Countervandalism Network/Management

Countervandalism network
About the network Bot documentation Server infrastructure Management Channel list Channel settings Verification Cloaks

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

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.

Group contacts

Contacts elected by senior staff consensus represent the countervandalism channels toward Libera Chat. They resolve channel naming or access level conflicts per consensus among staff members, but do not have special authority beyond their positions as staff.

Current contacts:

• Az1568 (AlexZ on libera.chat)
• Krinkle (Krinkle on libera.chat)
• Barras (Barras on libera.chat)
• Cameron11598 (Cam11598 on libera.chat)

Staff

Countervandalism staff have access in all countervandalism channels. They coordinate patrollers with bot developers, 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.

Most staff members are also bot developers and/or sysadmins, with have access to our Git repositories or server infrastructure. Any staff may be granted access to infrastructure or countervandalism-related Git repositories as-needed. Typically based on demonstrated technical skills.

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.

Senior staff:

• Az1568 (AlexZ on libera.chat, Wikimedia Cloud shell: azariv)
• Krinkle (Krinkle on libera.chat, Wikimedia Cloud shell: krinkle)
• Barras (Barras on libera.chat, Wikimedia Cloud shell: barras)

Staff:

• Jack Phoenix (ashley on libera.chat)
• Matanya (? on libera)
• rxy (? on libera, Wikimedia Cloud shell: rxy)
• Cameron11598 (Cam11598 on libera.chat, Wikimedia Cloud shell: cameron11598)
• Wikitanvir (Tanvir on libera.chat)
• AntiCompositeNumber (AntiComposite on libera.chat, Wikimedia Cloud shell: anticomposite)
• Operator873 (Operator873 on libera.chat)

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 at Countervandalism Network/Channels.)

Boarding

Checklist for on-boarding and off-boarding of staff members:

• Update list of names in the relevant sections at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Countervandalism_Network/Management (this page).
• For sysadmins, grant or remove shell access via https://horizon.wikimedia.org
• For sysadmins, update cvn.maintainers alias by updating https://toolsadmin.wikimedia.org/tools/id/cvn/maintainers/. (See Mail)

On-boarding:

• Mailing list: Join the public "cvn" list, and submit a request to join cvn-private.
• Announce new staff to the public "cvn" mailing list!
• IRC: Grant "staff" rights to the private staff channel, and invite (Settings#Invite someone). This should automatically result in access to other private channels (Channels#Project coordination), and in the appropiate voice and operator access in all public channels.
• GitHub: Invite as member (optional).

Off-boarding:

• IRC: Revoke access from private channels (Channels#Project coordination).
• Mailing list: Revoke access to cvn-private (both membership and any owner access), remove any owner access to the public cvn list.
• GitHub: From the people manager, choose "Remove from organisation". This does not affect ability to create pull requests and report issues.