Bulbapedia:Leadership Board: Difference between revisions

The Editorial Board is the authority on official policy and style used on Bulbapedia.

While Bulbapedia is indeed a community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia, every community needs leaders, and the senior staff at Bulbagarden feel that an official voice should exist to have a final say in issues and disputes, as well as in the appearance of Bulbapedia's content, allowing Bulbapedia to remain consistent and aesthetically pleasing.

The Editorial Board shall consist of the Bulbapedia Editor-in-Chief as well as six Bureaucrats chosen by the Editor-in-Chief. The Bulbanews and Bulbagarden Archives Editors-in-Chief will sit on the board, and their opinions will be considered on issues regarding Bulbapedia, however, they will not have an official vote on Bulbawiki issues except in the case that the issue affects Bulbanews and Bulbagarden Archives as well as Bulbapedia. Former Bulbapedia Editors-in-Chief remain in advisory roles to the board, while former members of the Editorial Board retain Bureaucrat status indefinitely, except in cases that they resign this status.

For the main Editorial Board, seat order is a formality that should be used when contacting them via talkpage on Bulbapedia-related issues. Editorial Board members should be contacted in reverse numerical order on questions of Bulbapedia policy and style, most especially if they have recently edited the wiki, so as to ensure a more timely response. The holders of seats 8 and 9 should only be contacted if none of the main Editorial Board is around, while former Editors-in-Chief and Archaic should be contacted only in extreme emergencies.

Members

The current membership of the Editorial Board is listed below:

Former members

These are former members of the Editorial Board. They may retain full Bureaucrat powers indefinitely.

Individual titles

Other than the Editor-in-Chief and the Deputy Editor-in-Chief, each member of the Editorial Board holds a specific job, placing them in charge of certain areas of Bulbapedia.

Appearance Coordinator

Bulbapedia's appearance has changed drastically over the years, always using the latest available coding in its templates and tables for easy and pleasant page viewing. The job of keeping Bulbapedia's appearance up-to-date falls on the Appearance Coordinator, a position currently held by Jioruji Derako. His input is required for all major table and template designs.

Style Editor

Style Editor is the oldest position still in existence on the Editorial Board, dating back almost to the very beginning of Bulbapedia. The Style Editor is in charge of the grammatical correctness of Bulbapedia articles, among other things, and all questions on the subject are to be addressed to him. Parameter names in templates also fall under his area of responsibility. The position is currently held by Sketch.

Community Development

Bulbapedia has always been, in its core, a community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia. As a wiki, it depends greatly on its users, and not only on its staff. The Community Development Officer on Bulbapedia is in charge of the user-related aspects of the site, including organizing and maintaining authority over Bulbapedia Projects and the Golden Bulbasaur Awards. Currently this position is held by CoolPikachu!.

Quality Control

In recent years, with the growth in Bulbapedia's size, quality control has been recognized as a key factor in keeping its pages informative and enjoyable to read. Bulbapedia's Quality Control Officer, a position currently held by electAbuzzzz, is in charge of maintaining a high level of quality content on Bulbapedia's pages, and keeping stubs to a minimum. All featured content falls under his area of responsibility.

Authority

The Editorial Board, being the ultimate in Bulbapedia authority, has the ability to set official, binding policy. Statements from the Editorial Board as a whole and from members thereof are to be read as the law of Bulbapedia, unless contradicted by a higher power (in the case of individual members, by the Editor-in-Chief, and in the case of the Board itself, by Archaic).

Editorial Board members are allowed unlimited use of the userspace, where they may put test templates and other things relevant to Bulbapedia and the Pokémon series.

They also retain the following rights:

• Locking and unlocking of the Bulbapedia database for maintenance
• The ability to change all user rights on all Bulbagarden wikis
• The ability to rename users on individual wikis and in the central database

Activities

The Editorial Board conducts discussions on matters of style, policy, and position of Bulbapedia in the Bulbapedia Administration forum on the Bulbagarden Forums, while some discussions may also be held in the main Bulbawiki Discussion forum, shared with Bulbagarden Archives and Bulbanews.

From time to time, the Editorial Board may call for volunteers from among Bulbapedia's editors to become Junior Administrators, allowing them greater editing power on the wiki, such as the ability to edit protected pages. The Editorial Board is responsible for all promotions as well, and any Bureaucrats who wish to promote a user must inform at least one member of the Editorial Board first.

Significant disputes which the Editorial Board cannot come to a consensus on may result in edicts being issued by the Executive Policymakers.

Joining the Editorial Board

For a user to join the Editorial Board, several requirements must be met. The user must already be a Bureaucrat, having shown dedication to Bulbapedia far above and beyond their peers, and a position on the board must be vacant. The selected Bureaucrat will be contacted by the Editorial Board itself to gauge their interest, while the Editor-in-Chief and Executive Policymakers have final approval.