Staff Head

Staff Heads are senior members of Sojourn's development team. The task of maintaining and improving Sojourn is split among the Staff Heads, who are each tasked with one or more aspects of the server to oversee. While they may be capable of contributing directly, Staff Heads are responsible for curating submissions from contributors and guiding developers and writers respectively.

Mandates

Staff Heads receive complex mandates regarding what they should and shouldn't focus on within their sphere. Each mandate is categorized into a group:

Code

These mandates focus on the technical well-being of the server, and are responsible for implementing features and elements within the game. Also responsible for the game's balance.

Lore

These mandates maintain a healthy and enthralling lore base, and integrating all approved proposals sensibly into the existing lore. Also responsible for the wiki's completeness.

Rules

These mandates are concerned with player-facing matters that directly influence interactions between players on the live server. Rules, SOP and Laws all fall under this umbrella.

Contribution Policies

Staff Heads are responsible for the policies by which contributions are judged, and the processes necessary for converting an idea into a finished contribution.

Quality Control

Staff Heads also have the final say in whether or not a contribution is of sufficient quality to be integrated. A lore contributor could write a wonderful story, but if it's full of typos and awkward phrasing the submission may be rejected until capable. For code, this involves maintaining code standards and the cleanliness of the code tree.

Staff Vetting

Though the task of staff changes falls to Head Administrators, it is up to relevant staff heads to determine an applicant's continued competency in the matter.