Voting:Level 5's and Up/CHBRP 2.0/Department Restructure

I know people have talked about this off and on for awhile, and I think the most annoying problem people have with the Departments is no one seems to know who does what where in which department when. I’d like to try and maybe rearrange them a bit, add a fourth crat run department and maybe change Support to an Admin run department as it’s just support so I don’t see why it would need a crat to run it. I also think we should actually assign official helpers to departments so they know where they should be doing stuff.

I know other users awhile ago had other ideas on this, some wanted less departments, some wanted more, some wanted no changes, we could argue how to do this for months and get nothing done, but I feel like this is more clear than we have now and better divides the work up. When it comes to enforcing policies I think that level five users should be allowed to report and/or tive out verbal warnings, and then wikia helpers and up should be able to give out official warnings, and Admins and Crats are the only ones that can approve bans.

(Copied from here) The 5 Departments: Department #1= Claiming Department

This would consist of all claims Pet claims, regular claims, BC claiming, Quest claims, mission claims. This would also involve keeping the claim pages up to date and organised. It would also mean helping users make their claims and get started. They will also at least have to help upkeep the user/character lists by adding characters and users and stuff to it. This would be a Crat run department. Department #2= Human Resources

This would be the group of users that keep track of user activity, issues with pages, all the tedious upkeep work like categories, images, organisation. They’d be in charge of making sure users level up the right way, contacting users about their inactivity. They would help keep the user/character pages up to date. Department #3= Recreational Department

They would be responsible for running contests and events and would work closely with the other departments. They would help run things that Development creates, they would help new users learn how to role play after going through claiming. It would help to be in chat a lot where they can connect with the users and always have an idea what people are doing. Maybe users willing to go around and initiate roleplays with new users to make them feel welcome. Bach actually gave me the idea for this department because she reminded me how there really isn’t a lot of people pushing activities and getting excited about them. These guys would be like our cheerleaders Department #4= Research and Development (R&D)

This is for the users who want to come up with ideas, plans, new projects, things to test, basically stuff that will keep the wiki moving forward. They’ll also actively poll the wiki and talk to the users about what their needs and wishes are. This will also be for users who want to help design thing like templates, the main page, basically keeping the wiki looking nice. Not like the cleaning work like Human Resources, but like Bach used to do with updating coding looks styles and stuff. This is a good department for users who are either strong leaders or able to inspire users to get excited about things. They should also be proactive about getting work done. People in this department need to be able to get stuff done without being told or asked. They’d also be in charge of monitoring the new idea I had for an ideas/suggestions board/forum that I want to get users to actually use more (see down further for more info). Department #5= Aid and Support Services

So this is sorta like General Support, but it also includes like helping users with anything they need, guidance, direction. So they’d monitor the help and debate forums. They’d help other departments if they are low on help or have extra work.