UDWiki:Administration/Policy Discussion/Sysops are not Moderators

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Summary

This policy aims at changing the word Moderator to System Operator when referring to System Operator in all of the current and future approved policies and documents. Also the term Mod would be replaced with Sysop.

Why?

The word moderator is a misleading term to the actual position of a System Operator. The term moderator implies someone who is impartial, mild-mannered, ect, however this is not necessarily true of all of the Sysops all of the time on this wiki. As of such many people (especially newbies) may be disappointed when an Sysop is not moderate.

Xoid said:
The whole 'mod' thing was a misnomer. We've never had the power to moderate. The fact that arb. is a requirement to deal with people name-calling each is proof of this.

By calling moderators System Operators it would potential reduce some of the drama and unreasonable expectations that is caused from this misunderstanding.

Where?

This policy would affect all official documents, including the page name.

Changes in page names

Any page under the Moderation space would have Moderation replaced with Administration.

eg, UDWiki:Moderation/Policy_Discussion to UDWiki:Administration/Policy_Discussion


Changes in documents

Each official document ranging from the System Operator Guidelines to the Suggestions page would have any mention of Moderator replaced with System Operator, and Mod replaced with Sysop.

Voting Section

Voting Rules
Votes must be numbered, signed, and timestamped. They can take one of two forms:
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Votes that do not conform to the above will be struck by a sysop.

The only valid voting sections are For and Against. If you wish to abstain from voting, do not vote.

Voting ends 14th February

For

  1. Woot! My suggestion took! --SirensT RR 13:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
  2. Bah, you bet me to voting on my own policy =( - JedazΣT MC ΞD GIS S! 13:23, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
  3. But leave the redirects be when you move the pages to their new addresses. --Matthew Fahrenheit YRC☺T☺+1 20:02, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
  4. Sounds good to me. --ZombieSlay3rSig.png 20:18, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
  5. Gage 20:29, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
  6. --Sir Sonny Corleone RRF CRF DORIS Hunt! 20:32, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
  7. --Hubrid Nox Mod WTF U! B! 20:36, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
  8. Sure... --THE Godfather of Яesensitized, Anime Sucks Yalk | W! U! WMM| CC CPFOAS DORISFlag.jpg LOE ZHU | Яezzens 20:38, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
  9. Dont hurt me gage JohnWilcox 20:46, 31 January 2007 (GMT)
    o_0--Gage 20:48, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
  10. ;D --Vulnavia 20:56, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
  11. I don't know what all the fuss is about; but if you want sysop, then whatever. Jonny12 talk . w(m)^∞ 22:31, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
  12. --'STER-Talk-ModP! 01:25, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  13. Helps define things more clearly.--Mayor Fitting 02:03, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  14. I'm for it. --Banana reads Scoundrell for all of Yesterday's News, Today! 02:52, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  15. Doesn't seem like it will hurt anything. Humuhumuhumu...Ted 03:12, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  16. This makes perfect sense; if moderators are not unbiased, they should not be called moderators. --Saluton 04:10, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  17. K. -- Atticus Rex mfu pif Δ 04:55, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  18. For. Why the hell not. Daniel Hicken 15:24, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  19. Psyops. --Funt Solo Scotland flag.JPG 15:25, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  20. Well I guess. Pillsy FT 15:28, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  21. For -- Anything to reduce drama is okay in my book. Call a rose a rose. --MorthBabid 19:30, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  22. Vidicate 21:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  23. Ducis DuxSlothTalk 04:37, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
  24. Whatever. Lachryma☭ 04:42, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
  25. Yub yub. -Bullgod 05:30, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
  26. Go Asheets 19:05, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
  27. everything seems in order here.--Blood Panther 22:23, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
  28. Mhm. --MordredMalTel 23:54, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
  29. Meh, seems like a lot more work than embracing moderation, but it should cut down on confusion. --Max Grivas JG / M.F.T. 17:35, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
  30. Go for it --Darth Sensitive Talk W! 19:59, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
  31. It will be alot of work, and a waste of time, but I agree with what you are trying to say. Lemonhead7t7 00:25, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
  32. Do I really need to add input here? Can we say 'lanslide'--StanVEE 05:45, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
  33. A rose by any other name will still have pointy thorns.--J Muller 07:45, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
  34. As J Muller. --Xoid 11:30, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
  35. makes sense to me--Sexualharrison MR• ה •TStarofdavid2.png 16:35, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
  36. I am all for this. Aye! --Keithg 16:29, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
  37. --Specialist290♠ 01:49, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
  38. No problems here. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ #nerftemplatedsigs 14:37, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
  39. Might take some getting used to, but it has no practical effect on the wiki and makes it more clear what our Sysops actually do. --Reaper with no name TJ! 19:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
  40. Yeah, go for it. ----Headless gunner 22:41, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
  41. Whatever Mattiator 21:28, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Against

  1. I am a rebel, sticking it to the man. – Nubis NWO 20:44, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
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