This has nothing to do with the elections and everything to do with staff duties.
What would you expect of a forums staffer once they are promoted to the job? How active should they be? Should they have obligations which must be met, or face demotion? Should they post a certain amount of times, or would that depend on other things? Is it a 'must' that they discuss staff issues in the staff forum, or can they leave that to others while just getting on with the moderating?
Get into as much detail as you like.
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Oh wow BoB, what drama you have created here.....
And this proves why Yams is greater then you
YAMS For Senior Site Staff!
But seriously, they should do what they can, not more then they need to. No need to let an admin job interfere with personal life. If they really can't do their job here and have a life, demote them. They probably won't mind. But so long as they contribute, let them be and do their job.
Given I'm half asleep, I'll assume that came out how I wanted it to.
Go YAms!
This isn't me creating drama, this is me asking a question to get a better idea of what people think of what a staffer should do. Your post seems off topic.Originally Posted by Baloki
Oh wow BoB, what drama you have created here.....
And this proves why Yams is greater then you
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You know, I have no idea what a staff member does other than ban people.
"... and so I close, realizing that perhaps the ending has not yet been written."
There's a certain amount of elitism a staff member is entitled to, so I don't think they are required to post often. There's a kind of enigmatic presence whenever a not-so-active staff member posts, and that comes with the title.
They should be a trusted member of the community. They should also moderate, but really, who's to police that other than the other mods and admins? It's not like there's going to be a mutiny of members over it.
I think it's more important that they're logged in quite a bit, than how much they post, and I expect them to be impartial and observant. I also expect them to be a bit flexible.
I think it's important that they involve themselves with important topics brought up in the staff forum, so that these issues wouldn't be decided by say, just half of the staff.
everything is wrapped in gray
i'm focusing on your image
can you hear me in the void?
A staffer is to appreciate rules, but also the meaning of a forum these days. Being absolute idiots, and yet debating like smartz peoplez.
If somebody is awesome and breaks rules, don't ban them. >_>
I consider Staffers to be like politicians. That is, we can bitch about them and make jokes all we want, and they can't do a thing about it otherwise we'll kick them out of Parliament, the old fashioned way: voting.
Bake cookies.
Pretty much the only thing a good staff member has to do is know what they should be doing. They should be able to answer any questions about their job, and in a timely manner as well, and should be open to talk or dicuss problems that members are having with an open mind. You know, not just look at their PM box and go "oh great someone is bitching again."
But seriously, can I get some cookies? Chocolate Chip please.
Nah, Cid barely post and people STILL wet their pants when he does so.
As long as they're around long enough to notice rules being broken without needing a warn message, act on that, and participate in staff decisions they might be okay.
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I think site staff that have been demoted and re-promoted should have their names underlined like all the other staffers in the "who's online"
/certainlyisn'tpointingathername
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Too big.
Regularly posting, attributing to staff decisions, trying to do things for the site, communicating with the members, and not specifically picking favorites amongst members (though I do like being a well-respected member~!) Also, knowing how to properly use the Mod/Admin CP is another qualification which I think should be necessary.
If you're on Site Staff, you should have that working.
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