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==The Role of the Staff== | ==The Role of the Staff== | ||
{{See also|KHWiki:Staff | {{See also|KHWiki:Staff policy}} | ||
Staff members are first and foremost, editors. They still have a responsibility to the wiki itself. | Staff members are first and foremost, editors. They still have a responsibility to the wiki itself. | ||
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An administrator can protect pages, which prevents other editors from editing them. Pages can be protected on different levels. Pages can be protected from anonymous IP edits, newer users, or from non-staff users, and for varying degrees of time. | An administrator can protect pages, which prevents other editors from editing them. Pages can be protected on different levels. Pages can be protected from anonymous IP edits, newer users, or from non-staff users, and for varying degrees of time. | ||
*Semi-protection is normally used to alleviate vandalism. It appears in the Protection Log as “edit=autoconfirmed”, and protects pages from being edited by unregistered users (anonymous IP addresses) and newer accounts. It should only be used in cases of heavy vandalism from multiple usernames or IP addresses. Putting the page on your watchlist and reverting vandalism may be a better alternative. Semi-protection may also be used on formatting templates or other major templates. | *Semi-protection is normally used to alleviate vandalism. It appears in the Protection Log as “edit=autoconfirmed”, and protects pages from being edited by unregistered users (anonymous IP addresses) and newer accounts. It should only be used in cases of heavy vandalism from multiple usernames or IP addresses. Putting the page on your watchlist and reverting vandalism may be a better alternative. Semi-protection may also be used on formatting templates or other major templates. | ||
*Full protection is generally used for protecting major site-wide pages. It appears in the Protection Log as “edit=sysop”, and only administrators can edit these pages. It can be used for important formatting templates, templates that require virtually no change or depict a special formatting character (such as {{ | *Full protection is generally used for protecting major site-wide pages. It appears in the Protection Log as “edit=sysop”, and only administrators can edit these pages. It can be used for important formatting templates, templates that require virtually no change or depict a special formatting character (such as <nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki>), or pages dealing with legal concerns such as the site's [[KHWiki:Copyrights|copyright notice]]. Full protection should rarely be used to prevent vandalism unless semi-protection fails to do so. Full protection may be used, however, to alleviate edit wars between established users. | ||
*Protection can also be placed solely on moving a page, in case the page is a target of page-move vandalism or edit warring. | *Protection can also be placed solely on moving a page, in case the page is a target of page-move vandalism or edit warring. | ||
Pages should be protected if the pages involved suffer recurring and targeted vandalism or if the pages are at the center of an edit war. This may happen around the time of a game launch, as the release of a new game may spur many edits of poorer and often false quality. However, pages should never be protected simply to preserve edits that are more favorable over edits that are more correct. Page Protection should be used in an edit war to encourage discussion on the edits, not to kill that discussion. Pages should also not be protected to eliminate editing related to new game releases, but rather to encourage better editing and prevent repetitive reverting or rollbacks. | Pages should be protected if the pages involved suffer recurring and targeted vandalism or if the pages are at the center of an edit war. This may happen around the time of a game launch, as the release of a new game may spur many edits of poorer and often false quality. However, pages should never be protected simply to preserve edits that are more favorable over edits that are more correct. Page Protection should be used in an edit war to encourage discussion on the edits, not to kill that discussion. Pages should also not be protected to eliminate editing related to new game releases, but rather to encourage better editing and prevent repetitive reverting or rollbacks. | ||
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===Moving=== | ===Moving=== | ||
While all can move pages, Moderators and Administrators can move pages without creating a redirect page. This allows for a clean move, and is best used if there is a misspelling in article names or if an article has been named incorrectly altogether. Additionally, Moderators and Administrators can move files. This is perfect for managing files, especially to make files meet the [[KHWiki:Media policy|Media Policy]]. | While all can move pages, Moderators and Administrators can move pages without creating a redirect page. This allows for a clean move, and is best used if there is a misspelling in article names or if an article has been named incorrectly altogether. Additionally, Moderators and Administrators can move files. This is perfect for managing files, especially to make files meet the [[KHWiki:Media policy policy|Media Policy]]. | ||
===Delete=== | ===Delete=== | ||
Delete completely removes a page, its associated talk page, and the related page histories from public view. Other administrators can still view the page in [[Special:Undelete]] and in the related Delete Logs. Pages should be deleted if they are irrelevant to the ‘’Kingdom Hearts’’ series, are replaced by other pages, are unnecessary redirects created by page moves, or are pages created for spam or as a result of page-move vandalism. Images may also be deleted if they violate copyright laws and site copyright rules, are uploaded for vandalism purposes, or violate the Wiki’s [[KHWiki:Media Policy|Media Policy]]. Categories may also be deleted if they are a result of manual category renaming. Remember to remove or replace the links to deleted pages by checking in [[Special:Whatlinkshere]]. To request a page be deleted, especially if there is question about whether or not it should be deleted, add the {{tname|delete}} template at the top of the page. A list of pages set to be deleted can be found at [[:Category: | Delete completely removes a page, its associated talk page, and the related page histories from public view. Other administrators can still view the page in [[Special:Undelete]] and in the related Delete Logs. Pages should be deleted if they are irrelevant to the ‘’Kingdom Hearts’’ series, are replaced by other pages, are unnecessary redirects created by page moves, or are pages created for spam or as a result of page-move vandalism. Images may also be deleted if they violate copyright laws and site copyright rules, are uploaded for vandalism purposes, or violate the Wiki’s [[KHWiki:Media policy Policy|Media Policy]]. Categories may also be deleted if they are a result of manual category renaming. Remember to remove or replace the links to deleted pages by checking in [[Special:Whatlinkshere]]. To request a page be deleted, especially if there is question about whether or not it should be deleted, add the {{tname|delete}} template at the top of the page. A list of pages set to be deleted can be found at [[:Category:Pages for deletion]]. | ||
===Blocks and Bans=== | ===Blocks and Bans=== |