Board Thread:Wiki Running/@comment-3225604-20160106132717/@comment-26235098-20160109194433

Wildones

Here is my first draft/attempt at restructure. Summary of changes:
 * Factored out 'Eligibility' information common to all methods, into a separate section. I placed this at the top as it is the first set onf information needed.
 * Factored out 'Voting Round' information common to all methods, into a separate section. I placed this at the bottom as it is the last step in all three processes.
 * Did some minor rewording for clarity and brevity.

Please let me know if there is anything I've misinterpreted and therefore presented incorrectly with respect to your original proposal.

Eligibility
For promotion under any of the three methods, the candidate must fulfill the following eligibility requirements:


 * The candidate must have two edits per 48 hours in the past 15 days. (An ‘edit’ is defined as a bullet point seen in the user activity feed.)
 * The candidate must have been active as a registered user in this wiki for at least 3 months.
 * Candidates having more than 2 blocks in their history will be admitted only if two of bureaucrats establish that the misbehaviour, cause of the block history, no longer applies to the user, and provided the other two bureaucrats do not oppose.
 * The candidate has not been previously nominated and failed to be promoted, within the past 30 days days.

First method - self-nomination

 * Write a letter of nomination to any one of the bureaucrats (Wildoneshelper, Lefty7788 3primetime3, or Roseturnip). State why you want to become an admin, what you are going to do in order to improve this wiki and what makes you qualify to become an admin in this wiki. (A sample template can be referred to: http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Template:RFA)
 * You must obtain a word of support from 4 users ON THIS WIKI.
 * You must get a recommendation letter from any one of the admins ON THIS WIKI, stating the admin’s reasons for supporting your promotion. The letter must be provided separately from the user support. (Comments in blog posts or under the supporting user comment/message will not be accepted).
 * The list of admins can be found here. Please include them in your letter of nomination with sources of the admin's recommendation and the 4 users supporting documents.
 * The bureaucrat may approve the request and immediately start a Voting Round.
 * If no bureaucrat approves the request within 5 days, an admin should start the Voting Round.

Second method - nomination by bureaucrat

 * The bureaucrat can nominate eligible candidates to be admin.
 * The candidate must accept the nomination.
 * The bureaucrat may then start a Voting Round.

==Third method - nomination by third party This is something similar to how most wikis elect administrators:


 * The nominator must be a registered user.
 * The nominator may only nominate one eligible candidate at a time (you can nominate another one right after).
 * Nomination is done by contacting one of the bureaucrats. (A sample template can be referred to: http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Template:RFA)
 * The candidate must accept the nomination.
 * The bureaucrat may then approve the request and immediately start a Voting Round.
 * If no bureaucrat approves the request within 5 days, an admin should start the Voting Round.

Voting Round
The voting process, used in all three methods, is as follows:

Activation:

 * Only a bureaucrat or admin can activate the voting round.
 * Voting should be held in the form of a highlighted thread in in the Wiki Running Board.

Promotion conditions:

 * Receive at least 6 votes from normal users (IP users don't count!)
 * Receive 80% votes from active admins and 70% support votes from active admins.
 * Have at least 70% of support votes (IP users' votes count!)
 * You can have neutral votes, but does not count as part of the support votes.

Voter requirements:

 * Voters must state why he/she supports the user.
 * Only admins that have been active within the last 20 days will be considered in the voting percentage. (For example, the wiki has 10 admins, and one is inactive, only 9 active admins are considered. If 5 of these admins vote, the percentage of admin votes is thus 55.6% rather than 50%.)
 * Post your vote once. If sockpuppeting is observed, your vote including your first vote is deemed invalid and may get blocked.
 * Not vote on every other accounts you manage, as well as your IP addresses. If the admin candidate is found to sockpuppet, s/he will be disqualified in the voting and may get blocked.