervous regarding that kind of development, especially if I am very tired.
Alright, apology accepted. I now understand the concerns you have! ❤️
Okay. Thank you for helping out. 🙏🙏🙏
Mind looking at this draft? I understand the disagreement with DonttalkDT suggestions, so I will leave it till majority agrees with removal!
What about the rest of the draft? I am tolerant for any removal or adjustment you and the staff member suggest the best for the community.
 
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I have received a message that may be relevant to the thread:
what about non-staff members that are known to be incredibly knowledgeable on certain verses, how should their input be compared to regular members and staff, chariot isnt staff but hes the best jojo scailer i know off the top of my head, randomguy basically made the johnny test verse himself and the wwe verse along with pikaman
 
For once I disagree with your evaluation. For safety reasons, we have traditionally tried to form a much clearer consensus than that before applying controversial revisions.
Hmmm... well, I can see the benefits of trying to talk things out. Wouldn't want people to just throw in votes to get the majority while avoiding arguments. On the other hand, one also has to consider what to do if it just doesn't happen, as never reaching a conclusion is a conclusion in itself.
I suppose if staff is in disagreement we could just switch to a more case-by-case approach.
 
In my experience, if a fishy CRT goes through and someone finds out, it almost always gets counter CRT'd. Having a bad CRT go through isn't the end all be all. I think it's just kind of dumb to summon a small militia of Staff to evaluate a thread they either have no interest in or no idea about.

The proposal is reasonable, and I think it is manageable and worth trying out.
 
Alright, apology accepted. I now understand the concerns you have! ❤️
Thank you very much for your indulgence regarding my unwarranted rude, irritable, and suspicious behaviour. It is very appreciated, as you have apparently just been trying to help us out. I apologise again.

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Mind looking at this draft? I understand the disagreement with DonttalkDT suggestions, so I will leave it till majority agrees with removal!
What about the rest of the draft? I am tolerant for any removal or adjustment you and the staff member suggest the best for the community.
I will check through your draft suggestions.
 
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The draft... seems good. I like the specification that it is the responsibility of the staff roles/members, such as Thread Moderators, Administrators, and Bureaucrats, to review threads and content revisions because it aligns with their areas of responsibility.
 
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Alright!

So my draft looks like this:

Content revisions:

The content revision process is an important aspect of maintaining the accuracy and quality of our series verse. In order to ensure that all revisions are thoroughly reviewed and approved, it is necessary for a minimum of two staff members to sign off on any proposed changes.

It is the responsibility of Thread Moderators, Administrators, and Bureaucrats to review and approve content revisions submitted to our series verse.
I am not sure. I would personally prefer if a minimum of three staff members are required for significant revisions to less popular verses, but it may be an unrealistic standard that would stall getting anything done.
  • In cases where the series verse has a significant following or a large amount of material has been published based on its content, it may be necessary to seek approval from a minimum of three staff members to ensure that all relevant parties are aware of and agree with the proposed revisions. This requirement is in place to ensure that revisions to popular or widely-recognized series verses are thoroughly reviewed and approved by a sufficient number of individuals with the necessary expertise and knowledge.
I would personally prefer a minimum of four staff members for these types of revisions, but as above, it may be an unrealistic standard.

Also, shouldn't we adjust the above standards depending on if a bureaucrat, and administrator, or a thread moderator has evaluated something, such as a thread moderator having 2 evaluation points, an administrator 3 evaluation points, and a bureaucrat 4 evaluation points for regular content revision threads, or somesuch?

Meaning, for your first example above, 6 evaluation points would be needed to pass a content revision thread, and for the second a minimum of 8 evaluation points would be needed, for example.
  • It is essential that at least one staff member be present during any content revision process, as their expertise and knowledge of the series of verse will be instrumental in ensuring the integrity and accuracy of the revised material. Any proposed changes that do not meet the necessary approval standards will not be implemented.
Yes, agreed. Thank you for helping out. 🙏🙏🙏
  • Input from highly respected members of the community, such as experts on the topic, should be taken into consideration when determining the necessary level of review and approval.
Also agreed. Thanks again. 🙏🙏🙏
  • The review and approval of content revisions that affect tiers 1 and 0 or that are highly controversial should be conducted by a larger number of staff members in order to ensure that all relevant parties are aware of and agree with the proposed changes. It is essential that these revisions be evaluated by staff members who possess a genuine understanding and expertise in these areas in order to maintain the accuracy and quality of the revised material.
Yes. That seems good, although the main issue is that the staff members in question need to be reasonably knowledgeable in this regard. 🙏🙏🙏
Minor content revisions:

