Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-5645428-20150510004001/@comment-5645428-20150510084315

There is no minimum age, as that is irrelevant. It is your actions which speak for your impression as a suitable candidate (and having made enough edits). It is also a violation of privacy to require the submission of age in order to use a user-developed feature.

@Dragonlover73: Ah, I was hoping we had a DragonVale Wiki editor on here. That's possibly the most renowned wiki for its election systems.


 * There will be an open number of candidates to be accepted but a decided number of promotions to be made following the voting rounds. This is not because candidates aren't worthy, but because the community will be given the option to decide who they think are the most suitable, and the highest voted will be the ones receiving the promotions. When there is a need for more moderators based upon the forum/chat activity, or because other moderators become less active, more elections will be held. *The DragonVale Wiki's system sounds to be continuous and always operational. That is not something I would say we are prepared for at the present time, nor would I say that is what we intend to follow. The difference between this and the DragonVale Wiki system is that they have individual selections, while we are having group selections to meet the wiki's overall need for staffing by the community's choice of members, meaning, we will have guaranteed promotions.


 * Administrators will not be nominating or voting either. The staff's involvement is the initial approval of nominated candidates that they have fulfilled the minimum requirements and have a generally good attitude. We shouldn't need to have the final say if the system is designed to ensure that good faith determines who is chosen.

'''*A minimum activity duration for nominators is a good idea. Note to add this in.'''


 * I personally don't like the idea of constantly changing staff lists, which I'm uncertain of what actually happens on the DragonVale Wiki, but get the impression that maintaining a staff position could potentially seem like a burden. While there are obviously responsibilities, I wouldn't make it feel obligatory than voluntary. I know some wikis consider staffing a duty - it's not, it is an expression of appreciation for the community, or at least I would hope that's how others would feel about it.