Cicada3301Fan - I see comments criticizing you not on a strict lack of involvement in discussion but on being too agreeable or agreeing too blindly in that discussion. Personally, I don't feel that way, and I'd challenge a decision made on the impression that you're being too agreeable. I've seen good growth from you in getting involved in discussion, but if someone thinks you haven't been involved enough then that's valid. I'm just cautious around an approach that agreement is less valid than disagreement. Supporting.

divinephobia - Your work with logging and record keeping for discord can not be understated. Without you the discord team would have quite a struggle with ever catching up on those. Supporting.

Mew-ltiverse - We've recently spoken about your work with MAST. I'd like to see you work on your comfort level with staff and being able to have the confidence to speak up. I know that you have worthwhile contributions to give. Supporting.

tetsusquared - Your work on Ambassadors is always going to be difficult to judge. If you do good work, then there's no drama and no one notices. But even with your best efforts you work is necessarily a dialogue and it can be ruined by a difference of opinion. I trust Jerden's judgement here, and I'm happy to hear that you helped to resolve those licensing issues. Supporting.

Cicada3301Fan - Agreeing with Lord and Ori. At this time I'm against.

DianaBerry - A strong presence in CO from what I've seen. Support

divinephobia - Good work and involvement all around on the Discord team, I've especially appreciated all the work you've done with recordkeeping, that's something that is often more in the background but I definitely recognize your work there. Support

Erminustay - Great work for licensing. Support

FlyPurgatorio - I'm honestly surprised you're still JS with how positive and effective a presence I've seen you be. Support

LOVEMARGINAL - I'm unsure at this time. I do agree with the blurb in terms of the work I've seen in CO done for the art committee but I don't feel like I've seen enough of you outside of that to really know what kind of staff member you are, if that makes sense? Undecided for now.

Mew-ltiverse - I don't usually poke my head into Crit, but I have been following the general going ons with IRC Crit for the past little bit, in part due to the discussion regarding the Discord bridge, and though there was some confusion I ultimately like what I saw from you, clear dedication and a willingness to change when things aren't quite working. Seeing the feedback from Ori on your flight also seems promising. Support

ParallelPotatoes - good work with site news, and I feel I've seen you involved enough outside of that. Support

scalykitty - dittoing Ori, against due in part to recent inactivity.

tetsusquared - If anyone should be familiar with your work, I feel like I should be as admin contact for Ambassadors and yet somehow I feel like I'm not. Taking a glance through SCP-INT's embassy channel and staffcord as a whole, don't see a lot of you, nor do I recall seeing you much on 05.

I can understand that this is likely due to the nature of Ambassador work being sparse and largely only visible during periods where lines of communication are important to have between branches, and certainly when you've popped in every few months you've effectively communicated information which would otherwise have been difficult to come by, if we'd thought to seek it out at all. However, only seeing you in staff spaces every few months, even if it's for valuable contributions. I see LordXVNV mentions being informed privately of something wherein you've helped avert a situation of some kind. I'm curious what this is, and if it has been communicated in some way in either staff chat as a whole (maybe one of the ones I alluded to above in February or July) or if not why it hasn't been communicated in some way, even if just to admins via the private ambassador channel that was set up some time ago.

I see in the blurb that your translation efforts ar mentioned, while commendable, and I've seen a fair few of them on INT and on EN, if this is activity for Ambassadors then that is news to me. I've always viewed it in the same way as I do Crit team writing or Discord Team members being a positive presence in the Discord or general community engagement by a staff member in general: it's good to see, and it can make you more effective and more trusted by the community I'm sure but I don't feel comfortable promoting you on your translation efforts alone. This isn't a comment on the quality or quantity of your translations, this is me not understanding why translations would be part of Ambassador work, and if it's something significant why this isn't laid out in some way on the Ambassador Team hub.

In some ways this is primarily a critique of the team itself and an ironic potential failure to communicate rather than of you yourself, but with such a small a team, that's closely interlinked.

