All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part XVIII

[robkelk]

Using the Moderation extension is annoying.  Did anyone even try using Special:AbuseFilter before the heavy-handed approach?  I feel like this one would handle most of the cases we're getting, which is basically all link-spamming.

I say we compromise. We can use Moderation with AbuseFilter until we can sure we've beaten back the spam flood,

Which we haven't, as of this posting. Not by a long shot.

then we can disable Moderation until at such time its use may be needed again in case our spammer friends switch tactics.

Bob's forum isn't the place to make that proposal. This thread on the ATT Forums is the place to make that proposal.

That said, I would like to humbly appeal for the restoration for my bureaucrat bit back so I can be more effective in my capacity serving ATT. I have learned the folly of my ways from last time and will step down again immediately if there is any conflict as opposed to risk the incident that had me surrender those rights.

In fact, while it's a bit early, one of my New Years' resolutions was to avoid allowing my emotions to trump my professional judgment like I did a few months back, and I would hope that I would be held to the strictest of account if I did otherwise.

Regardless, the decision on this is up to the other staff and the community at large if they would like to weigh in, I shall honor the result regardless.

The only thing that Bureaucrat has that Administrator doesn't is the ability to grant rights to other users (and in some cases take the rights away). There hasn't been a big call for giving people additional rights, no matter how many times I've asked this calendar year whether particular Tropers should get increased privileges on the wiki... so having or not having Bureaucrat doesn't make a difference when one wants to "be more effective in my capacity serving ATT". If we were handing out Autopatrolled and Rollbacker left, right, and centre, I could see the need for another Bureaucrat...