Countervandalism Network

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CVN logo.svg Countervandalism network

The countervandalism network
is a distinct group. It is neither
affiliated with nor managed by the
Wikimedia Foundation.

The countervandalism network (CVN) (http://countervandalism.net) is an unofficial, semi-formal collection of channels on the freenode IRC network. Bots in these channels list suspicious edits to selected wikis, based on criteria defined by the community using the channel. Each channel has local operators and users, and is managed by a volunteer group of staff selected from the countervandalism IRC community.

All users are welcome to join the freenode IRC channel #countervandalismconnect for live discussion.

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[edit] Management

The countervandalism network is managed by three partially overlapping groups of volunteers. The committee-like system described below was designed to centralize management while diluting authority among a diverse group and distributing access in case of absence.

[edit] Local operators

Local operators have op access on individual channels. They maintain order, manage autovoice access in moderated channels, give restricted bot commands, and perform other channel tasks. (They are listed under "Channels" below.)

[edit] Staff

Countervandalism staff have access in all countervandalism channels. They coordinate users with bot developers and hosts, provide technical assistance with regards to access on restricted channels, appoint or remove local operators, and help local operators maintain order if needed. They are usually consulted when the senior staff make decisions.

Senior staff are the administrating authority. Through senior staff consensus, they set global policy, manage channels and technical details, appoint or remove staff members, arbitrate conflicts between users and local operators, and impose or lift global access restrictions on disruptive users.

[edit] freenode contacts

Contacts elected by staff consensus represent the countervandalism network channels to freenode. They resolve channel naming or access level conflicts per consensus among senior staff, but do not have special authority beyond their positions as senior staff. If you need their assistance, then please talk to Krinkle or Barras at first.

Current contacts:

[edit] Channels

Users listed are local operators.

[edit] Management

[edit] Multilingual or multiple projects

[edit] Wikia

[edit] Wikibooks

[edit] Wikinews

[edit] Wikipedia

[edit] Wikiquote

[edit] Wikisource

[edit] Wiktionary

[edit] Wikiversity

[edit] Policy

Channel policy is primarily based on common sense, so there is little need to codify rules. Most conflicts are successfully dealt with by discussion with the involved users. The following documents some of the less clear aspects.

[edit] User access

Channels in the network have standardized access flags (see Channel settings). New users by default have no access, and cannot issue bot commands. Users can be assigned the following incremental levels on request in #countervandalism:

  • voiced (issue bot commands, speak in moderated channels) is available to established users active on the associated wiki;
  • local_op (give or remove voiced access, channel op) is available to sysops on the associated wiki, or active users on the associated wiki if there is a particular need and there are no objections.
  • staff (restricted channel commands except 'set') and senior staff (full access) is given by consensus among current staff when new staff are needed, normally selected among active users in #countervandalism.

[edit] Channel settings standardization

Main page: settings
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