Instances of minor revisions may include changes to one or two characters, if it is just the addition of simple abilities that do not fall into the categories of acausality (except type 1), concept manipulation, abstract existence, plot manipulation, information manipulation, causality manipulation, nonexistent physiology, law manipulation etc. or otherwise could be considered particularly controversial or noteworthy.

  • For minor revisions, it is sufficient to seek the approval of one staff member. A grace period of 48 hours should be allowed for the staff member to review and approve the revision.
I would personally prefer to change it to a minimum of 3 evaluation points.
  • This guideline is intended to prioritize the review and approval of more significant revisions and to allow for the efficient management of the content revision process. It is important to note that this guideline does not apply to revisions for popular or widely-recognized series verses, or to revisions that significantly alter the overall structure or content of a series verse.
That seems good. Thanks again. 🙏🙏🙏
For self-approval of content revisions

It is understood that there may be instances where a staff member has expertise or knowledge of a particular series verse that allows them to confidently approve a revision on their own.

  • In such cases, it is acceptable for a staff member to self-approve a content revision as long as they possess the necessary expertise and have thoroughly reviewed the proposed changes.

  • It is significant to note that self-approval should not be relied upon as the sole method of review and approval for content revisions. It is recommended that all staff members seek the input and approval of at least one additional staff member, particularly in cases where the revision is significant or affects a popular or widely-recognized series of verse.

  • The self-approval of content revisions should be exercised with discretion and used only in appropriate circumstances where the staff member possesses the necessary expertise and knowledge to confidently approve the revision.
That seems reasonable as well. 🙏🙏🙏
This should be added in discussion rules. The formatting may look like this sandbox that I created.

I appreciate any inputs and if you have any alternative suggestions for the rewording, I don't mind.
Thank you greatly for helping out. Apart from the points system that I suggested above, I do not have any objections.

I apologise again for being rude and causing offence earlier, and will remove those parts of my posts above.

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
 
If a staff member wants to handle several roles, they can technically also apply for an extra thread moderator position, and in your particular case I personally think that you have earned an admin position. The issue is just about waiting until you have been a staff member for a long enough time to qualify.
I didn’t even know you could just apply ngl
Alright!

So my draft looks like this:

Content revisions:

The content revision process is an important aspect of maintaining the accuracy and quality of our series verse. In order to ensure that all revisions are thoroughly reviewed and approved, it is necessary for a minimum of two staff members to sign off on any proposed changes.

It is the responsibility of Thread Moderators, Administrators, and Bureaucrats to review and approve content revisions submitted to our series verse.

  • In cases where the series verse has a significant following or a large amount of material has been published based on its content, it may be necessary to seek approval from a minimum of three staff members to ensure that all relevant parties are aware of and agree with the proposed revisions. This requirement is in place to ensure that revisions to popular or widely-recognized series verses are thoroughly reviewed and approved by a sufficient number of individuals with the necessary expertise and knowledge.

  • It is essential that at least one staff member be present during any content revision process, as their expertise and knowledge of the series of verse will be instrumental in ensuring the integrity and accuracy of the revised material. Any proposed changes that do not meet the necessary approval standards will not be implemented.

  • Input from highly respected members of the community, such as experts on the topic, should be taken into consideration when determining the necessary level of review and approval.

  • The review and approval of content revisions that affect tiers 1 and 0 or that are highly controversial should be conducted by a larger number of staff members in order to ensure that all relevant parties are aware of and agree with the proposed changes. It is essential that these revisions be evaluated by staff members who possess a genuine understanding and expertise in these areas in order to maintain the accuracy and quality of the revised material.

Minor content revisions:

Instances of minor revisions may include changes to one or two characters, if it is just the addition of simple abilities that do not fall into the categories of acausality (except type 1), concept manipulation, abstract existence, plot manipulation, information manipulation, causality manipulation, nonexistent physiology, law manipulation etc. or otherwise could be considered particularly controversial or noteworthy.

