ProleWiki:Trusted Editor Permissions

You've probably been linked this page as you received your Trusted role on the wiki and Discord server. Congratulations!

This quick read will bring you up to speed on what permissions you receive now that you have the Trusted role, and what this means for you overall.

What does being Trusted mean?

Being trusted ultimately means that you've done quantitative and/or qualitative edits on the wiki over time (usually a period of a month or two, possibly earlier if you've done really good work).

We decided to set up the trusted role early on in ProleWiki's life, originally to fight against spam waves. Over time, the Trusted role became useful to manage ProleWiki effectively as it grew: it helps the administration find out at a glance who is a long-term editor on the project.

There are no quotas to fill on ProleWiki, and you will never lose your Trusted role on the wiki itself once you receive it. Think of receiving the Trusted role as "graduating" from a new editor to autonomous. We do sometimes remove the trusted status on the discord server (around once a year or so) from inactive members, but this role is given back if you become active again.

What is not the Trusted role?

Becoming a trusted editor is something all new editors will receive if they stay with ProleWiki and edit productively. It doesn't make one better than other editors, nor is it an award for good conduct or obedience. It's really just a way of identifying who is editing a lot and has been with us for a long time.

In fact, some of our off-site permissions (proposing policy, joining work groups...) are not necessarily strictly limited to trusted editors: new editors, if they show interest, can absolutely make propositions too.

It does give some new permissions which we'll go into in the next sections.

Permissions on the wiki

The biggest change is that you can now create pages as well as upload files on the wiki. Please refer to the user guide on how to do that.

Other permissions granted

Moreover, as a Trusted editor, you get to involve yourself more in the ProleWiki project.

First, you will get access to the editor channels on the Discord, which will allow you to talk directly between trusted editors. Tip: check the threads in #en-general, this is where we vote on account requests. Please join this thread ASAP if you're on our Discord server!

Secondly, you will be able to suggest how to use our Donation excess and vote on proposals. This is done on the Discord most of the time.

Joining and creating work groups

Finally, you will be able to join and create work groups. Work groups are a project we've been trying out since early 2023 with great success. If you're interested in doing something for ProleWiki other than editing (or outside the website itself), then it's possible for you to propose your project to the administration who will then help you set it up. You will then be able to manage this project somewhat autonomously and with other editors.

One such group for example is the book club that meets on our Discord server. It was created by one of our editors and managed autonomously by him (meeting times, setting up book polls, etc.)

Another group is the agitprop group, responsible for work on social media (creating videos, posting tweets, replying to comments, etc.). Since June 2023, every Trusted Editor is part of this group by default.

Any idea can be submitted for consideration to the admins, whose responsibility is to 1. evaluate the possibility and goals of this group (considering our resources) and 2. help you set up and manage this group as much as they can.

Voting on new editor applications

We have, on the Discord, a thread in the editor channel where we post new account applications made on the wiki. There, all trusted editors are free to vote either yes or no on the application. The administration abides by the result of the vote (barring special cases).

Again, we highly recommend you join that thread ASAP as it's the only place we vote on new account requests and establish consensus. It's in the #en-general (and every other language instance) channel, which is a channel you get access to once you receive your Trusted role. If you don't join that thread yourself, we will add you in there regardless.

Editor user guide

We are slowly setting up a page that explains how to use the editor on MediaWiki (the CMS we use). Please find it here:

ProleWiki:MediaWiki Tutorial

This user guide will essentially teach you how to use MediaWiki like a pro and autonomously edit ProleWiki. Feel free to reference it anytime you want to do something you don't know how to do.