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OtLand Re-opening Staff Recruitment Board

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It's been a while since we were last looking for new moderators. We currently have 11 members of our Staff (Moderators and Administrators) and over 60% still visit the forum every single day! For the curious, the last time we were looking for new staff members was in 2011.

While some users may think that moderators are inactive, that is very far from the truth. We handle almost all reports within 24 hours (some escalated reports sometimes need 2-3 days), with most reports handled within an hour, any time of day. Because we have not had new moderators for a while, our team has gotten very good at enforcing similar standard of rules, which can never be completely fully spelled out. In case you do not know about them - there are "global" Otland rules on this board and per-board rules posted in sticky threads around the forum.

Despite expected, generally downward trend in the global (Open)Tibia community, our forum has actually grew in the past year. I like to think that some of earlier processes contributed to that fact (such as not losing any more content by having attachments permanently secure on Otland) but the reasons can be varied. I have also seen some very old members come back to being active in some shape or form. Some (including me) are not active in the same way as they were before, such as playing or running servers but there is no reason for this community to be abandoned any time soon.

In addition to the improvements we've been doing recently, I feel that we can all benefit from inviting new people to take on some staff positions. Not because we desperately need them, but because new voices may be healthy for us. This also means that we may not, in fact, pick anyone this round. Therefore, I am reopening the Staff Recruitment Board. You can apply for a moderator/staff position by posting a new thread in there. You cannot see other threads - only the author and the Staff can see the threads.

I will actually quote the "rules" of applications from 2011 as they are still valid:
There is no template that you need to follow for your application, but it would be useful for us to know your age, where you are from, which languages you understand, which times on the day you usually are online. You can also include which boards you would be interested to moderate, and if you would like to help us writing articles you can let us know that too.

For moderating boards, you must have had at least some past activity in the specific board you are applying for. You need to have a good reputation (and no, not reputation points!) in the community and you should not have any personal issues with any other member in the community.

For article writing (tutorials, tips, etc.), you will need decent English skills, not because you should use difficult words because you shouldn't, but because we want well-written articles which are easy to understand. You don't need to tell us about your English skills in the application though, we will look at your posts in the forums and judge from that.

Positions we consider applications for are:
  • Board Moderators
  • Global Moderators (much higher bar than Board Moderators as these are typically filled with Board Moderators being promoted over time)
  • Article Writers (yes, 8 years later we still have articles and we should have the role of a distinguished Writer)
  • Any other position you care to justify you should hold! It may be hard to convince us though.
I will keep the recruitment open until we are satisfied with the applications. Good luck!
 
@Slavi Dodo Recommended, a guy who always helped a lot of people for free, I believe he would be a good moderator, a while ago we had some misunderstandings but they are bygone waters, good luck.

Edit: Ups, sorry for coment, I had not seen that thread had already closed.
 
Can I be part of the staff? I know a thing or two about Otserv.
I know it's late but ... I'll be very active.
 
Can I be part of the staff? I know a thing or two about Otserv.
I know it's late but ... I'll be very active.


The application is closed, we are evaluating the applications now.
Sorry it's too late, the recruitment was open for about 1 - 1 ½ months.
 
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