User blog:BachLynn23/To do or not to do Calling all users

 

Merry Christmas!



As many from our community have heard, over the last few weeks, and over a few blogs, the community spirit has been dwindling, problems have been pointed out, discussions have been had, etc etc. I hope to address a few issues with this blog, and my future ideas.

Calling All Users

Now, since the beginning of this wiki, two things that have always seemed to be an issue, lack of productivity with members on the Administration Team (Bcrats, Admins, RB's), and also the fact that it often appears, there is little for regular users to do to help the wiki in a productive manner, outside participation, role play and following the rules of the wiki. To solve this, and better show, what needs to be done, who can help where, and whose slacking, I am going to do a weekly to do list for not only members of my Administrative and Support Department, but for any regular user who wishes to help. That's right, regular users, I have plenty of small tasks, that any user can do, if they wish to help. I will not promise, that helping with these tasks will guarantee a future position as a roll back, but it cannot hurt your chances either. I will not implement the to do list until the New Year, however, in the mean time, any regular users, who wish to start actively participating with behind the scenes tasks, please comment on this blog that you wish to sign up for a task. This way, at the first of the year when I start it, I know who to approach with tasks.

To anyone already on my team, it comes down to this, often times the brunt of the work ends up falling one a couple of users. From here on out (well starting in January) I will assign specific tasks to everyone within my department, these of course, will just be the "minimum" requirements I expect from you, doing anything beyond the set tasks, will be looked on favourably, consistently doing less, with out prior arrangements for inactivity due to real life issues, will not be looked on favourably at all, and over enough time, could lead to a vote going up for demotion. This may seem harsh, if you do not have time to fulfil even a bare minimum of duties, than maybe being in a position of power on this wiki is too much for you.

My hope, is that this will not only remind current members of my team their duties, but also to remind regular user's that, they are as equally important to this wiki, and there are things they can be doing, to help the overall benefit of the wiki's structure, all they have to do is ask.

More to come in a follow up blog on 31 December, 2011. Thank you for your time, and I wish you all a Merry Christmas, filled with family, friends and love. --BachLynn (Send an Owl! ) 19:02, December 21, 2011 (UTC)