Further, there's things outside of those team duties that I would like to see from you in EN staff, which would also further the Ambassador Team's mission IMO. Primarily, this is EN policy discussion. I would like to see more of that from you. If nothing else it could be good to remind EN that in some cases our policies trickle down to affect the INT branches and how that would affect them and being sure we're communicating to INT well when that happens, because we don't really think about that. I'm aware this isn't often the case, but it has happened a few times to my recollection.

In brief, currently I'm against because I have seen very little from you, and if anyone should, aside from Ambassador Team members themselves, it's the admin contact.

Edit: we have since been informed by Naepic that what LORDXVNV mentionned was regarding Tetsuo aiding in a licensing discussion between EN and CN on two separate occasions, one of which lasted about two weeks. This is of course an invaluable contribution and I'm glad to hear about it (and have been cleared to mention it here by Naepic)

Cicada3301Fan: You’re a great positive force and the work you do has been top notch. I also appreciate another warrior in the war for proper use of comma’s! However, I can’t help but wonder what would happen if you showed some teeth every once in a while. Asking questions is good, but I’d love to see you contribute to staff and policy discussion with your own pov. I think you’ve shown a lot of potential, but I’d love to see a bit more of *you* and not just your work. If you further your development in that area, I’m sure you’re a shoe-in for the next promotion cycle. Until then I’ll have to be reluctantly against.

DianaBerry: I’ve seen you hopping around Deer College recently, and I’ve noticed how careful you are in how you approach your work. A little too careful at times. A little more confidence and certainty would suit you well, I think. I was a little reluctant, but you stepping up on Sitenews and your direct steps resulting from Lord’s comment give me enough of a nudge to support.

divinephobia: I’ve seen you make moderation calls and I feel very confident in how you approach it. Over the months I've seen you grow into your role and stay very level-headed during discussions. Also amazing work on the ban queue, deserves to be said. Support.

Erminustay: I’ve seen the work you do, as well as jumping into policy discussions when you see fit and give your two cents. I’ll be able to support.

FlyPurgatorio It’s meeee!!! I’ve already given some self-reflection in my initial blurb, but I wanted to add a thank you to those adding their insights. I take everything to heart, especially points I can learn from to be better at being staff and a member of this community. I haven’t always hit the right note, but I try to learn from it. I definitely recognise getting stuck in the details, and that’ll be an area to focus on as well.
Appreciate you all!

LOVEMARGINAL: I haven’t seen you around much, outside CO for artwork. I absolutely appreciate the work you do there, but just like with Cicada, great work isn’t enough for a promotion to me. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but are you active in other areas of staff, policy discussions or behind-the-scene work? Until then I’ll also have to be (very reluctantly) against.
(With the sidenote that hearing from you about your plans for your current work and/or the OS promotion, would be helpful).

Mew-ltiverse: I have a lot of respect for the work you’ve been putting into IRC, the DC/IRC bridge, and the activity in Deer College. You’re always up for adding to crit policy discussions and I’ve noticed you’re not afraid to go against the grain. I've seen a lot of growth in your approach. My main advice would be to get out of the IRC bubble more (which is something you’re already working on) and allow yourself to look at it from the outside. Be critical of the things you love as well as the things you want to change, and don’t give more than you have. Deserved support.

ParallelPotatoes: A friend! Potato, you’re an absolute powerhouse with everything you do, and you do it with such kindness and care. You bring so much positivity to this community, and I admire you greatly. Please allow yourself to recognise your contribution and be confident in your insights. Getting nominated *twice* should tell you enough here! Obvious support.

