WikiTide Meta:Requests for permissions

MacFan4000 (Administrator)
Group: Administrator Reason: I would like to help add content to metawikitide and I believe it will be helpful for me to have administrator. I would be able to import pages, templates, and modules, and mark things for translation and such. This wiki needs some work to get going, and I'd like to be a part of that. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 02:26, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * PS, if there were established requirements I wouldn't meet them, but then again nobody would because of how new this farm is. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 02:33, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Questions for candidate

 * 1) Requirements are not only absent, the very bar for what they should be is in flux. Imo the new priorities should be be proactivity and communication: until a clearer process exist, make yourself integral to the building of new infrastructure. I know you've never been on discord but being aware of its proceedings would help, as they inform a lot of what's gone on so far. Translation is an overengineered mess based on Miraheze experience, and there has been no will to continue it. If continued it will likely go by the last RfCs from Miraheze on the matter to greatly limit its use. I think it would even be safe to simply remove this markup for the time being. Imo what is most useful is not imports of modules and templates, but homebrew development and review of policy and layout as these are the things that will have lasting effect. Simply importing right off Miraheze is an easy step back into its complacency. Hard work with efforts in collaboration should prevail over mass imports that only makes it look like it's going somewhere but which have not at all been thought through or rethought. As a founding/native admin (candidate), you set the tone. As someone who's taken a more critical role on this project, this is the line of thing I would hope for. If it wants to be different from Miraheze it needs to start by thinking this stuff through and not taking the quickest or cheapest solutions. Let me know what you think...
 * I agree with that assessment. Still, imports of some templates and modules can be useful. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 16:16, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Discussion
Other users feel free to support/oppose/abstain from this RfP but please state your reasoning below.


 * Support Very trusted and I have no doubt they will be a net positive here. X (talk) 02:38, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Support He has been very trusted on Miraheze before, so why stop now? --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 15:35, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Piccadilly (Wiki Creator)
I realize that I have just joined this wiki, but I have some experience with wikis in general and would like to help out here by becoming a wiki creator. I have read the Content Policy on Miraheze and would base my decisions on that until WikiTide has its own content policy. Thank you for your consideration. Piccadilly (talk) 04:15, 16 June 2023 (UTC)


 * I don't think this can be actioned until we have a set of policies, so this is on hold. Also we should get some boilerplates. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 04:36, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * This is a formulative time on Wikitide, so you are putting yourself forward as a founding wiki creator. As implied above this means you help set the tone. One thing that's come up a lot is not doing things in quite the same way, not falling in the same tired habits that caused a thousand little messes the last time. Overly liberal wiki approvals caused many trickle down issues and there was limited, sometimes absent communication. There is already a strong desire to make the content policy more limited to truly avoid a long experience of problematic wiki creations. So naturally, just basing of Miraheze policy would not be best here. In this case there are probably more than enough people who can create wikis to do what's needed for now as the ones who can make wikis are also privy to the ever changing, hopefully evolving particulars. I would suggest avoiding this request until the structure and need of wiki creators is better defined. --Raidarr (talk) 08:52, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Also I just remembered. You are a repeat customer as I would say on Miraheze, and you know what I'm talking about: we've discussed new starts by email. I do think it is inappropriate to slip in requesting what are traditionally somewhat trusted permissions without establishing yourself or accounting for the past. Best take a more granular approach. I hope this works out for you, I will not comment further on this tangent. --Raidarr (talk) 08:57, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't necessarily trust you with this permission, like, at all buddy. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 13:34, 16 June 2023 (UTC)