DOTD Wiki:Community
This wiki belongs to the players of Dawn of the Dead. What it says, how good it is and how it is moderated are decided here, by the people who write it.
Who does what
| Role | What they can do | How you get it |
|---|---|---|
| Editor | Edit and create pages, discuss on talk pages. | Create an account. |
| Autoconfirmed | Upload images, move and rename pages, add external links without a captcha. | Automatic after 4 days and 10 edits, or granted early by an admin. |
| Patroller | Mark edits as checked, undo vandalism in one click. | Granted by an admin. |
| Rollbacker | Undo vandalism in one click. | Granted by an admin. |
| Admin | Delete and protect pages, block vandals and spammers, write abuse filters, grant patroller and rollbacker. | Chosen by the community, granted by a bureaucrat. |
| Bureaucrat | Appoint and remove admins. | Staff at first; later, trusted community members. |
| Staff | Run the server, install extensions, edit site-wide styles and scripts. | The Dawn of the Dead server team. |
Every change of role, every block and every deletion is public in Special:Log. Anyone can see who did what, and why.
Becoming an admin
Admins are community members the community trusts. If you want to help, start by editing and by checking recent changes. When you are ready, ask on the talk page — existing admins and bureaucrats will weigh in there.
What staff do, and do not do
Staff keep the wiki running: the server, backups, upgrades, extensions, spam defences and the site-wide look. Staff do not decide what the wiki says — that is up to its editors. The server rules still apply here, as everywhere in the community; the rules themselves live in our Discord.
Policies
This wiki starts with almost no rules on purpose. Write them as you need them, agree them on their talk pages, and link them from here.