Well Tony, I wouldn't say that lol.
Staff is something "earned" yet still requested. When the new "subgroups" of the gearheads and PR Team were created, the current staff had put up threads asking members if they wanted to be a apart of the PR Team, and appointed well known and knowledgeable members Gearhead Status, based on their level of expertise in TD's, and their time on the forum,a s well as time/experience with vehicles in general, not just Dodges/Turbo Dodges.
As Tony said, yes there is't a "need" for a lot of TD-based knowledge to be a part of staff. PR Team, as described, is the welcome team, who make the forum a friendly place, greet new members, and edit tags on threads (a very important job, it helps the search function actually work)
Gearheads obviously have to know their stuff, so it would be pointless to appoint someone a Gearhead status, who wasn't familiar with TD's. Gearhead status comes from a general knowledge of TD's and other cars, along with specific areas. NAJ's area is Diagnostics, and Diagnostic preocedures/repairs. Detobias is well versed in L-Bodies, N/A and Turbo form. Onerippinturbo2 has been around most all the TD's, as well as most all the other Gearheads. And Jackson has some sort of sick obsession with those i-shaft failing TIII cars (Had to say it, just bustin ya Jackson :thumb
Over time, and experience with the Forum, PR Team (as well as Gearheads, if so deisred) can be given Moderator Status. By thistime, any PR Team member should (and proboaly will) be moderately versed in TD information. Regardless of status, most all staff should be able to help members wiht TD software questions, such as posting a pic, vid, etc. Moderators clean threads, keep the bullshit out of the public eye, help members with threads, etc. Basically Mods help keep the forum ordered and together.
As Mods spend more time on the forum, and prove their knowledge of both the cars, as well as the Forum Software, they may be bumped to Super Moderator, which really is a glorified Moderator Position. The only difference with Mod and SM, is that you are able to help correct issues with peoples profiles, edit signatures (for COTM badges, etc)
And Admins are just a step above SMs. There are three levels. Admin, Senior Admin, and Super Admin. Right now, Tony (Midnighttoker) is Senior Admin, and Phil (autoguide's TD Rep) is Super Admin. Tony is basically Phil's "liason" as Autoguide runs hundreds of sites, and he isn't able to check up on the site daily. He allows us to run the site as it has been run, and as long as any changes made to members, how the site is ran, etc. benefit the overall site in a positive light, Phil and Autoguide are fine with it.
Somewhat confusing, but thats about the jist of all the staff members responsibilities, areas of "power" etc. If you click on the Show Groups link posted earlier in this thread, you can see which sections are moderated by certain members. So if you have a double post and want to report it so it can be removed, you can see which moderators have control in thses sections. Also I believe if you scroll down to the bottom half of the page, you should see a list of people underneath the Section page (such as Cars For Sale). Thos are the people who are able to edit/modify/moderate in that section.
Any other questions, just PM me, or any other staff, Cindy, and we should be able to help you out.
