Wikiversity talk:Support staff/Archive/2008

Errors on the staff list
Currently User:MessedRocker is not a custodian and User:Brion VIBBER is. See. Can anyone shed light on this? --McCormack 17:54, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * That's strange, error's like that shouldn't happen I've checked User:MessedRocker logs for any admin actions and he or she has the Administrator's ability to delete pages and perform other Admin tasks. Maybe they went through the custodianshp process or requested it on Meta since on Meta they have the ability to do that, have you asked the user's directly, User:Brion VIBBER however hasn't been active on Wikiversity since 2006, and hasn't performed any Admin actions, according to the Logs. Terra Welcome to my talkpage 18:02, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Terra: the probability is that MessedRocker requested to be de-sysoped as he was no longer active, but I can find no information about this. Perhaps someone actually knows? Brion, on the other hand, is one of the Wikimedia Foundation's top tech gurus and can probably appoint himself any status he wishes should he need it for his technical duties. On the other hand, he probably ought to be listed if he has a long-term status (?). --McCormack 18:08, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Perhaps, I've had a look on Meta for any references for MessedRocker here on Wikiversity but the only reference which I found was removal of Adminship on Wikinews, but as with Brion it may be wise to list Brion as a long term Custodian, if he is Wikimedia's Technician then we should list him as a Long term Custodian. Terra Welcome to my talkpage 18:27, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi, de-adminship you can see at: Custodian requests (e.g. good old Mirwin - RIP) - perhaps MessedRocker asked also on meta to be de-admined ? As I see MessedRocker got the flag at:
 * 11:50, 16 August 2006 Cormaggio (Talk | contribs | block) changed group membership for User:Messedrocker from (none) to sysop
 * Less time consuming option probably is to ask the user. Erkan Yilmaz uses the Wikiversity:Chat (try) 18:56, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * emailed MessedRocker (I am not sure, if someone already told Messedrocker ?), Erkan Yilmaz uses the Wikiversity:Chat (try) 00:38, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

I had my custodian privileges quietly removed directly through a steward. Messedrocker 18:52, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the fast response Messedrocker. May I ask why this came - are you busy with other projects ? We need always a helping hand. Erkan Yilmaz uses the Wikiversity:Chat (try) 18:58, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Support Staff directory
According to the Candidates for Custodianship page, one of the Custodians who's known as Erkan was granted Checkuser status - shouldn't this section be updated to show that Erkan has checkuser status, since it's not displayed on the Custodianship mainpage anymore - this section seems to be outdated. DarkMage 18:55, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, that should have been updated, see. --JWSchmidt 19:13, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Future of the Support Staff Directory
Since the community is now starting to get larger what will happen to the current Support Staff Directory - will it be updated or will the page change depending on how many Support Staff we have (e.g Custodian's, Check users, Bureaucrat's and others). DarkMage 17:20, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

"starting to get larger" <-- I believe that Jimbo is now a Wikiversity support staff member, but I do not know what category he is in. He said "other admins", so maybe we list him "admin". --JWSchmidt 17:34, 15 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Jimbo is one of many stewards. Dark Mage, I don't fully understand your question - this page should be updated whenever any user rights are given or revoked - does that help? Cormaggio talk 17:39, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Since more and more people have started to become joining us, it's obvious that this site is getting recognized more than previously, due to the rise number of activity the previous day is obvious that a lot of members are indeed becoming more active, if that's the case then what will happen to the support staff directory, with it's current format and the numbers of Custodians and those who have user rights - this page will start to become larger depending on the size of the community and who becomes a Custodian, or have other user rights - Will this get changed with a new layout or will the page stay the same as it is, see Wikipedia for example they have over 1000 or more admins if we start to contain that amount of Custodians here what will happen with the current support directory how will it be maintained.  DarkMage  17:52, 15 September 2008 (UTC)