User:Xbony2/Sandbox/Groups

A work in progress proposal, to be better then User:Retep998/Sandbox/Groups.

Main groups
(All of these groups gain the rights of the former group)

Admin

 * Have the power to assign groups to users, but only after going through the proper procedures such as votes.
 * Can edit all protected pages.
 * Staff can be promoted to admin by consensus of the admins and staff.
 * Can be unprompted after 5 months of inactivity without contact or notice, or when banned or as punishment, or on request from the editor.

Staff

 * Can edit most protected and unprotected pages.
 * Becoming staff requires a vote by the existing staff.
 * Responsible for patrolling edits, bans, and making sure articles are written correctly using proper template usage and wording.
 * Can edit the ore dictionary database, although significant OreDict imports must be done using a bot.
 * Bot can be closed-sourced.
 * Can be unprompted after 5 months of inactivity without contact or notice, or when banned or as punishment, or on request from the editor.

Editor

 * Can edit unprotected pages and some protected ones.
 * Can move and delete pages and upload over existing files.
 * Edits are automatically patrolled.
 * Can be granted by any staff, without a vote. Should be an "easy-to-get" group.
 * Can have a bot for the purpose of mass edits. Bot, however, must be visible-sourced.
 * Is granted for-life. Can only be unprompted when banned or as punishment, or on request from the editor.

Regular user

 * Can edit unprotected pages, and a few protected ones.
 * Can move and upload over their own files.
 * Edits need patrolling.

IP

 * Can edit unprotected pages.
 * Can't move pages.
 * Can't upload files.
 * Edits need patrolling.

Official translator

 * Extension of Staff. Responsible for translating pages to a certain language.
 * Becoming an official translator requires vote by staff. Translators of the same language and Translation administrations' vote count as two votes.
 * Can be unprompted after 5 months of inactivity without contact or notice, or when banned or as punishment, or on request from the editor.

Translation admin

 * Extension of official translator/staff. Responsible for marking pages for translation and making sure translations are done correctly.
 * Staff can be promoted to translation admin by consensus of the translation admins/admins.
 * Can be unprompted after 5 months of inactivity without contact or notice, or when banned or as punishment, or on request from the editor.

Sponsored mod curators

 * Same as editor. They are special editors that are chosen by the developers of the mod.
 * Responsible for writing and updating pages on their mod.
 * Can be unprompted after 5 months of inactivity without contact or notice, or when banned or as punishment, or on request from the editor.

Bots

 * For bots only. Have increased gains for using the MediaWiki API. Should be approved by staff. If not created by a member of the staff, should be open/visible-sourced.
 * Only editors/staff can create/operate bots, although anyone can request bot actions.
 * Shouldn't be unprompted, although can be banned.

Curse

 * Member of Curse, appointed by Curse, do Curse-things.

CurseBot

 * Appointed by Curse, do Curse-things.

Retired

 * Same as editor, but with honorary title. For staff that retired respectively (staff being kicked do not meet this criteria).
 * Have editor powers to make it easier for them to return to the wiki if desired.
 * Is granted for-life. Can only be unprompted when banned or as punishment for abuse, or on request from the retiree.