Microsoft Wiki:Staff

This page documents official Policy on Microsoft Wiki. It concerns standards that all users should follow. When editing this page, please ensure that your revision reflects consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the talk page.

Staff (Administrators, Bureaucrats and Content Moderators) are users on Microsoft Wiki with the responsibility to keep the wiki running smoothly. The main job of all Staff is to help users, so don't hesitate to ask a member of Staff if you have any problems or questions.

Certain Staff also have various rights, administrative tools and authority over the wiki. There are two main levels of Staff on Microsoft Wiki, plus Wikia Staff. No users other than the ones mentioned here have any administrative privileges or decision-making authority.

Microsoft Wiki is not officially affiliated to Microsoft in any way. Staff on this wiki have no authoriy to give out free products or deal with software problems.

See Promotion to see the process for nominating staff for promotion, and to provide nominations and opinions.

Administrators

	Administrators (Admins or SysOps) are members of Staff with tools and authority to solve disputes and keep the wiki running smoothly. Administrators are still just editors of the wiki, and the main part of their job is the help other users; but they occasionally need to step in and use their additional tools to solve problems and maintain the wiki according to Policy.
	Mr.Follow (Head) QuickWhitt7	Administrator Rights: Protect, move & delete pages Edit protected pages Suspend/block users and IPs Some discretion with rules

Bureaucrats

	Bureaucrats are the users that steer Microsoft Wiki. They have authority in any disputes, and can approve large-scale changes to the wiki. As well as being full Administrators, Bureaucrats can also promote other users to staff.
	Active Bureaucrats Mr.Follow (Head Bureaucrat) QuickWhitt7 (Administrator)	Bureaucrat Rights: Promote staff Final decisions on rules Approves, interprets and modifies policy Major decisions about the wiki Edit 'MediaWiki' system namespace

Content Moderators

	Content Moderators are users who have additional tools available to moderate specific parts of the community.
	Active Content Moderators Mr.Follow (Head) QuickWhitt7	Content Moderator Rights: Deleting and moving protected pages Deleting and moving files Undeleting pages and files Rollback edits Reupload files Protecting and unprotecting pages Patrol pages if the community has the RecentChanges patrol feature enabled

Former Staff

List of the former staff:

1. Darth Monkey (Wiki Founder) (2005-2008)
2. Mouseheart (2007-2013)
3. Gboyers (2007-2013)
4. Jimwitz (2007)
5. KeybladeSpyMaster (2014-2017)
6. Kerry Stapleton (2014-2015)
7. Abacus (2007-2009)
8. Starfox u (2014-2019)
9. CavaX (2017-2019)

FANDOM Staff

There are also FANDOM Staff, VSTF (primaly known as janitors), FANDOM Helpers who have administrative privileges in all wikis of Wikia. These users are not managed by Microsoft Wiki, although they should still operate within MSW policy where possible.

For udpade lists see:

• Special:ListUsers/staff
• Special:ListUsers/vstf
• Special:ListUsers/helper
• Special:Listusers/util

The main FANDOM Staff, VSTF (primaly Janitors) and FANDOM Helpers that work with Microsoft Wiki are:

• Kirkburn (staff, util and former helper)
• Leviathan 89 (helper, util, former staff and former vstf)
• Kopcap94 (bot, helper, util, vstf)
• TyA (vstf)
• Sannse (staff, util)
• Grunny (staff, util, former helper and former vstf)
• Luchofigo85 (staff, util)
• VegaDark (vstf)
• Mroszka (staff, util, bot-global)
• Mighty No. 9 (staff, util)
• Cyanide3 (vstf and former staff)
• BertH (staff, util)
• TK-999 (vstf, helper, staff and util)
• Kuzura (helper, util and staff)
• Jr Mime (vstf)
• Rappy 4187 (staff, util and former vstf)

List of the formely vstf,staff and helpers that are edited into Microsoft Wiki.

Note:for a complete list of the formely vstf see, Help:SpamTaskForce/Retired.

• Angela (former staff and util, also the co-founder of Wikia)
• Sulfur (former vstf)
• KATANAGOD (former vstf)
• Obi the LEGO Fan (former vstf)
• Sarah Manley (former staff and util)
• C886553, prevecius know as Ajraddatz (former vstf)
• Exlex (former vstf)
• Charitwo (former vstf)
• CatherineMunro (former staff and util)
• Manticore (former janitor)
• Lox federico (former staff and util)
• Wedkarski (former helper, former util and former vstf)
• Ose (former vstf)
• GHe (former janitor)
• Jack Phoenix (former janitor)
• Uberfuzzy (former janitor and staff)

Administrative Bots

Some Bots may have administrative access to this wiki. These bots are generally managed by existing administrators, and should only be used for bulk tasks, not general access to the wiki.

List of main bots:

• Gtabot, run by Gboyers.
• Maintenance script
• QATestsBot
• Kopcap94, also a VSTF member and FANDOM Helper.
• Userpage Bot, global bot run by Kerri Amber.
• URL, global bot run by Kerri Amber.
• Default, global bot run by Wikia, Inc.
• FandomBot, global bot run by Wikia, Inc.
• Wikia, global bot run by Wikia, Inc.
• WikiaBot, global bot run by Wikia, Inc.
• FANDOM, global bot run by Wikia, Inc.
• Mroszka, a staff member, util and bot-global

Promotion to Staff

See Promotion to see the process for nominating staff for promotion, and to provide nominations and opinions, see also Request for Rollback for becoming a rollback on this wiki.