Zelda Wiki:Staff

The staff of Zelda Wiki is a group of people who collectively manage the various operations of Zelda Wiki. This group includes: Bureaucrats, Administrators, and Patrollers. Patrollers are like forum (sometimes called "section") moderators, who exercise limited power and are responsible for guiding users to better actions in the future. Their main job is to patrol user edits, and let users know when they break any quality standards. Admins are similar to super moderators on a forum. They can lock, delete, and move pages. These are privileged members who contribute to the Wiki in a positive manner and, during their membership, have been upstanding examples for the wiki community. The position of "bureaucrat" is reserved for staff who take on special duties such as public relations and server administration. Administrators and bureaucrats have the same powers on the wiki; they are distinguished only by their roles.

The staff of Zelda Wiki is chosen carefully, and is comprised only of the best and most trusted users that the Wiki has to offer.

Contact the Staff
Active Zelda Wiki staff members can be reached in three ways:
 * To report problems, make small requests, and ask wiki-related questions, please leave a message at the Milk Bar. The Milk Bar is regularly monitored by staff.
 * To contact the staff privately off-wiki, such as in the event of a server error, send an email to [mailto:webmaster@zeldawiki.org webmaster@zeldawiki.org] . All admins and bureaucrats have access to this email.
 * To contact an individual staff member, leave a message on their talk page.

About Staff Membership
Staff membership allows users to help Zelda Wiki in more ways than editing articles. Staff members manage the site by guiding other editors, overseeing quality control and enacting policy. Administrators are given additional rights to execute technical tasks such as deleting pages, protecting pages, and issuing bans.

Otherwise, staff members are no different from regular editors. Their status does  not  give them ultimate authority. In regular wiki discussions at Zelda Wiki:Hyrule Castle or on an article's talk page, all users have an equal say. At Zelda Wiki, the majority of decisions are made by general consensus or popular vote. A staff member's opinion does not count for more than that of a user who has only just joined the site.

That said, there are certain issues which must be handled by staff only. These include server administration, funding, bans, promotions, demotions, and page protections. Staff members reserve the right to make final decisions regarding these issues. However, they will certainly consider other editors' concerns.

Becoming Staff
Users wishing to become staff may find helpful information here.