Thread: Contributor Rank

Today we bring you, for the first time in many, many years, a brand new user rank! The Contributor rank is designed to encourage and promote positive contributions both within Rune-Server and the RuneScape private server community as a whole. It is not a rank that you can get by running a popular RSPS, nor from getting to the top of the toplist; rather, it is one based around helping users, providing insightful information, and releasing useful code or assets — such as models or maps.


Usergroup requirements

All of these requirements must be met for a member to be put through the nomination and voting process of the usergroup. Failure to meet any one of these requirements will automatically disqualify the nominee.

• Contributors must be active, positive members within the community and have a solid history of useful contributions to the community at the time of their nomination
• Contributors must have a clean history, having not been infracted for serious offenses or caught misattributing work

Becoming a contributor

To receive the contributor rank, a nomination thread must be created by a standing member of the group or a member of the staff team. Upon which, the group as a whole will cast their votes and discuss the nominee. If the majority of the current members are in favor of the nominee, they will be notified of the outcome and the rank will be applied to their account.

Additionally, staff have final discretion over nominations.

Losing the contributor rank

In some circumstances, users may end up losing the contributor rank. There are two ways this may happen:

1. The user receives a specific infraction from a list of serious infractions. Examples of such infractions are as follows:
   
   • Harassment
     
   • Inappropriate Content
     
   • Releasing Sensitive/Personal Information
     
   • Ban Evasion Account
     
   • Any Infraction 10 points and above
   
   
2. The user’s activity drops for an extended period of time, or they stop contributing for an extended period of time. When this happens, other users of the group are able to make a thread explaining why they feel a particular member should have the rank removed. Such threads should only be pertaining to activity rather than personal grievances. A staff member will then have the final vote on whether this user should be removed from the rank.

Initial contributors

We're very happy to announce that the below users have been recognized for their contributions and will be the first to join this exciting new rank!

@Kris - Contributions to the free-help Discord channel and provider of quality information and help on the forum.
@Polar - Sole maintainer of the OSRS archives and consistent provider of useful information to the OSRS scene.
@Suic - Consistent contributions to the free-help Discord channel and a history of providing valuable open-source tools and snippets to the community.
@Tomm0017 - Maintainer and creator of RSMod.
@mikan - Longstanding history of contributions to the free-help Discord channel and creator of several useful free tools.
@Women - Regular contributions to the free-help Discord channel.
@arch337 - Outstanding contributions to the help section of the Rune-Server forum.