Shifti:Administrators - Revision history

Viqsi: realtime chat spaces have been reprioritized for a while now...

2026-02-02T19:23:46Z

realtime chat spaces have been reprioritized for a while now...

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	====Notes====		====Notes====

	On [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] it's said that being an "Admin" is "No Big Deal". Shifti is different — here we try to keep the number of administrators low so that there aren't massive edit&revert wars. Perhaps the Wikipedia way is better for the community—there is always an administrator that can be contacted—but here it's rather easy to contact any of us. At any given time there is usually one of us available on the [~~http~~://~~www~~.~~lapinia.org~~/~~tfnet TFNet IRC Network~~]~~, usually in the room ''#transformations''~~.		On [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] it's said that being an "Admin" is "No Big Deal". Shifti is different — here we try to keep the number of administrators low so that there aren't massive edit&revert wars. Perhaps the Wikipedia way is better for the community—there is always an administrator that can be contacted—but here it's rather easy to contact any of us. At any given time there is usually one of us available on the [https://discord.gg/JaqKf8Yuyf TSA Discord Server].

	Failing that, the Talk pages do work and [[Special:Recentchanges\|Recent Changes]] is normally watched.		Failing that, the Talk pages do work and [[Special:Recentchanges\|Recent Changes]] is normally watched.

	Finally, please don't ever ask for Admin status. Here on Shifti there isn't a set policy for the promotion of people to administrator status, but because we house the original, copyrighted work of a number of people we have to be very careful with who has access to the "toolbox" and other privileges that come with administrator status. In practice, however, everything affecting Shifti—including the promotion of users to administrators—is decided by a vote and after much discussion.		Finally, please don't ever ask for Admin status. Here on Shifti there isn't a set policy for the promotion of people to administrator status, but because we house the original, copyrighted work of a number of people we have to be very careful with who has access to the "toolbox" and other privileges that come with administrator status. In practice, however, everything affecting Shifti—including the promotion of users to administrators—is decided by a vote and after much discussion.

Bryan: noting that Viqsi is not highly active on the wiki itself, in case newbies are looking for an admin to ask something of via this page

2008-07-02T07:25:41Z

noting that Viqsi is not highly active on the wiki itself, in case newbies are looking for an admin to ask something of via this page

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	*[[User:Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan\|talk page]]) - Primary maintenance of Shifti's pages and layout, extensive experience with MediaWiki from years of service on Wikipedia		*[[User:Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan\|talk page]]) - Primary maintenance of Shifti's pages and layout, extensive experience with MediaWiki from years of service on Wikipedia
	*[[User:ShadowWolf]] ([[User talk:ShadowWolf\|talk page]]) - Owner and maintainer of the server Shifti is located on, a wiz with the backend		*[[User:ShadowWolf]] ([[User talk:ShadowWolf\|talk page]]) - Owner and maintainer of the server Shifti is located on, a wiz with the backend
	*[[User:Viqsi]] ([[User talk:Viqsi\|talk page]]) - Owner of the shifti.org domain name		*[[User:Viqsi]] ([[User talk:Viqsi\|talk page]]) - Owner of the shifti.org domain name, not heavily active on the wiki itself
	*[[User:JonBuck]] ([[User talk:JonBuck\|talk page]])		*[[User:JonBuck]] ([[User talk:JonBuck\|talk page]])
	*[[User:Devin]] ([[User talk:Devin\|talk page]])		*[[User:Devin]] ([[User talk:Devin\|talk page]])

ShadowWolf: some notes about administrator status, what it means, etc...

2008-04-07T05:22:41Z

some notes about administrator status, what it means, etc...

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	*[[User:JonBuck]] ([[User talk:JonBuck\|talk page]])		*[[User:JonBuck]] ([[User talk:JonBuck\|talk page]])
	*[[User:Devin]] ([[User talk:Devin\|talk page]])		*[[User:Devin]] ([[User talk:Devin\|talk page]])

			====Notes====

			On [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] it's said that being an "Admin" is "No Big Deal". Shifti is different — here we try to keep the number of administrators low so that there aren't massive edit&revert wars. Perhaps the Wikipedia way is better for the community—there is always an administrator that can be contacted—but here it's rather easy to contact any of us. At any given time there is usually one of us available on the [http://www.lapinia.org/tfnet TFNet IRC Network], usually in the room ''#transformations''.

			Failing that, the Talk pages do work and [[Special:Recentchanges\|Recent Changes]] is normally watched.

			Finally, please don't ever ask for Admin status. Here on Shifti there isn't a set policy for the promotion of people to administrator status, but because we house the original, copyrighted work of a number of people we have to be very careful with who has access to the "toolbox" and other privileges that come with administrator status. In practice, however, everything affecting Shifti—including the promotion of users to administrators—is decided by a vote and after much discussion.

ShadowWolf: fix a "double-typed" character

2008-01-06T01:17:55Z

fix a "double-typed" character

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	*[[User:Viqsi]] ([[User talk:Viqsi\|talk page]]) - Owner of the shifti.org domain name		*[[User:Viqsi]] ([[User talk:Viqsi\|talk page]]) - Owner of the shifti.org domain name
	*[[User:JonBuck]] ([[User talk:JonBuck\|talk page]])		*[[User:JonBuck]] ([[User talk:JonBuck\|talk page]])
	*[[User:Devin]] (([[User talk:Devin\|talk page]])		*[[User:Devin]] ([[User talk:Devin\|talk page]])

ShadowWolf: add Devin

2008-01-06T01:12:53Z

add Devin

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	*[[User:Viqsi]] ([[User talk:Viqsi\|talk page]]) - Owner of the shifti.org domain name		*[[User:Viqsi]] ([[User talk:Viqsi\|talk page]]) - Owner of the shifti.org domain name
	*[[User:JonBuck]] ([[User talk:JonBuck\|talk page]])		*[[User:JonBuck]] ([[User talk:JonBuck\|talk page]])
			*[[User:Devin]] (([[User talk:Devin\|talk page]])

Bryan: initial entry

2007-07-20T02:18:15Z

initial entry

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The administrators of Shifti (also sometimes called "sysops") are users with access to special tools useful for maintaining the site. If you have any problems or requests please ask one of these users for assistance on their respective user talk pages.

*[[User:Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk page]]) - Primary maintenance of Shifti's pages and layout, extensive experience with MediaWiki from years of service on Wikipedia
*[[User:ShadowWolf]] ([[User talk:ShadowWolf|talk page]]) - Owner and maintainer of the server Shifti is located on, a wiz with the backend
*[[User:Viqsi]] ([[User talk:Viqsi|talk page]]) - Owner of the shifti.org domain name
*[[User:JonBuck]] ([[User talk:JonBuck|talk page]])