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The WikiOasis community elects various people who hold '''global rights''' to perform global functions. "Global" means active on all wikis, as opposed to "Local", which means active on a specific wiki. This '''policy''' details guidelines for use of | The WikiOasis community elects various people who hold '''global rights''' to perform global functions. "Global" means active on all wikis, as opposed to "Local", which means active on a specific wiki. This '''policy''' details guidelines for use of global tools. | ||
==Groups holding global rights== | ==Groups holding global rights== | ||
The following groups hold global rights on WikiOasis: | The following groups hold global rights on WikiOasis: | ||
* [[Stewards]], | * [[Stewards]], | ||
* [[Global Administrators]], | * [[Global Administrators]] (or "Global Sysops" or "GA"), | ||
* [[Global Patrollers]]. | * [[Global Patrollers]] (or "GP"). | ||
==Wiki governance== | ==Wiki governance== | ||
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WikiOasis values local autonomy whenever possible. However, the volunteers might work with local communities to prevent disruption, vandalism, and spam. Therefore: | WikiOasis values local autonomy whenever possible. However, the volunteers might work with local communities to prevent disruption, vandalism, and spam. Therefore: | ||
* Stewards and CVU may collaborate with local administration to prevent disruption. | * Stewards and CVU may collaborate with local administration to prevent disruption. | ||
* A local bureaucrat may request to opt out of counter-vandalism intervention by application at Steward Requests. However, this is at the discretion of Stewards, and if the wiki goes dormant or there is an uptick in unpunished vandalism, Stewards may revoke this opt out in order to combat vandalism. | * A local bureaucrat may request to opt out of counter-vandalism intervention by application at [[Steward Requests]]. However, this is at the discretion of Stewards, and if the wiki goes dormant or there is an uptick in unpunished vandalism, Stewards may revoke this opt out in order to combat vandalism. | ||
* Stewards still have ultimate authority to penalize violations of global policies. | * Stewards still have ultimate authority to penalize violations of global policies. | ||
===Opting out=== | |||
The system is opt-out based (includes all wikis except specified). The list of included wikis can be found [[Special:WikiSets/3|here]]. Stewards can always edit all wikis, whereas GAs and GPs can only edit wikis included in the list. | |||
As noted above, a local bureaucrat may request to opt out of counter-vandalism intervention by application at [[Steward Requests]]. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||