scalykitty: This is a hard one to come down on. I know you dipped out due to the unexpected start of law school, which took you away from the team for good reason. I’ve seen you participate in crit policy discussion often when you’re on (before the whole law school stuff started), and you’ve done a lot of work for Flights (also continuing during law school). There have been times I've specifically checked in with you. I have no doubt about your ability to add to policy discussions (although I’d emphasise carefully reading threads and messages) and your contributions to critstaff in the long run. However, I’m concerned about your irl commitments, which are simply way more important, still fresh and not completely settled in. This is mostly a concern about whether you’re able to commit this cycle, or you should focus on getting back in the groove and be ready for next cycle. I fear you're taking on too much atm. I'm not in doubt about your capabilities; you'd be ready, but the timing isn't optimal. I'm going a bit back and forth between abstain and support, so I'll need a bit longer to mull that over.

tetsusquared: I’m not familiar with a lot of the areas you work in, but I trust the opinion of the other staffers on you. I’ll have to abstain.

Edit: fixed italics, some typos and phrasing.

Cicada3301Fan: Also with lord, you do good work in MAST, but if you're not giving valuable input to staff processes at large I don't see a reason for you to be OS. Against.

Dianaberry: I've seen some of the things you do on the arts committee and site news and I think OS would be good for you to take on more responsibilities I'm sure you're capable of. Support.

Divinephobia: As a moderator you do your job fantastically, and as an archivist, you do a thankless job yet vital, and I think you need thanks for it. Support.

Erminustay: I can't say I've seen much of what you do, but basing my opinion on what others have said here, I can feel comfortable supporting.

FlyPurgatorio: Calling it now, Fly as admin 2024. Speaking first hand you cover all of your duties incredibly: You're always a voice of reason in crit moderation who does a great job cataloging and storing everything, your work behind the scenes in policy is very impressive and detailed-oriented, and you always bring new ideas to the table. And, of course, your crit is great. My only nitpick is that you put the same amount of thought and effort (a lot) into everything, and not only is this a problem for burnout in the future, but we've had cases where you were very caught up in the details of something and missed the larger picture. Regardless of that admittedly very minor issue: Support.

LOVEMARGINAL: Same as Diana's but without the site news, I'd just like to see you interact a bit with more staff processes. Support.

Mew-ltiverse: IRC's strongest defender, a noble job. I genuinely admire your passion for improving IRC. Support.

ParallelPotatoes: Easiest support of my life. Almost singlehandedly pumps out the site news and still managed to tag over 120 pages. I don't have anything else to add that other people haven't already. Chin up, spud, your crown is falling. Support.

ScalyKitty: I'm so sorry but I can't support a promotion for someone who isn't here to accept it. I understand you're unable to because of real-life things (completely fair and understandable) but being active is a basic requirement for promotion in my opinion. Against.

Tetsusquared: I've never interacted with you, nor have I seen the work you do, no fault of your own of course, a lot of people on -EN rarely look into -INT and I'm sure your job is a thankless one, but that doesn't mean I know what it is. Abstain.

DianaBerry has done great work for Site News penning interview questions and such, but what makes her deserving of a promotion is her work on the Art Committee. She may not have been constantly active due to the limited scope of our work, but she has clear and original ideas of expanding it with the ultimate aim of increasing the visibility of visual artists onsite — which I, as an illustrator, definitely stand behind, on the condition that her ambitions solidify into plans. A promotion would enable her to begin her work in a more "official" capacity — support.

ParallelPotatoes, as many others have said, has done astounding work for Site News. They are extremely professional and proactive, setting a stellar example of themself for all new site staff. I am neither on the Site News team nor personally familiar with Potatoes, but professionally they have my trust and respect like no other. Support.

LOVEMARGINAL will be DianaBerry's strongest soldier. Support.

Divinephobia: You do good work, and are one of the more active moderators. Support.

FlyPurgatorio: Obvious support. Staff will be better with you on it.

Mew-Itiverse: Your work on IRC has been important, and definitely shows responsibility and desire to improve the community. Support.

Me: Lowkey fell off. On a more serious note, I ran a crit flight in August, and took a break from public crit to focus on that. (Shout out to Hexon555). I started law school at the beginning of September, and wasn't able to get much done with the move and my new schedule. I finally have been getting a handle on things, and I look forward to getting back into the swing of things with crit policy and whatnot.

