The Davis Wiki has a few administrators. Admins can lock pages to prevent and help resolve edit wars. Admins can also ban users, which they most of the time will do to those who spam or initiate repeated vandalism against the Wiki.
The Administrators are:
All non-trivial administrative actions should be taken with community consensus.
I would recommend that there be some regular, periodic (rather than on-demand) forum for real time discussion among admins with the majority or all participating. I think it would help with keeping admin philosophies homogeneous (and thus evenhanded) and also elastic over time. I know I've pondered about a few things (ethically), and I'd be curious as to what other people's take on the same questions would be. I'd imagine it would be best to figure out after we add admins. — jw
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That's what I meant by "elastic over time"... that new ideas are discussed to improve things and also to change over time as the Wiki scales up. — jw
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Ok.
Wouldn't it be better if admin philosophies were not homogenous? After all, the wiki is ever-changing. I'm not suggesting that there not be agreement between the admins, simply that new ideas will not be shot down automatically. —TusharRawat
I think there needs to be more administrators so I don't feel like I have to administer the wiki so directly and from so many different fronts. I think it's a bit unfair to just add a few people I think are good, so if you have any suggestions in terms of apt individuals who don't mind getting occasional emails and responsibility, please say something. Admins here don't do much, and that's how it should be, but I think there ought to be a few more (two or so) because Paul, JW and Mike no longer live in Davis. —PhilipNeustrom
I am interested in an admin position... nothing too technical, simply editing in sort of a "wiki moderator" fashion. —TusharRawat
I want to stress that this is not moderation — admins don't moderate in a traditional sense (say on a message board). There's no need for that. Rather, the role is just to ensure that the wiki isn't destroyed by a crazy attack or something such. Basically, the kind of stuff that happens now.
I see. Well, I'm still interested, nonetheless.
I would also be interested in taking on that role. While real wiki vandalism is thankfully quite infrequent here, any part I can play in keeping out real annoyances would be an honor. As a freshman right now I'll be able to fill one of those 'Davis' roles for years to come. —JosephBleckman
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Agreed —TusharRawat
The extra FooBar[0-9]+ accounts need to be deleted. He's not going to create any more.— jw
