User:Schnookums/SysOp 101

How to be useful

• If someone is working on a new article, help them. Add relevant portal/series templates and categories. Without being in the way, do a little clean up. Lead by example.
• When someone is being useful, provide them with feedback. Let them know their contribution to the wiki is useful.
• When someone writes a decent article, give them an award. Invite them to continue writing for ED. Your job is to help ED retain it's contributors so they may someday become great like you.
• Review Did you know?...
• Review new articles
• Patrol recent changes
• Check current threat
• Update good/bad articles
• Special maintenance page
  • will make list
• XOTN
  • Article
  • Picture
  • Video
  • Quote

Don't

• Don't {{crap}}{{deathnotice}} on articles less than two weeks old. If you're not going to assist someone who is new and doesn't have a clue then do something else.
• Don't move articles being worked on to someone's user space. There is no reason they can't work in the main space. Again, if you can't be helpful, then leave them alone.
• Don't get into edit wars without discussion saying something in the talk page.
• Don't delete images unless they are in violation of ED's policies.