ParallelPotatoes: Great work with site news, definitely support.

Cicada3301Fan - I'm with Lord here. You're a positive presence in public spaces, but right now it feels like you're more of a hinderance than a help when it comes to important discussions. I don't know what your opinions are on things, your support almost feels blind at times. As a result, I'm against.

DianaBerry - No strong opinions either way.

divinephobia - You've done good discord work. Support

Erminustay - I've seen the workhorse you've been for licensing. Support

FlyPurgatorio - You serve as an example as to why I hate seasonal promotions. We shouldn't have had to wait so long to promote you. Support

LOVEMARGINAL - No strong opinions either way. I do want to take a moment to say that I don't think promotion should be given purely as recognition for someone's work, promotions are not prizes. Promotions come because someone has earned trust. I understand what the blurb intends here, but I do want to highlight that.

Mew-ltiverse - Working with you on a flight has shown me your ability to self reflect and set actionable goals for yourself. Support

ParallelPotatoes - Excellent work with site news. Support

scalykitty - I'll be honest, I feel like I haven't seen you much at all lately. Am I missing your activity? I looked over your activity in the Discord crit channels and it's extremely sporadic, and generally I don't feel like you're around very often to discuss crit issues/policy. Unfortunately as a result right now I'm against

tetsusquared - I'm not familiar with your work, and have no strong opinions either way as a result.

i have no complaints against any of the candidates and may update this later with more info but i'd like to give a special mention to tetsusquared

tetsu has helped me on a few instances with cross-branch communication, most notably with a translated page from -cn that had a nebulous licensing situation. tetsu served as a translator/middleman and was instrumental in making sure the situation was resolved without issue. i cannot thank him enough for his help and he has my strongest support of this batch.

Cicada3301Fan: I share similar concerns as lord, as I don’t think Ive ever seen you say something negative in a policy discussion. However, I think what your captains have said about your work outweighs that in my book. Tentative Support.

DianaBerry: Im not as familiar as I should be with your Art Committee work, but you’ve been a great help with writing stories for Site News. Id love to see you keep it up. Support.

Divinephobia: Amazing. Showstopping. Incredible. I always see you as a level headed voice on the moderation team, and you do good work with the ban log queues. On a personal level I consider you a good friend. Easy support.

Erminustay: I frequently see you answering licensing questions, and its impressive how much you licensebox. Support.

FlyPurgatorio: Amazing. Showstopping. Incredible. I see you do great work in the discord critique spaces, and I frequently see you interacting with community members in a friendly and helpful manner. Easy support.

LOVEMARGINAL: I frequently see you in CO server working hard on Art Committee. Support.

Mew-Itverse: Ive seen you be a driving force in the IRC crit policy discussions. Support.

scalykitty: I see the work you do and you do it well. There isn’t much I can say that isn’t just echoing you and your captains comments here. Support. Edit: I was basing my statement on the work I’ve seen you do when you first joined, and I was assuming you’ve been keeping up the same level of activity. However, after seeing Ori’s comment about your activity I decided to search 19cord and critcord, and you’ve sent barely any messages in the last month or two. Unless someone brings up an example of recent work you have done, I am switching to against.

tetsusquared: I’m not very familiar with your work. Abstain.

Me! As my captains have stated, I do most of my work on site news and tagging. For tagging, I generally aim to tag 1-2 articles per day, as this is a sustainable workload for me. I’ve enjoyed my tagging work, and I hope to continue doing it. For site news, I am the person who updates most of it each month. Im very proud of the writing prompts section, as I think it will be a good way to boost engagement with the news. One of my goals going forward is to have at least one “interesting” story in each site news, such as an interview with authors or a deep delve into various site topics.

Regarding my area of improvement that nico pointed out in their blurb about me, I really can’t deny it. I definitely have confidence issues, and I am doing my best on a personal level to work through them. If there are any other areas of improvement people have for me in the comments, I will address them as they come up.

