Thread:Hexadecimal Medic/@comment-5956954-20170625050802

Hello. I'm Cheeseskates, an existing content moderator on the wiki. This message is about your recent application to become a content moderator. I will be letting you know what you do correct and what you need to improve in.

What is right
 * You are a fairly social person who helps keep threads alive most of the time. You have some vulgarity and excessive excitability, however, so I would recommend toning it down a bit.
 * Your edits are of good quality and are rarely undone due to typographical mistakes or mistaken fact-checking. Some have been undone, however, so make sure the edits follow the wiki's policies. Other than that, they are good-faith, and we are thankful for the contributions.

What is wrong
 * While the edits are good, in the past, there was speculation added by you, and y also being social, have created two "roleplay" thread. This indicates there was a lack of understanding regarding the wiki's policies. Have a read to make sure you are editing and commenting correctly.
 * You have only committed 13 article edits throughout your year-long career here. Most of your edits were from commenting on various forum threads, so the "over 100 edits" number is a false mask. From this, positions such as discussions moderator and patroller are more suitable as content moderators moderate the "content" of the wiki and not primarily the discussions (as they do not have the tools to do so).
 * You admit yourself that you are sometimes inactive. It does show on your contributions page that the dates you are inactive on range from a couple of days to months to consecutive months. To be a content moderator, you need to have a "considerable presence on the wiki." This means you are guaranteed to be here often and be active enough to watch the wiki without the assistance of other moderators or people. Improving your activity will help achieve this point.

What cannot be controlled
 * The wiki commonly has a low count of activity, enough so for the administrator, KockaAdmiralac, to handle the wiki reasonably well save for some questions presented to the community on the Discord chat due to uncertainty. As a result, the need for staff members does not exist, so it is likely most applications will be declined unless exceptional circumstances occur.

Conclusion

Overall, you are a promising user who knows how to edit independently, but there is always room for further improvement and understanding, specifically regarding the compliance to the wiki's policies. You are a social person who suits the excitability of what is the younger end of the target demographic for Undertale, and your sociability in games seems to be your greatest strength.

Sadly, however, the social side is not for content moderators but rather the content of the wiki instead, so more improvements to the articles where necessary (or even the creation of valid new articles) are required to be considered more. The admitted and proven inactivity can also be of concern as it tells us you do not have a reliable activity pattern.

Would I promote you if I was a bureaucrat?

I would not. I will rather wait to see if any improvements come to pass before giving you content moderator rights. There is also not a need for more staff members, so if some decide to retire, then perhaps there can be some openings.

I hope this review has helped you understand your strengths and weaknesses and helps you to improve and perhaps reach your goals. Thanks for reading. 