  • For minor revisions, it is sufficient to seek the approval of one staff member. A grace period of 48 hours should be allowed for the staff member to review and approve the revision.

  • This guideline is intended to prioritize the review and approval of more significant revisions and to allow for the efficient management of the content revision process. It is important to note that this guideline does not apply to revisions for popular or widely-recognized series verses, or to revisions that significantly alter the overall structure or content of a series verse.

For self-approval of content revisions

It is understood that there may be instances where a staff member has expertise or knowledge of a particular series verse that allows them to confidently approve a revision on their own.

  • In such cases, it is acceptable for a staff member to self-approve a content revision as long as they possess the necessary expertise and have thoroughly reviewed the proposed changes.

  • It is significant to note that self-approval should not be relied upon as the sole method of review and approval for content revisions. It is recommended that all staff members seek the input and approval of at least one additional staff member, particularly in cases where the revision is significant or affects a popular or widely-recognized series of verse.

  • The self-approval of content revisions should be exercised with discretion and used only in appropriate circumstances where the staff member possesses the necessary expertise and knowledge to confidently approve the revision.

This should be added in discussion rules. The formatting may look like this sandbox that I created.

I appreciate any inputs and if you have any alternative suggestions for the rewording, I don't mind.
This draft seems fine to me, though I’m always open to seeing suggestions for additions/removals/tweaks to it
 
I have made some minor changes in the draft that Dread made, please check if they are satisfactory.

Also, In the draft, the text "General Rules", "Minor content revisions", and "For self-approval of content revisions" should probably be bolded, no?
Yap, they can be bolded from my side. If it is accomplishable to use sub-heading 2, I would use it, but looking from the structure of the page, it won't look fascinating, so bolding is fine-grained as well.
 
I am not sure. I would personally prefer if a minimum of three staff members are required for significant revisions to less popular verses, but it may be an unrealistic standard that would stall getting anything done.
I would personally prefer a minimum of four staff members for these types of revisions, but as above, it may be an unrealistic standard.
I am ambivalent of this, but I will leave others to discuss it. Tho, I would like to mention that most of them suggested, 2 staff members for the minimum and for significant ones at least 3 staff members. It can be ambitious to obtain approval from multiple staff members for content revisions, especially for small verses or minor changes. However, consistent standards and procedures are important to maintain the accuracy and quality of our series verse. While it may not always be necessary to seek approval from multiple staff members, the potential impact and importance of the revision should be considered. For significant revisions or those that affect popular or widely-recognized series, seeking additional approval may be necessary to ensure all relevant parties are aware of and agree with the proposed changes.
Also, shouldn't we adjust the above standards depending on if a bureaucrat, and administrator, or a thread moderator has evaluated something, such as a thread moderator having 2 evaluation points, an administrator 3 evaluation points, and a bureaucrat 4 evaluation points for regular content revision threads, or somesuch?

Meaning, for your first example above, 6 evaluation points would be needed to pass a content revision thread, and for the second a minimum of 8 evaluation points would be needed, for example.
I would personally prefer to change it to a minimum of 3 evaluation points.
I will leave this for others to look at this new evaluation system, but I can prepare a draft about it if everyone agreed with your suggestion!
And honestly from my personal view, this system you proposed is not bad at all
Yes. That seems good, although the main issue is that the staff members in question need to be reasonably knowledgeable in this regard. 🙏🙏🙏
I can link the knowledgeable members list in the draft and I reworded it a bit, I assume this is fine?
  • The review and approval of content revisions that affect tiers 1 and 0 or that are highly controversial should be conducted by a larger number of staff members in order to ensure that all relevant parties are aware of and agree with the proposed changes. It is essential that these revisions be evaluated by staff members who possess a reasonable level of genuine understanding and expertise in these areas in order to maintain the accuracy and quality of the revised material.
 
Here are the discussion topics:

@Antvasima suggested this system (Unless I misunderstood him, I beg for correction)

The Evaluation System
  • Thread Moderators: 2 evaluation points
  • Administrators: 3 evaluation points
  • Bureaucrats: 4 evaluation points
Using this system, the number of evaluation points required for the approval of a content revision would depend on the rank of the staff members evaluating the revision. For example, a content revision thread evaluated by two Thread Moderators and one Administrator would require a minimum of 7 evaluation points to pass. Similarly, a revision evaluated by one Bureaucrat and one Administrator would require a minimum of 7 evaluation points to pass.

