WiserEarth Area of Focus Stewards
Be a Steward, Add and Update WiserEarth Content
The 379 Areas of Focus on WiserEarth have been created to provide a comprehensive categorization or taxonomy of all the different areas of activity relating to the environmental and social justice fields. All entities entered into the WiserEarth database (organizations, groups, people, resources, solutions, events, jobs) can be tagged with multiple areas of ...learn more
GROUP DETAILS
Created: Feb 22, 2008
Updated: Oct 19, 2009
Membership: Open
Semi-Private
4. WiserEarth Community Roles (v2 draft)
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Introduction
Since WiserEarth is a community-driven site, its success depends on the participation of its community of users. This page includes a description of the 4 different types of roles that are available: Guest, User, Editor, and Administrator.
Guest
Anyone visiting the WiserEarth site has Guest status until they log on or create a personal profile. A Guest cannot edit but can browse and search through all content.
User
Users are registered on WiserEarth and are able to search and browse
through all the content on WiserEarth. Users are also able to add and
edit content.
A user can:
- Create a personal profile
- Add a resource or an organization
- Join or set up a group
- Post a job
- Post a event to the calendar so that the WiserEarth community can know what's happening
- Add a new article by creating a WikiPage
- Edit any unprotected pages
To become a user, you will need to register first and create your profile. Read the Tutorial for directions on how to set up your profile. See the current list of users.
Editor
Editors are registered WiserEarth users who can also:
- Change the Page Status for pages and comments that do not meet WiserEarth Content Standards.
- Edit protected pages such as the Area of Focus pages.
You can make a request to become an editor by sending a message to Peggy or one of the Administrators. See the current list of Editors.
Administrator
Administrators manage the user experience. They are registered on
WiserEarth and can perform a few restricted functions within
WiserEarth, in addition to those functions of an editor:
An Administrator can:
- Change users to editors
- Change editors to administrators
- Delete any user
- Protect and unprotect WikiPages
- Block and unblock IP addresses
To become an Administrator, you will need to show the community that you have built up a deep understanding of every aspect of the site, its user-base, and the needs of the WiserEarth community. You can make a request to become an Administrator by sending a message to one of the other Administrators. You must be willing to spend a significant amount of time on the site to become an administrator. See the current list of administrators.
