Appointing and removing site moderators

The basic authority for appointing or removing site moderators ultimately falls to the Drupal Association staff, as the party responsible for Drupal.org. Drupal Association staff may make interpretations, adjustments, or override some of these policies in specific scenarios where needed.

Appointing site moderators

Site moderators can be appointed directly by Drupal Association staff members assuming they meet the following criteria:

• Knowledge of the Drupal Moderation policies
• A track record of helpful behavior in the issue queues and Drupal Slack
• A positive exemplar of upholding the Drupal Values and Principles
• Has signed the volunteer agreement

Site moderators can also appoint additional moderators, provided that the new moderator has applied in the site moderator issue queue, and the moderators inform Drupal Association staff so that the volunteer agreement can be signed.

Removing site moderators

Site moderators may be removed by Drupal Association staff at any time for any reason.

In general, the reasons for site moderator removal are likely to be:

• Failure to uphold the Drupal Values and Principles
• Abuse of authority or privileged access
• Failure to cooperate with the Community Working Group or Conflict Resolution Team when required

Granting the site moderator role for other purposes

The site moderator role may be granted to other members of the community to aid in the fulfillment of their roles, outside of just site moderation. This must be granted with approval by the Drupal Association.

The current additional users to be granted the role are:

• Members of the CWG Conflict Resolution team