On a personal level, I’m very honored to be put up for promotion, especially considering I’ve only been staff for a few months. I really enjoy my staff work, and Im appreciative of the opportunity to become operational staff.

While I would like to see most of these staff members be more active on the policy side, this is a good batch.

Cicada3301Fan: I'm not familiar with Cicada's work so I can't speak on that. The captain assessment looks acceptable and I'll take that as a good showing of their activity. Cicada has been active in staffchat as well, which is always a plus. Tentative support.

DianaBerry: The arist showcase always looks solid. I do think there is room for a bit more roles here, especially this being CO. I can tentatively support here.

divinephobia: Does great work that is grueling but needed. Easy support.

Erminustay: Does great work that is grueling but needed. Easy support.

FlyPurgatorio: Fly is extremely active in Discord crit and does really great work. I got into a small spat with Fly a few weeks ago over a difference in opinion. Fly reached out to me, explained their perspective, and we mutually apologized for the way we spoke to each other. This was a great show of character. Fly gets an easy support from me.

LOVEMARGINAL: Same as Lord. Support.

Mew-ltiverse: I can't speak much on IRC Crit as I'm not that active there. I'll accept the Captain assessment. With what happened with IRC crit a few weeks ago and how tumultuous the team was looking, Mew taking the reigns there as a J-staff to support a smaller, less-focused-on area of the site is extremely selfless and thankless. Support.

ParallelPotatoes: The Site News is extremely hard work. I remember when I first joined the Site we wouldn't see July's site news until September. Managing to streamline this process and get the news out in a timely manner gets my support alone, on top of the statements from their MAST captains that really seal the deal. Great member of staff here. Support.

scalykitty: I trained Scaly as part of a flight a few months ago. They were a very strong critter from the outset, listening to my comments and emphasizing their work in areas I said they needed to improve. From what I remember, they gave me all 16 pieces of critique I required on time and with questions. I've received critique from Scaly on my own projects as well, and it's always solid, comprehensive, and had great ideas. During the flight, Scaly was adamant about becoming part of the Moth Squad, and they achieved it easily within a 14-day-long flight period. Scaly was a joy to work with and is still one of my favorite officers to this day. Easy support, he's earned it.

tetsusquared: I'm going to tentatively abstain here as Tetsu is not someone I'm familiar with them professionally or personally. I agree with Nico that I'd like them to be a bit more involved.

The only candidate I'm iffy on is Tetsu, but even then I know that they are very diligent over on the INT side of things. I just wish they had more of a voice in staff matters on our end of things.

I also hope we can get some comments on the mainsite mirror about our nominees, particularly the ones on public-facing teams (CO, ambassadors, Discord). I'd hope they left some positive impression on the community given the nature of their roles.

I have some anxiety problems, which can cause me to get really anxious and sometimes refrain from commenting, which I’ve been working on, and I think part of that work has payed off with me doing my best to make my voice heard. I personally think I’ve deserved this nomination, but I also know I’ve got some areas to improve. I hope that I can do that regardless of whether you accept me as operational staff. Thank you for the consideration, as that itself is an honor.

I think parallel potatoes has done an amazing job with the site news, and is well deserving of this promotion.

Fly has been nothing but a wonderful addition to the discord team, and I think they’re definitely worthy of promotion. They haven’t been staff for long, but they’ve made their mark for every moment they’ve been staff.

I’ve seen Erminusay do a great job with licensing during my time on that team, as well!

Everyone else I don’t have anything specific to say, I just think we’re all worthy of promotion!

divineophobia: Right of the bat, I 100% support promoting div to OS. They've been a vital and prolific member of the discord team, especially in terms of the maintenance of the Ban Log Queue. One of the more active members as well, someone I can see being promoted to Discord Admin the future.

Erminustay: Also supporting this candidate. I see them a lot in Staffcord or help-desk, asking for pages to be unlocked to add license boxes and remove images. I do have a slight problem with maturity problems in the past, but that does not change my decision.

