PCGamingWiki AGM 2021

This is a page dedicated to adding items to an agenda for a structured meeting to take place in October over Discord regarding the direction and policies of PCGamingWiki. Any registered user can add a header below with a topic and a detailed description of the issue and changes that they would like to improve PCGamingWiki.

This page will be managed by Andytizer and collated into an article on the Project namespace before the meeting. Users are encouraged to message Andytizer directly on Discord directly to clarify their case for specific topics to be added to AGM.

Meeting format

• Discord, create a special channel to discuss. Use threads to breakdown the agreed agenda topics below.
• This meeting could take place at a specific time, or over multiple days depending on availability.
• End of the meeting period Andytizer will collate findings and create a public report with actions.

Agenda suggestions

Policies

• Changes to Project:Code_of_conduct which has not been updated in 5 years.
• Integration of Wikipedia:Signs of sockpuppetry and Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#Meatpuppetry policies.
• Create a new language policy regarding slurs, swear words and pronouns.

Staff

• Policy on inactive staff (refer to Wikipedia:Administrators#Procedural_removal_for_inactive_administrators).
• Recruit new moderators.
• Recruit new editors.
• Create an application process for becoming staff with clear 'acceptance' and 'rejection' discussions and guidelines. E.g. application form and role handbook.
• Division of roles between:
  • 'Editor' - elevated privileges for very active content writers.
  • 'Moderator' - public people-facing role, good at conflict resolution, actively watching for violations.
  • 'Administrator' - advanced technical skills, helps with upkeep and growth, template and technical support.
• Transparent warning and ban processing, overhaul [PCGamingWiki:Moderation_guidelines]].
  • What is the best way to manage this collaboratively with logging? E.g. #moderation-log channel on Discord?

Server administration

SSO cookie timeout

• Timeline needs to be established, this has taken more than a year.
• Spend a few dozen US dollars on renting a pro coder to spend 10 minutes on making cookies that last longer.

2FA

• Fix 2FA for new users (Currently, all resources that start with https://sso.pcgamingwiki.com/auth/realms/PCGamingWiki/login-actions/required-action give HTML 500 errors).

Spam

• Consider implementing https://www.stopforumspam.com/downloads to pre-emptively ban known spambot IPs who vandalize pages.

Design

• Add page-edit functionality to PCGW's mobile (e.g. Android) GUI.
• Fix mobile TOC

Projects

• New content projects to achieve in 2021/2022?

Bots

• Status of existing PCGW bots (e.g., VetleBot)
• Future bot development
  • What editing tasks can be automated by bots?
  • Who is available to develop & maintain bots?