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+# Seniority Roles
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+Seniority Roles are cumulative, possessing each role requires having all the roles less-senior than it. For example, all Level 3 users also have Level 2 and Level 1.
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+[**See Enrolment for details on the process to promote/demote users with these roles.**](Enrolment.md)
+## Level 1
+- Passes basic security check: more likely than not to abide by the server's rules.
+- Promotion to Level 1 should only be prevented for security reasons.
+- Expected to be earned within a few days of activity.
+## Level 2
+- A direct net-positive to the community (not indirect, such as useful trolls).
+- Personable, liked by at least a few people at Level 3.
+- Promotion to Level 2 should only be prevented for reasons arising from direct encounters, rather than because of a lack of familiarity.
+- Expected to be earned after about a month of activity.
+- Must not be granted less than a week after the user joins.
+## Level 3
+- A worthy representative of the community.
+- Socially capable, dignified, and respected by a large portion of the community.
+- Clearly capable of being reasoned with, and persuaded by good arguments.
+- Expected to be earned after about six months of activity.
+- Must not be granted less than a month after the user joins.
+## Watchman
+- Network of trusted monitors/reporters.
+- Not empowered officers, not junior moderators.
+- Automatically become temporary minor-moderators during raids or other emergencies. They have some moderation powers but should not use them except in these cases.
+- No responsibilities are imposed upon Watchmen, though the role may be removed if the user does not act upon it when appropriate, or misuses their powers.
+- Trusted by the admin, and assigned this role at the sole discretion of the admin.
+## Moderator
+- Empowered officers of the community.
+- Responsible for helping to moderate the server, and act with a higher level of self-restraint.
+- Promotion to Moderator requires the informed consent of the user being promoted.
+- Promotion is initiated by the admin, but if a significant contingent of users disagrees with the selection, a community-wide election should be held to decide the next moderator.
+- All current Moderators must approve of any new Moderators.
+- Major social draws, eccentric and socially influential people should not become Moderators.
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+# Advice for Gaining Seniority Roles
+The following things ***help*** in gaining roles:
+- Having a consistent, recognisable, comprehensible, and distinct identity (name and image)
+- Being active (interacting with the community), especially in voice channels
+- Being involved in community events, especially running them
+- Being charismatic, knowledgable, useful, or otherwise socially apt
+- Promoting the community/uzalu and/or bringing in new members
+- Demonstrating deep knowledge of community/uzalu's lore
+- Being tested by circumstance and performing well
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+In all cases, your actions must be visible to server moderators/admin, or others who will recommend you for promotion