FlyPurgatorio: Supporting this candidate as well, I see them do a lot of great work in moderating the Discord crit spaces and also just being a genuinely active member of the discord. They frequently bring up issues in the private crit spaces, and also public when applicable.

ParallelPotatoes: Para does an absolutely great job on both of their teams. For the former, site news, they've interviewing users, created segments and so much more to help out the team.. In terms of their work on MAST, I've seen them helping users out in the help-desk channel in the Official Server, and also considering the fact that they've tagged over 120 pages within the past two months, I support promoting them to OS.

Scalykitty: Another very active member of the Discord crit team, participating in discussions about users and the crit space in general. I support this candidate as well.

I've skipped the users that I haven't seen enough of, but I'm sure they are great at what they do and also deserve to be promoted. Good luck to all the other candidates!

I have always loved to help people, that is what I consider a good quality to have. Being a part of Junior Staff has immensely helped me help others, and so being considered for a member of Operational Staff is something that I always will be thankful of. If I do become a member of Operational Staff, I would use my position to help others, and I know the other candidates would do the same!

I will work on my area of improvement, which is activeness in forums and discussions such as these. I will do my best to make a lasting impact on the community, and strive to always give my A game.

That’s really all I have to say. Good luck to everyone!

AvocadoMilk has been a fairly consistent presence within 19cord's staff since I've joined the server, and I trust their judgment in just about any situation when it comes to moderation concerns.

ParallelPotatoes does wonderfully with the site news every month, and I know their work ethic is off the charts. I think a promotion is well-deserved for him.

For myself, I feel I could probably be more active in day-to-day moderation, and I could certainly stand to be more consistent when it comes to upkeep for the ban log. I check in on the moderation channels a few times per day, but dont really deal with active situations as much as I feel is ideal for my position and the free time I have available.

That is all I have to say, good luck to everyone!

I’ve always wanted to be more active in community outreach, and I saw the art committee as a good choice for me, as I love art and supporting the artists of the community. I had actually been considering trying to pitch some ways to expand the team. Mostly, I’d like to see the team reach a wider audience. I think there are several ways we could do this, which I won’t get into here. Thank you very much and I promise to keep up the work even if not promoted! I would like to mention that I have a lack of confidence which prevents me from interacting more than I do. I feel like my courage will grow if I have the opportunity to do more.

I’d like to comment about my fellow art committee member, LOVEMARGINAL. She definitely deserves it, as I can tell she’s passionate about this. She does an excellent job, and I hope to see her promoted.

ParallelPotatoes has done so much work for the site news, and really has helped me get back into the swing of things on the site news after I took a break. They definitely know what they’re doing, though I agree they could be more confident.

Mainsite Mirror

See Promotions-Policy for how promotions are to be handled.

This discussion is open to all staff. Please feel free to leave your thoughts. This is NOT a voting post.

Rules and Decorum:

This thread exists to allow commentary and criticism on candidates as candidates. All comments should be addressing one of the following:

• Concern or support for a candidate's ability to perform their duties after promotion.
• Concern or support for a candidate's character only in so far as it will affect their ability to perform their duties or their standing as staff.

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• General complaints that you don't like a candidate for reasons that would not effect their ability to perform their duties.
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Replies to comments are allowed but not required. Any user may respond to any concerns or support, including the candidate in question. All of the same rules apply to replies.

Staff will be monitoring this thread and will issue orders to stop discussion only if they have passed into unproductive vehemence. Staff will remove any comments that are extremely rule-breaking.

This discussion will be open for two weeks. After which time it will move to a staff vote.

Operational Staff Candidates:

Below is a group of suggestions regarding Junior Staff who Team Captains have nominated to be voted upwards to Operational Staff. Please read the commentary provided in order to help your judgement regarding these staff.

