well, one of those rare comment from the Big Boss in another thread sort of reminded me of sort of responsibilities that have gone awry and dropped off the cliff, swept off in the rest of things that have been preoccupying my duties here.
The premise of this, is to review ALL the projects currently Active, to review all assigned Project Admins & Supervisors.
You might ask, what is the point of Admins & Supervisors? How does it affect use lowly readers/Translators/Editors?
Well, let me describe what they are responsible for and why they are a GOOD thing for a project.
1) Both position act as two points of contact for any readers or contributors who are interested in the project.
2) Supervisors; Primary Point of Contact.
They are usually a member of the Projects Signed or Registered Editorial or Translator team.
(Signed, meaning those who have identified themselves on the Wiki; Registered as B-T forum members of designated groups.)
They have a vested and active interest in keeping the project going forward and keeping close contact with the rest of the team.
This involves keeping track of translation progress and the status of the Translators.
3) Administrator; Secondary Point of Contact.
The names is pretty much self-descriptive, they are those with Administrative Privilege on the wiki.
They may or may not be instrumental in the translating process of the project, but are vital as your first point of call that requires moving, reformatting, deleting pages or other functions that require Admin level access.
They are also important for any grievances or disputes relating to the project, such as vandalism or Registration conflicts.
They also keep track of Supervisor activity. In the case of an inactive Supervisor, they will temporary assume Supervisor responsibility until a new Supervisor is assigned.
As you can see, both position is required, without an Admin. the project will not be approved or maintained, on the Other hand without a Supervisor, Admins will be overwhelmed and will lack efficiency to keep track of a project or contact with the immediate team.
so no that we are clear of the roles of those two positions, lets get down to business.
Default Admin:
May of the English Projects do not have a clear assigned Admin, when that happens this usually default to me, which place a incredible load on myself.
This has got to a point that many projects here have more or less have outdated Supervisors, this in turn means progress of those projects are outdated, M.I.A Translators have not been chased up or cleared from the registration pages.
There are plenty of project that needs to reassessed, so for this part I need to first track down all projects that are registered under my name, followed by all default ones.
I will then need to track all projects registered under the other Admins, from there I will have to assess which Admins are inactive or are over burden themselves.
Once I've established all projects that can tackled by the current line-up of Admins and have a clear list of how many needs one.
I can assess how many new Admins. we require.
Yes, it's obvious but hey, you gotta follow the 5 year Plan.
So, while I can name a few that I am currently Administrating, I'll appreciate if anyone else can list other projects i've Registered or Assumed by default!
Thank you.
Registered Project:
Bakamongatari (supervisor) <- Admin will be reassessed due to Velocity7 inactivity
Zero no Tsukaima
Haruhi (dropped. but listed because I MISS IT)
Well that's all I can remember so far, please add any I've missed...
The sooner I can sort this out, the better I can clean up the forum and wiki, such as clearing out the "Active" Side bar, when some aren't active at all....
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