Board Thread:Wiki Running/@comment-3225604-20160207085423

There will be an update for admin nomination system. The update will commence on 15 February 2016!

Changes:
 * Much fewer requirements for becoming an admin
 * You can nominate others to be admins
 * 5 support votes from users and recommendation letter from admins are now optional.
 * More lenient voting

Full update:

Prerequisites
Generally, there is only one prerequisite:
 * The candidate has not been previously nominated and failed to be promoted, within the past 30 days.

However, the bureaucrat has the right to decide whether the user can advance to the voting round. The following guidelines may decide whether user can advance to the next round:
 * Candidates should be well-known, trusted, and helpful contributors to the wiki.
 * Candidates should have been an active contributor to the wiki for a significant amount of time.
 * Candidates should have a high number of quality contributions.
 * Candidates should present a clear "need" or use for the tools (e.g. significant amounts of counter-vandalism contributions, etc.).

If the bureaucrat rejects the application, the nominator can appeal by contacting another bureaucrat until all bureaucrats have been contacted. Otherwise, the nominator has to wait for 30 days in order to nominate the user/oneself again.

Nomination
A candidate may be nominated using any one of the following three methods:

Self-nomination

 * Write a self-nomination letter to any bureaucrat.
 * 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, given no bureaucrat has rejected the request in the past.

Nomination by Bureaucrat

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

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 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, given no bureaucrat has rejected the request in the past.

Voting
A voting round can be initiated only by a bureaucrat or admin, and would typically be held in the form of a highlighted thread in in the Wiki Running Board. The voting period lasts for 3 to 15 days, depending whether the conditions have been reached. Voting process details:

Promotion conditions:

 * Receive at least 15 votes
 * 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.
 * Post your vote once. If sockpuppeting is observed, your vote including your first vote is deemed invalid and may get blocked.
 * Do 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. 