Junior Staff Member:	AvocadoMilk
Captain/Team:	Discord (gee0765, Prismal, & Yossipossi)
Why:	Avocadomilk has been a consistently active member of the Discord team for a while (since June 2022), contributing to all aspects of the team - day to day moderation, records keeping, and contributing to policy discussions. They have previously failed a promotion due to maturity concerns and a tendency to overstep in crit moderation spaces, but have addressed these issues in recent months and showed definite improvement in both.
Optional areas of improvement:	N/A
Junior Staff Member:	Cicada3301Fan
Captain/Team:	MAST (Deadly Bread & torcsandantlers)
Why:	Cicada was originally recruited to Collaboration Pages because he was doing such a great job contributing to and cleaning up the Esoteric Class List, Comprehensive List of MTFs and K-Class Scenarios collab logs. His work is thorough, well documented, and consistently accurate. Since joining his contributions to these pages has remained at a high level of quality and quantity. He's worked with his Section Head to implement changes to some of the popular collaborative logs - such as marking K-Class Scenarios that have more than 100 uses, as well as participating productively in conversations regarding policies and procedures for Collaboration Pages. He's also been one of our most active members in assisting those in the MAST help desk, either by providing accurate information or pointing users in the correct direction. I believe that granting Cicada some more responsibility and higher level expectations will let him develop even further.
Optional areas of improvement:	We've already talked about it, and I've already seen you improving, but try to participate more with the staff ecosystem and policy discussions outside of your bubble.
Junior Staff Member:	DianaBerry
Captain/Team:	CO - Art Committee(Jerden)
Why:	DianaBerry has been selecting works to be featured on the artist showcase for a while, as part of the Community Outreach Art Committee. Promoting her is part of an ongoing effort to expand the team and distribute responsibilities better.
Optional areas of improvement:	N/A
Junior Staff Member:	divinephobia
Captain/Team:	Discord (gee0765, Prismal, & Yossipossi)
Why:	Divinephobia has been a consistently active member of the moderation team since joining. They are far and away the most active member of the team when it comes to records-keeping — we would likely have failed to log a significant proportion of moderator actions without their contributions. Outside of that, they are consistently level-headed when making decisions and getting involved in policy discussions.
Optional areas of improvement:	N/A
Junior Staff Member:	Erminustay
Captain/Team:	Licensing (Naepic via NebulousStar)
Why:	Erminustay is a productive and diligent member of licensing. His typical licenseboxing work (http://scpdsandbox.wikidot.com/erminustay) has been nothing short of prolific, and his licenseboxing work with the image replacement team demonstrates great proactivity.
Optional areas of improvement:	N/A
Junior Staff Member:	FlyPurgatorio
Captain/Team:	Discord Crit (Pedagon)
Why:	Fly's passion for the critique spaces on the wiki is unmatched among the JS collective. Fly has taken on many roles as a JS on Discord Critique Team and helped keep things running smoothly whenever I haven't been able to be around. Fly's major skills as Discord Critique Staff include their willingness to challenge viewpoints and call out other staff when necessary for making the team's actions fair and just. Fly also has expressed goals for improving the accessibility of critique on the wiki through making critique resources more accessible to writers of all levels and keeping critique spaces safe and empathetic. As an OS, Fly will be able to expand their skills of improving accessibility and challenging dominant views across more levels of decision-making. These aspect's of fly's approach to staff would make them a fantastic OS promotion.
Optional areas of improvement:	Fly is an extremely reflective person so, like I do with all my staff, I invited them to propose their own areas of growth: "’I've been known to bite down on things I feel strongly about and get ahead of myself, so my main challenge is taking a breather and “going with the flow” a bit more, both for myself and others. I need to safeguard not burning out and taking breaks/asking for help if needed. As for my communication: I’ve been working hard on making it more concise while filing off the rough edge that is partly my Dutch directness, and partly my personality. I am aware I still have more to go." I believe that these areas of growth go extremely well with being an OS as fly will be able to delegate responsibility more often and participate in deeper discussions that work well with fly's communication approach as fly's directness would go well with the difficult conversations OS are expected to engage in.
