Just a question

Who has all the authority of all the forums? As I said... it is just a question.

 

Vertical Is the "supreame chancellor" of these boards. He was appointed by Josh who started and is the owner of the site.

 

Yes Vertical.

 

Vert may be Supreme Chancellor, but the buck still stops at Josh.

...and maybe Phillip, depending on whatever the heck happend with Rebelscum.

 

Joshua Griffin, Scott Chitwood, and Philip Wise each own 1/3 of the site, and so ultimately they are in control. Vertical is the Supreme Chancellor, and so he controls the boards. Scott, Josh, and Philip simply don't have the time. A complete list of the board staff can be found here.

 

Thank you

And one more thing...

Who chosses someone to be part of the administration? Just curious. I am not familiar with this topic. Give as much information as possible.

 

Who chosses someone to be part of the administration? Just curious. I am not familiar with this topic. Give as much information as possible.

I believe you 1st have to be a mod. To be a mod you have to be asked by another mod or someone higher up. Then it goes form there.

 

Basically, to become a moderator, when the moderators in their private little forum have decided that they need another moderator, they make a list, and pick a final person or two to promote. I believe after 3 months they then become a manager, and after that, promotion to administrator is somewhat rare. Lemme dig up a link to further explain...

JC FAQ, or for more, visit the Communications forum thread index at the top

 

Thank you! I now know how the system works.

 

It used to be that Darth Ludicrous would gather together a bunch of pigs, one for each member of the JC, and he?d pin the name of a user onto the back of each pig. The pigs would mingle for a while, then he?d jump into the pen with them. The first that he could haul to the ground would have the username pinned to each back promoted to moderator.

This method was discontinued after DL was forced to buy over 50,000 pigs for the promotions of Liz Skywalker and several other moderators (everyone promoted at the same time as Liz has since retired). It nearly broke DL, and he had to mortgage his collection of SW memorabilia to pay for them. The last laugh was his though; he was able to corner the bacon market for months, and made a tidy profit. But having to clean up the mess that 50,000 pigs made in his back yard made him swear to do that never again.

Starting with the promotion of jp-30, and then Gandolf the Grey and Sturm Antilles, and then for every moderator since, the administrators have developed a new tactic that works almost as well. DarthSapient, Kadue, Padme Bra, and Vertical meditate and fast for ten days, then praying each morning facing the rising sun and again in the evening facing the first star to be seen. At the end of this period comes the wisdom of knowing that the meditation and praying stuff isn?t really all that effective.

So they post a thread asking who should be promoted. The moderators for the given forum shrug and put forward some names. Everyone else in the Mod Squad looks at those names, and says ?Uh, I think that I?ve seen one of them in Community once or twice. I think.? The moderators for the given forums post long spiels detailing the exploits, merits, and flaws of the users being considered. Everyone nods knowingly, and then either abstains, votes for the one that they think that they remember seeing in Community, chooses at random, or picks the one that the forum moderators seem to support.

After a week or two, someone decides that no new votes are going to come in, and then PM the individual to ask if they want to be a moderator. Normally, the chosen individual says something like ?Yes, that would be an honor? or ?OMGYES!OMGYES!OMGYES!OMGYES!? The exception would be Genghis; rumor has it that when Gandolf asked if he wanted to be a moderator, Genghis asked Gandolf if he was smoking crack. That?s just rumor, mind you.

Beyond that, I know nothing, sorry.

 

I believe the most current meathod of finding a new mod consists of whichever user posts this:
[image=http://members.rogers.com/alienacid/admin.gif]
image the most, that user will be made the next mod.

 

The exception would be Genghis; rumor has it that when Gandolf asked if he wanted to be a moderator, Genghis asked Gandolf if he was smoking crack. That?s just rumor, mind you.

I, personally, would be particularly inclined to believe that one, Jon...

 

//looks up

Hmm. Worth a try.

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Can I have colors now?

 

> So they post a thread asking who should be promoted. The moderators for the given forum shrug and put forward some names. Everyone else in the Mod Squad looks at those names, and says ?Uh, I think that I?ve seen one of them in Community once or twice. I think.? The moderators for the given forums post long spiels detailing the exploits, merits, and flaws of the users being considered. Everyone nods knowingly, and then either abstains, votes for the one that they think that they remember seeing in Community, chooses at random, or picks the one that the forum moderators seem to support.

So close to the truth, it hurts.

I still wish that I was picked via the pig method, though. The "new" way has no prestige attached...

 

Who has all the authority of all the forums?

Teh Me?.

 

Phillip?! Who is this 'Phillip'?

 

Phil? Why none other then one-third of the infamous three stooges who begat these wonderful forums.

 

Philip Wise. He owns 1/3 of TFN. He also heads things up over at Rebelscum.com. He can be reached at philip@rebelscum.com

 

Here is his profile

UKS

 

I loved the all the drama surrounding the who TFN/Rebelscum deal, and whether it happened, and how pissed off some people got if it was mentioned. Then I go to CelebrationII and am gazing over the Rebelscum stall and some guy *behind the counter* sees my nametag and is like "Hmm, I've heard of you, Hi, I'm Joshua from TFN".

 

I see that a few of you have those mod promotion signs, but I didn't have the idea of beign in the administration. I just wanted to know how the system works.

You see, as I look around, not much people seem to like the mods. And I just wanted to know how a mod became a mod.

By the way, has there been anyone, who always argued with the mods, or went aganist them all the time, or something to that effect?

(To me, the mods abuse their power in some way, or another. However, (I'm sounding like Bush now) if they gave me a list of regulations that they follow that I don't know about, then I will rest. Does anyone know if they do?)

 

"You see, as I look around, not much people seem to like the mods."

Sad, isn't it?

"By the way, has there been anyone, who always argued with the mods, or went aganist them all the time, or something to that effect?"

Yep, there have been plenty of people like that.

"To me, the mods abuse their power in some way, or another."

How so?

"However, (I'm sounding like Bush now) if they gave me a list of regulations that they follow that I don't know about, then I will rest. Does anyone know if they do?"

There's always the Terms of Service.

 

A number of forums also have additional guidelines that are posted in FAQ's or information threads. Look for stickey threads at the top of the forum, or links at the top of the page.

~H~

 

You mods base the way you do your job on the Terms of Service?

By the way, what EXACTLY is your job?

 

We get rid of everything that doesn't comply to the Terms of Service, and we try to make this place as enjoyable as possible for everyone who visits.