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On the forums, an admin's name is blue.
1. Managing the Global Smash Forum. This includes creating and editing forums, managing the word filters, changing the format if necessary, and any other maintenance.
2. Managing the members. This means promoting them, banning them, and changing their titles to reflect tournament victories or other special accomplishments.
3. Making the final decision in moderation appeals. If a user contests a moderation and the moderator is unsure of the verdict, the moderated message and the entire text of the contest is sent to an admin, who will make the final, irreversible decision.
4. Handling all the responsibilities of a moderator. Yes, admins can act as mods, too. You report posts/users to them just like you would mods, and contested moderations are sent to a different admin for review.
Seems short, but it covers quite a lot.
Moderator
Requirements
The most important mods need is a good understanding of the rules of GSF. They can be as antisocial and rude as they please (though it would be nice if they weren't), but so long as they know the rules and consistently make good judgements, they're good mods.
With that said, if the mods consistently make unfair or incorrect judgements (as evidenced by the number of people contesting their decisions and the number of their decisions that are overturned), they will lose their privileges.
On the forums, a moderator's name appears in red.
Responsibilities
Mods are essential to keeping the forums running smoothly. Thus, they have several important functions.
1. Deleting posts that are deemed offensive or otherwise violating the rules. Once a post has been submitted for moderation, mods review the post in context with the rest of the topic. If the post is found to be in violation of the rules, the mod deletes it. Mods are not to edit posts as a means of moderating them; editing is for the members' use only.
2. Warning users who have been moderated. Self-explanatory.
3. Pinning topics and organizing forums. This, too, is straightforward. The rules for obtaining a pinned topic are posted in the Forum Rules topic on the forums and on the page with the same name on the main site.
Referees
Requirements
Obviously, the most important thing a referee needs is the ability to be fair. A referee needs to spot and judge rule infractions promptly and swiftly. No partiality, no laziness. This means that a referee must know the rules backwards and forwards. If you miss five penalties because you're checking to see if one thing was a penalty, that's not good. (Of course, if you're viewing a recording, that point is moot.)
Now, on the technical side of things, there is one major requirement: all referees must be able to view videos. In other words, refs need a good internet connection. Note that this does not mean all refs must have their Wiis online. There's more than one way to referee a match. Those without online capability for their Wiis won't be able to refree championship matches, but that's the only limitation.
Also, refs more than anyone need to pull their weight. We're only taking on a few (definitely no more than 7, though that number will grow as GSF grows), so you need to go through a fair number of matches per day. Check the Compete forum regularly and sign yourself up for matches, and don't let any requests go unanswered for more than two days. You don't have to accept every request to referee a match, but don't just ignore the request, either. Just politely decline.
Responsibilities
Referees determine the rankings at GSF. No victories are recorded and no penalties are given without referees. They have two main responsibilities.
1. Observing and judging a certain number of matches per day. This was mentioned above. Do it fairly, and do them all.
2. Providing sound reasoning for their actions in the event of a contest. In other words, if someone asks, "Why'd I get a penalty?" a ref needs to be able to explain it both to the member and an admin if necessary.