Unfortunate Spacemen Wiki:Moderator guidelines

Moderators are a subset of the Wiki's team of editors, noted for being most familiar with the site's standards and practices, who are awarded an elevated set of powers (permissions) used to keep the peace and act as a source of guidance for newer editors. Moderators are not all-powerful and should peruse the Wiki as a regular user would, only using their moderation responsibilities when necessary.

''Note: Like with any policy, exceptions to the guidelines here will probably exist. Rules never override common sense.''

Moderator powers
The community invests a lot of trust that moderators act responsibly and fairly with these elevated permissions.
 * Marking edits as "patrolled"
 * Move/delete files and articles
 * Undeleting files and articles
 * Protecting files and articles
 * Block/unblock users from editing

Moderator responsibilities
As a moderator, you are tasked with extra responsibility.
 * The main responsibility of a moderator is to moderate. This involves looking at the recent changes feed to watch out for bad edits or conflicts, and to patrol all edits reviewed.
 * Moderators have the power and responsibility to block users and/or protect articles, should a conflict arise between certain editors or around a certain article. However, this should only be used as a last resort, when communication has failed to resolve the problem.
 * Moderators should actively seek to help out users, old and new. This means greeting them if they are new to the Wiki, pointing them to useful resources, helping them out through certain procedures (archiving a talk page, etc.).
 * Moderators should also be available if users seek their help.
 * Moderators should have a sufficient knowledge of English.
 * Moderators are expected to be relatively proficient about how the Wiki works, which templates to edit in order to achieve a given result, or be able to point users in need of such proficiency to another moderator more knowledgeable in the area.
 * Moderators are expected to stay active in the Wiki community. This includes editing, participating in the Discord server(-s), participating in staff discussions, etc. Should a moderator decide to take a temporary break or leave, permissions will be reduced until he/she becomes active again.
 * Moderators may have the final word on a decision if a consensus cannot be obtained otherwise.
 * Moderators must follow all the rules that regular users also follow.

How to become a moderator
Moderators are usually chosen by the existing staff. As such, there is no formal "sign-up form" to fill out in order to become a moderator. If you feel that you would be a good fit for the position, however, contact a staff member about it. Certain points should be noted:
 * Members becoming moderators should have significant Wiki experience or existing moderator experience before they become Wiki moderators.
 * Not being a moderator does not mean you cannot moderate the Wiki. All users are able to do most of the work of a moderator, and having done such work puts them in a good position to become a moderator.