It is important to note that this system is based on the assumption that each staff member's evaluation carries equal weight. In practice, the final decision on the approval of a content revision may be influenced by other factors such as the expertise and knowledge of the staff members involved, the complexity and controversy of the revision, and the popularity or prominence of the affected series verse.

Other topic is the minimum amount of staff members standard

Currently, two options are available to choose
  • At least 2 staff members for content revision, at least 3 staff members for a significant/big content revisions (Currently)
  • At least 3 staff members for content revision, at least 4 staff members for a significant/big content revisions (from Ant)

And the last topic is if image helpers, calculation members, content members has any evaluation rights or not.

But I also prepared this drafts

  • Staff members who do not have content revision thread evaluation rights are still encouraged to provide their insights and observations on proposed revisions.

  • The input and comments of these staff members will be carefully considered by those with evaluation rights, and may influence the final decision on the approval of a content revision.
 
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To start, I'd like to say I am with Ant on his concerns about drastic and sudden changes made to the wiki.

As for the ongoing discussion regarding thread evaluations... I don't think starting with a baseline requirement will allow for very small verses to get evaluated in a timely manner. There are a great deal of verses that struggle, in my experience, to get even one. As Ovens said, a poor CRT is undoable, but an inability to progress is not.

On the flip side, it is my belief that larger verses require many times more investigation solely due to the many different perspectives people have. Even without bad actors attempting to manipulate ratings towards their favor, people debating larger verses often are very passionate about their beliefs. Great care is needed.

So, what I mean is that I think very small or very self-evident revisions can be passed through with a single approval by a relevant staff member. Otherwise, certain verses will suffer from these revisions. And I think larger verses should indeed have many more- four seems fine, assuming it isn't a huge debating point.

All of this obviously doesn't take into account a large scale argument, at which point it depends on how the voting swings.

As for "pointifying" evaluations, I think that greatly oversimplifies things and I don't really think it's a good idea. We are all aware that an administrator's vote outweighs that of a thread moderator, and a bureaucrat's vote outweighs that of an administrator. Furthermore, under the current proposed system, two thread moderators equal a vote from a bureaucrat, which seems... off, to me.
 
On the flip side, it is my belief that larger verses require many times more investigation solely due to the many different perspectives people have. Even without bad actors attempting to manipulate ratings towards their favor, people debating larger verses often are very passionate about their beliefs. Great care is needed.
This is already in a suggestion's draft, but I added the last sentence according to your concerns!
  • Input from highly respected members of the community, such as experts on the topic, should be taken into consideration when determining the necessary level of review and approval. In cases where there is a significant level of debate or disagreement about a proposed revision, the final decision may be influenced by the outcome of the voting process.
So, what I mean is that I think very small or very self-evident revisions can be passed through with a single approval by a relevant staff member. Otherwise, certain verses will suffer from these revisions. And I think larger verses should indeed have many more- four seems fine, assuming it isn't a huge debating point.
This has addressed, and also a point is made for it. I changed a bit of the rewording, hopes this is fine.
  • For minor revisions and self-evident revisions, it is sufficient to seek the approval of one relevant staff member. A grace period of 48 hours should be allowed for the staff member to review and approve the revision.
Unless they are not sufficient, I am fine with any rewording adjustments!
 
I would appreciate your input here.
In my view:
  • If it's some self evident ability addition then one staff member is fine. For example, a thread on giving a version of Nightwing acrobatics or something
  • A verse with minimal or no supporters will probably necessitate a lower amount of staff approvals to get by. Some random slasher villain CRT might only attract a handful or people and can easily be forgotten about
  • For a tiering change it should be at least two staff members
  • Anything above Tier 2 should require Admin participation
  • In my opinion if a staff member makes a thread I don't think their vote should be counted. They're automatically going to be for whatever revision they're doing and there's going to be bias somewhere.
  • Larger franchises will honestly just require more input. We shouldn't be passing a tiering change for Superman because two people agreed with it or anything. It's subjective yes, but ultimately bigger verses require more input.
 
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