Draft Proposal for DYK Directorate
editA directorate, composed of 4-5 administrators, should be established on a one-month trial basis, to fulfill the following obligations:
- Why only administrators? Most of the tasks here can be done by non-administrators as well, and many of the most active people at DYK are not administrators. Sven Manguard Wha? 19:00, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- Well we could build a wider directorate for people who could update the prep areas and things but I was thinking more that only administrators can update queues and things so maybe it would be easier if those with the mops and ability to clean everything were the ones doing this. (Wow that was a sentence and a half) PanydThe muffin is not subtle 19:22, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- Speaking as one of the very-active-non-admins, I like the idea of having directors be admins. Admins have gone through a sieving process that I have not gone through, one that weeds out a lot of people with interpersonal and power issues. Not that the Shark has any issues of course, but just saying. I like the idea of having directors be admins, if we can find enough of them. I would be honored to wear a smaller-size party hat, if any are going to be given out later on. Sharktopus talk 20:27, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- As in a DYK clerk? DYK is certainly big enough and important to plausibly support directors and clerks. Should ideas both be rolled out at once, as part of this package? Sven Manguard Wha? 21:06, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- I just looked up WP:Clerks -- what a good idea, Sven! But maybe that's a complication to ask about later on, if and when we get directors. Sharktopus talk 21:23, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- As in a DYK clerk? DYK is certainly big enough and important to plausibly support directors and clerks. Should ideas both be rolled out at once, as part of this package? Sven Manguard Wha? 21:06, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- I second that as a good idea! PanydThe muffin is not subtle 21:24, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- Speaking as one of the very-active-non-admins, I like the idea of having directors be admins. Admins have gone through a sieving process that I have not gone through, one that weeds out a lot of people with interpersonal and power issues. Not that the Shark has any issues of course, but just saying. I like the idea of having directors be admins, if we can find enough of them. I would be honored to wear a smaller-size party hat, if any are going to be given out later on. Sharktopus talk 20:27, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- Well we could build a wider directorate for people who could update the prep areas and things but I was thinking more that only administrators can update queues and things so maybe it would be easier if those with the mops and ability to clean everything were the ones doing this. (Wow that was a sentence and a half) PanydThe muffin is not subtle 19:22, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
To keep all aspects of DYK running well, including nominations, reviewing, archiving, promotion/rejection, transfer to prep rooms, queuing, exposure, and archiving
editThis would include prompting new users when they have misidentified parts of an article in their reviews, ensuring that nominators are told when there are ongoing issues with their hook and ensuring that promotion/rejection is carried out in an accountablen manner. This may also include suggesting improvements to the system as a whole which can then be discussed and approved by the community at large.
To liaise as necessary with other editors who run the main page and its forums to ensure that the needs of the main page remain the primary driving force?
editThis includes ensuring that the length of the hooks is suited to front-page layout and that any issues of suitability for the front page are addressed in a timely manner.
To encourage article improvement after DYK main-page exposure?
editThis could include letting relevant projects know that an article has been featured on the main page or advertising to relevant editors where possible. This would be a part of the trial process and would be reviewed after the initial period of a month to assess its effectiveness.
- This should NOT be a responsibility required of directors at the outset. They will have enough on their plates organizing DYK without being handed a major new project that has no roadmap, no infrastructure, and no consensus at DYK to add it to the project. Sharktopus talk 18:04, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
To advise if ever necessary on programs in which DYK might participate that benefit the project, whether prompted by WP editors, the WMF, or Foundation chapters?
editThis could include liaising with the online ambassadors program to encourage new editors from that program to come onto DYK, as both an exercise in goodwill and an exercise in improving their writing skills. Other suggestions are welcome.
- I don't see why this item should be on a list of responsibilities for a one-month trial period. Certainly if directors wanted to take on such roles, having a director title would give them some profile. Maybe down the road something like this could become a "responsibility", but our first directors should have a finite and do-able list of tasks related to DYK. Sharktopus talk 18:09, 4 August 2011 (UTC)