(Cross-posted from here.)
Well met, Passive-ist,
I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to a new group, which will exist as of 16 Jul 2008, outside the realms of Order and Chaos whose members will be making the early lives of Shoats much easier.
These are the Stewards.
Stewards are players who volunteer their time, patience and sanity to assist new players getting acquainted with PMOG, and also help to ensure the Community Standards and Expectations are being upheld. They are entrusted with some abilities above and beyond the normal PMOG citizen, including the ability to close threads, or remove inappropriate comments from missions.
For example, if a Steward comes across an especially helpful post in the forum, they can pin it. Conversely, if they come across an especially unhelpful, hate-filled post in the forum, they can lock it until a Trustee can further address the issue.
Stewards not admins, and should not be viewed as such. Complaints, general help requests, feedback for the developers, reports of abuse, and so forth should still be directed to the normal avenues of communication. Instead, Stewards should be seen as community representatives who have demonstrated a knowledge, dedication and willingness to further better our community.
You will be able to identify someone as a Steward by the designation that will appear on their profile or beneath their name on messages they post on the forums.
For the time being, becoming a Steward is a closed invitation-only process carefully considered by GameLayers. The Stewards report directly to Joe (@burdenday) Wagner, PMOG’s Player Support Liaison. Any/all future concerns regarding a specific Steward should be addressed to @burdenday and will be kept in confidence.
Please join me in welcoming the “first five” Stewards:
pixielo
lehall
chetyre
salmontickler
emberdione
Please use this thread to express your comments, concerns, congratulations or questions. Or, if you’d prefer, you can PMail me directly, or e-mail feedback at pmog dot com.
Welcome, Stewards!
Yours,
Joe
@burdenday
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