Board Thread:Wiki Running/@comment-3225604-20160106132717/@comment-3225604-20160110090530

Well, I'm still struggling whether we should have a bit of filter though (write to bureaucrat or not), because we don't want users to abuse it and think earning admin is an easy thing.

However, your proposal is a bit too simple and I think we can add some details to it. How about if we propose like this:

Prerequisites

 * The candidate has not been previously nominated and failed to be promoted, within the past 30 days days.

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.

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 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
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 6 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.
 * 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.

That could be much more simple for my original method and detailed for your original method, and much fit into your proposal, but at the same time simplified from my proposal.