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Alright, so after having some discussion in the wiki-dev portion of the discord(and learning that pinging headmins is a gamble that you don't often win) and mulling over this for a month beforehand, I wanted to make this forum post so we could have an official discussion over this(and so I can be specific in what I'm asking for). As of now there are only a few User Group rights on the wiki. Those are: Regular autoconfirmed users Game Admins Interface/Bureaucrats Sysops Admins. Currently there is no in-between role for Regular Users Vs. Fully fledged administrators on the staff team. While we have a large team of admins, their primarily role is on the server and interacting with the community on the forums. Headmins/Admins also have to deal with Ban Appeals and generally fixing the server when it goes to shit. Additionally, editing the wiki can be a boon for people that aren't interested in it. I'm content with pinging an admin to delete one page, however there's the issue with there being around 500+ unused files on the wiki. In order to remove those from the wiki, I'm supposed to mark them as Slated for Removal and then personally ask someone with wiki perms to delete them. That's not only inefficient but inconsiderate to ask for because those files would take over 2+ hours to fully delete all of them. What I'm proposing is a Wiki Admin of a sorts, they have slightly elevated permissions(as I've listed below). Issues on the wiki would be something that could be continually taken care of and prevent buildups. We have one of the best wiki's out of most SS13 servers, rivaled only by Baystation and Yogstation. I think it could be better by having people who's job on the server is to primarily maintain and improve the wiki. IF we made a Wiki Admin role this is the User Rights I am asking for (Specific rights listed under points) The Ability to delete things Delete, delete-redirect Be able to view deletion logs deleterevision, deletedhistory, deletedtext The Ability to Block Users (mostly for fighting vandalism and bots) Block, hideuser Merging/Moving of Certain Things mergehistory, suppressredirect Ability to Rollback Edits rollback General Administration Stuff autopatrol, noratelimit, unwatchedpages, patrol, browsearchive, suppressionlog, viewsuppressed IF we made a Wiki Admin role this is the User Rights I am specifically NOT asking for (but ill take if headmins want it) The Ability to Edit Protected Pages The Ability to alter protections on pages Anything that gives permissions to edit the CSS and JS files of users/pages/the site The ability to edit the interface, a.k.a the sidebar toolbox stuff Ability to delete logs The ability to edit user rights The ability to delete site change tags The ability to delete pages with large amounts of edits(see bigdelete) For this one specifically we may need to raise $wgDeleteRevisionsLimit if it is not above 20-30 to make this restriction work I highly encourage anyone who is interested or has a stake in this conversation(wiki contribs, Paradise staff) to discuss what user rights you think are ok for this kind of role below. These User rights that I have described gives people with those rights, significant power on the wiki. However, it is not enough to do irreversible damage or to touch the database, JSON, or CSS and while they can view the logs, they cannot edit them and attempt to erase their actions which makes it much easier for administrators to step in and be able to trace when problems arise(which they likely won't). What this does give these admins the power to do is be able to delete unnecessary item on the wiki, block vandals and bots, be able to view certain logs, and a few quality-of-life improvements. I propose that this kind of role, whatever it would be called, is given to Wiki-Contributors that fall under a certain criteria: Are active on the wiki Have a significant amount of wiki edits(think 250-500+ edits) Have a thorough understanding of mediawiki, for example: Templates Special Pages View Histories General Structure of the Wiki(think namespaces) Can thoughtfully create an application like we have for mentors, PR reviewers, and admins I realize this is a lot to ask from the Head Staff team because it would result in changes needing to be made in roles on the site, wiki, and the discord. However, I see this as something necessary and an overall positive improvement to the server. Thank you for your consideration and anyone who wants to chip in on this discussion.

When you ask atmos if what they're doing is safe

Hey everyone! Every day the wiki is getting more up to speed with all the changes going on! 90% of what we considered "in need of revision" back in December has been revised and made new! We are currently sitting at just under 20 articles in need of revision, most of which are brand new articles that need more added to them(or to be cleaned up). I'm going to try and continue this trend of providing sitreps on the wiki in hopes to document what's going on get people invested in the process. What needs to be done on the Wiki: The Guide to Food and Drinks is missing a few sections The png file for Meat on the wiki still uses the old sprite and should be updated The Supermatter page should be gone over with a fine comb Charlie Station(mob spawner) needs to be written Charlie Station(location) needs to be created EMP Effects needs to be finished(Currently Assigned to @Shaw) Megafauna>Colossus needs to have its loot section reduced in size Voice of God page needs to be formatted and cleaned up Guide to Medical needs general edits and needs to take into account new radiation changes due to the recent PR Implants needs to be checked over for inaccuracies TEG could needs to be looked over and revised by someone experienced with that engine Guide to Engineering needs to be updated to take into account tesla/singulo being non-default File:Engineeringroom.png needs to be updated beg the headmins to give wiki editors the power to delete stuff February Change log: Awaiting PR Template has been created Out of Rotation Template has been created Documentation Template has been created USSR Lore has begun to see a rewrite (Thanks @Zydras) Slaughter Demon Antag page has been created Ragin' Mages page has been created Guide to Lavaland has been created (and it is beautiful) (Thanks to @Longpipe23@PopeDaveThe3th@Charliminator for all the help with it) Most Templates have been added to the Template Category AI Modules page was corrected Ash Walker has been rewritten Voice of God has been created Mob Spawners Page has been added All Mentions of Mining Asteroid has been axed from non-archive pages Recursive templates for Bar Drinks have been created A lot of job pages have seen a cleanup (Thanks @Woje) Space Law has been changed regarding Testimony and Changelings Engineering Items has been cleaned up An Unholy amount of other misc edits Other Wiki Editors who have put in a lot of work this last month but I haven't mentioned: @Tenheydes If you want to get involved with editing the wiki and don't know how, @ me on the discord and I'll sit down and teach you stuff when I get the chance. I hope to continue doing this every 1-2 months. I have a really good guide for learning how to wiki here As always, thanks for the hard work everyone!

I am fine with having a dedicated staff member whose job it is to oversee the wiki. I am also fine with giving expanded permissions to: - Mentors (e.g: patrol, autopatrol, maybe rollback?) - Wiki Contributors (unsure what I'd give them) - Some sort of new not-an-admin-but-has-curator-permissions-on-the-wiki role (maybe delete pages, probably not bigdelete/blockuser)

art drawn for a certain red slime nerd named Pepper Jam

Oh, I forgot, this was an early sketch that was trashed

Battling Blob in xenobio. Prime an acid grenade I made to clear blob tiles. Get put into crit and collapse by application of accelerator cannon to back of head. Drop acid grenade at feet which finishes me off. Get nuggeted by blobbernauts.

Be AI. Blob infected mouse exists. ;BLOB MY SAT Die, and people keep asking me to open doors. smh my head