WikiQueer:Leadership
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This page documents an English WikiQueer policy, a widely accepted standard that all editors should normally follow. Changes made to it should reflect consensus. |
| Leadership & Human Administration | |||
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| The Aequalitas Project | |||
| WikiQueer Global Advisory Board | |||
| Lead Administrator | |||
| WikiQueer Working Groups | |||
| Bureacrats | |||
| Administrators | |||
| Readers | |||
WikiQueer's Leadership are volunteers either selected by the WikiQueer community or appointed by The Aequalitas Project to assist with specific aspects of managing WikiQueer. That includes operations of our servers, keeping Spam under control, assisting with media outreach and helping meet our fundraising needs.
WikiQueer's Global Advisory Board, Content Partners and WikiQueer's parent organization, The Aequalitas Project, oversee the administrative and strategic aspects of WikiQueer. While all members of the WikiQueer community are encouraged to provide input on the future direction of WikiQueer and take the initiative to create new content or projects - some individuals have stepped forward and been selected to take on visible roles.
Given WikiQueer's infancy, many tasks which may one day be delegated to committees or projects have been tasked to volunteers interested in leading initial efforts. Many of these individuals were appointed directly by The Aequalitas Project, Global Advisory Board or Lead Administrator. As WikiQueer's community develops, the hope is to shift to a more open community supported selected process. These initial appointments have been made to help stimulate WikiQueer's early development and in the hopes of preventing process from obstructing progress.
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Global Advisory Board
WikiQueer's Global Advisory Board is the highest editorial and advisory body within WikiQueer. This diverse group of individuals from across the globe provides feedback on the future direction of WikiQueer and provides counsel on challenging editorial decisions.
Members
Former members
| Name (username) / (admin username) |
Background | Location | Service Inaugural member |
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| Dan Massey (VenusPlusX) | Co-founder, VenusPlusX | Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America | August 1, 2011 - January 28, 2013 (546 days) |
Lead Administrator
WikiQueer's Lead Administrator is the representative of The Aequalitas Project trusted with access to wiki administrator and system administrator tools to manage WikiQueer. As the founder and lead of both WikiQueer and its parent organization, The Aequalitas Project, Gregory Varnum (User:WikiGregory is currently serving as Lead Administrator.
Deputy Lead Administrators
WikiQueer's Deputy Lead Administrators assist the Lead Administrator with the administration and management of WikiQueer. Some Deputy Lead Administrators are responsible for specific projects or areas of large projects (the largest being English WikiQueer) that fall within the overall WikiQueer programming.
Working Groups
WikiQueer's Working Groups are created by The Aequalitas Project, Global Advisory Board or Lead Administrator to coordinate specific aspects of WikiQueer management that typically require more technical permissions and access to The Aequalitas Project, Global Advisory Board or Lead Administrator than is typically required by WikiProjects, Portals or other organized activities within WikiQueer.
Communications Working Group
The Communications Working Group promotes the work of WikiQueer and gets our message out to members of the media and the general public.
These tasks are currently being overseen by WikiQueer's Lead Administrator and The Aequalitas Project with support from WikiQueer's Global Advisory Board. Check back here for more information on the working group's future development.
Content Working Group
The Content Working Group is comprised of individuals coordinating efforts to create, protect and develop content on WikiQueer.
Members
- WikiQueer Deputy Lead Administrator
- Tom
- Assists the Lead Administrator with the administration and management of WikiQueer and project lead for WikiQueer Maps.
- WikiQueer's Chief Spam Slicer
- BryceQ
- Coordinator of WikiQueer's spam reduction efforts and responsible for reduction of Spam postings on WikiQueer.
Fundraising Working Group
The Fundraising Working Group is tasked with raising financial resources to support the operations and development of WikiQueer and its initiatives.
These tasks are currently being overseen by WikiQueer's Lead Administrator and The Aequalitas Project with support from WikiQueer's Global Advisory Board. Check back here for more information on the working group's future development.
Operations Working Group
WikiQueer's Operations Working Group coordinates the technical aspects of WikiQueer never seen by editors or readers, but necessary to keeping our sites online. That includes keeping our servers online, software up to date, developing new technical resources, managing technical overhead costs and responding to the technical inquires of the WikiQueer community.
Members
- WikiQueer Lead Administrator
- Gregory Varnum (WikiGregory)
- The representative of The Aequalitas Project trusted with access to wiki administrator and system administrator tools to manage WikiQueer.
- WikiQueer Deputy Lead Administrator
- Tom Morris (Tom)
- Assists the Lead Administrator with the administration and management of WikiQueer and project lead for WikiQueer Maps.
- WikiQueer Global Advisory Board Representatives
- Guillaume Paumier (GPaumier)
- Daniel Renfro (Drenfro)
Outreach Working Group
The Outreach Working Group focusing on expanding the diversity of WikiQueerians and our content partners. Their efforts focus on volunteer recruitment and retention, partnership development and outreach to our various communities (LGBT, wiki, academia, etc.).
These tasks are currently being overseen by WikiQueer's Global Advisory Board. Check back here for more information on the working group's future development.
Resource Management Working Group
The Resource Management Working Group assists with management of WikiQueer's primary resources - volunteers, consultants and finances. The actual content of WikiQueer content are owned by the WikiQueer community and not the project itself. Technical resources are not (yet) owned by WikiQueer or The Aequalitas Project, hence oversight of these leased resources are handled by WikiQueer's Operations Working Group. Volunteers are the backbone of WikiQueer and the program's most important resource. Consultants are utilized to help with infrastructure development of the WikiQueer project, such as public relations, fundraising and other tasks typically undertaken by staff. Finances are necessary for keeping any program with WikiQueer's scale operational.
They focus on non-technical operations such as legal, accounting, human resource management, and other generally "behind the scenes" tasks necessary to keep any large community project going.
These tasks are currently being overseen by The Aequalitas Project with support from WikiQueer's Global Advisory Board. Check back here for more information on the working group's future development.
Administrators
WikiQueer Administrators are trusted with access to restricted technical features ("tools"). For example, administrators can protect, delete and restore pages, move pages over redirects, hide and delete page revisions, and block other editors.
Active Administrators
This dynamically generated lists includes users who are tagged as administrators on their userpages, and therefore believed to be active administrators. Attempts to falsify a claim as an administrator on your userpage may results in blocking or banning of your account. However, when in doubt, it is always best to verify with the the system generated list of users with administrator access.