Junior Staff Member:	LOVEMARGINAL
Captain/Team:	CO - Art Committee(Jerden)
Why:	Lovemarginal has been a great help as part of the Community Outreach Art Committee, selecting works to be featured on the artist showcase and making sure they get posted on time at the start of each month. Promoting her would recognise this work and allow her to take on more responsibilities in future.
Optional areas of improvement:	N/A
Junior Staff Member:	Mew-ltiverse
Captain/Team:	IRC Crit (Mooagain )
Why:	They've been very active in policy discussions and management of IRC crit issues for a long time, and give solid feedback as a reviewer. They're very dedicated to improving the channel and helping new users. Mew is a very valuable member of the crit team and definitely should be kept as staff.
Optional areas of improvement:	I think they could be more active in the wider staff spaces and participate more in policy outside our team.
Junior Staff Member:	ParallelPotatoes
Captain/Team:	CO - Site News (Uncle Nicolini)
Why:	Potatoes has been single-handedly managing the Site News ever since they were added as Junior Staff. This includes writing the editorials, managing the automator, and maintaining the workbench, all in a super timely fashion. The news hasn't been out this fast in years, and it's all because of their hard work. And on top of that, they have recently begun a new writing prompt project on the News as well. Aside from their Community Outreach duties, Potatoes also frequently participates in policy discussions and helps out in #help-desk in 19cord. All in all, Potatoes has been a good addition to Staff in their brief time with us.
Optional areas of improvement:	I would like to see Potatoes be more confident in themselves, but that will come as they grow more accustomed to the Staff structure.
Junior Staff Member:	ParallelPotatoes
Captain/Team:	MAST (Deadly Bread & torcsandantlers)
Why:	Potatoes is on MAST's Tagging subteam, and in the last two months they've tagged more than 120 new pages while catching pages that have been incorrectly tagged. They're consistent, productive, and accurate. I frequently see Potatoes participating in policy discussions and helping users in the help-desk and other 19cord channels. They're a powerhouse of work and conscientious in their actions, and I believe that we will be rewarded by giving them further responsibility.
Optional areas of improvement:	N/A
Junior Staff Member:	scalykitty
Captain/Team:	Discord Crit (Pedagon)
Why:	Scalykitty is a fantastic member of Discord Critique Team. While their activity has wavered due to irl commitments, they have been involved long-term with many discord critique initiatives that are aiming to improve the space from a larger viewpoint. This desire to improve things at a policy or grand level is what I believe makes scalykitty a fantastic candidate for OS promotion. By giving scalykitty the opportunity to vote on policy, I believe that they will blossom and thrive into policy discussions far beyond just our team. As well, they have been active in the critique flight system which speaks to their desire for increasing engagement with the community and recognizing the role of staff as stewards of the community's needs.
Optional areas of improvement:	As part of this process, I asked Scalykitty to propose their own areas of growth: "I'd like to work on managing burnout. i havent crit anything on discord in a while because of class, and im working on finding a way to juggle everything sustainably. id also like to get more comfortable commenting on things on O5 and staffcord" while these may be issues for engagement at a team level, scaly has often approached staffing from a more long-term viewpoint anyway so I do not believe these would limit their ability as OS. In fact, their ability to recognize when they need to decrease availability and reorient themselves to avoid burning out makes them exactly the kind of person we should want voting on policy and thinking far beyond immediate issues. Overall, I believe scalykitty is a fantastic candidate for OS promotion
Junior Staff Member:	tetsusquared
Captain/Team:	Ambassadors (Jerden)
Why:	Tetsusquared has been a member of the ambassador team for a while now, and has been a great help to the team for communications with the Chinese and Japanese branches. Most of us are American or European, so it's useful to have someone who speaks the langage and understands the cultural context better. Tetsusquared has also helped out with maintenance of the INT Wiki, particularly replacing outdated translations with new ones.
Optional areas of improvement:	N/A

Administrator Candidates:

No Admin candidates have been put forward by the Administrator Team for this cycle.