Subject: Adminsitrative Procedures

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 18:10:25 -0800

I feel like we're trying to reinvent the administrative
wheel!  I could use some advice on how folks manage regular
administrative tasks, such as:

* How do you divide administrative tasks amongst the wizards?
* How do you decide whether someone gets more quota?
* How do you decide whether something gets publicly linked?
* How do you decide if an object can be installed in a public place?

All advice will be appreciated!

-- Amy

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From: Judy Anderson <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 21:00:00 -0800

Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 21:10 EST
    From:	[email-masked]

At LambdaMOO it's "whoever gets to it first" or "whoever takes the
smallest step backwards when potential volunteers are getting out of the
way".  Actually, I volunteered to do the registration administrivia
because I wanted us to go registration; when I'm out of town I get
someone else to do it for that week or so.

LambdaMOO has a complex system called the Architecture Review Board.
Check out "help quota-policy" on LambdaMOO.

Currently we have the wizards decide if it's a REALLY public link like
onto the main core of the house.  However, links from within private
structures (even those linked onto the main core of the house) are under
the control of the owners of those structures.  We do *complain* when
they violate theme, but we don't do much more than that (well, besides
deny quota increases---that keeps 'em in line mostly).

Similarly.  I wrote the Generic Self-Cleaning room which ejects
"garbage" that's left lying about unless the object is in the @residents
of the room.  Most rooms in the core house are Self-Cleaning, which gets
rid of objects that aren't blessed, and so it takes a wizard to add it.
Or, the owner of the room, of course.  Mostly, we just complain a lot
about inappropriate objects.

    -- Amy

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 06:51:35 -0800

>* How do you divide administrative tasks amongst the wizards?

It tends to be that each Wizard has skills to offer the Moo, and the duties
should be divided so people are doing what they enjoy doing.  Tasks that no
one likes doing can be handled on a voluntary or rotational basis.

>* How do you decide whether someone gets more quota?

Generally quota can be handled by a couple of checkpoints. Numbers than seem
to work nicely are 20 for the first point and 100 for the next. Most people
realize that going beyond is a difficult prospect. :)

>* How do you decide whether something gets publicly linked?

On a theme-based Moo, this is fairly easy. Only theme-based items should be
easily found. :)

>* How do you decide if an object can be installed in a public place?

aSame as above.

This is all thumbnail stuff, for a complete statement of policy it would take
some time and some consulting with the other Wizards. :)

--JRP [Shirgall@all over the place]