Short Stories Wiki:Requests for adminship
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Requests for adminship (RfA) is the process by which the users of the Short Stories Wiki decide who will be given additional technical features that aid in maintenance. A user either submits his or her own request for adminship (a self-nomination) or is nominated by another user.
[edit] About RfA
There are three types of administrators that are created using the RFA process: sysops (system operators), forumadmins, and bureaucrats. Sysop privileges include the ability to block vandals, delete or protect pages, edit the sitenotice, and the ability to easily revert vandalism. Bureaucrat privileges include the ability to create sysops and bureaucrats as well as all sysop privileges. Forumadmin privileges include the ability to create stickies and polls on the forums. However, since the forums are rarely used, a forumadmin is not needed at this time.
The community grants administrator status to trusted users, so nominees should have been on the Short Stories Wiki long enough for people to determine whether they are trustworthy.
- Decision process
- The numbers of people supporting, opposing, or expressing another opinion on a candidacy are the main factor in determining whether or not the user will be given permissions. Requests will be held for two weeks before a final decision is made. Once this time is up, a bureaucrat will decide whether to grant the user into their respective group or not. The are no requirements for nomination, but here are a few general guidelines:
- Candidates should be well-known, trusted, and helpful contributors to the wiki.
- Candidates should have been an active contributor to the wiki for at least eight weeks to a few months.
- Candidates should have a good number of contributions (generally a few hundred).
- Candidates should have shown their ability to help other users.
- Nominations made by new users are sometimes frowned upon because occasionally, a user may create an account, make a few contributions, then self-nominate. These users are potentially dangerous because they may have negative intentions and have not actually earned administrative privileges, although they are luckily always unsuccessful and strongly opposed.
Since all editors are equal, the nominator should be irrelevant to the nomination.
- If an RFA fails, it's generally a good idea to wait a few weeks before nominating that person again. Once that person has been around for longer or made more contributions, they can be nominated again. This especially goes for self-nominations.
- Expressing opinions
- Any user with an account is welcome to comment in the Support, Oppose and Neutral sections. To vote or comment on a candidate's nomination, please start a new line, write a star (shift + 8) then type either Support, Oppose or Comment, and sign your username or signature. Votes should not be based on only edits or time active, but also maturity and character'. Before voting, think carefully about what you've seen of the candidate's actions and reactions, and assess their leadership skills and diplomacy - necessary traits for an administrator. Try to always make the best decision for the benefit of the wiki.
Remember that this is not a secret ballot. Votes are often responded to, and discussion commonly takes place within the candidate's nomination section. Try to avoid heated arguments and remain calm.
Votes should also not be based on friendships or rivalries. If a candidate has voted negatively against you or a friend of yours in the past, do not simply oppose the candidate's nomination for that reason. Ask the candidate to explain the reasons behind their vote, but do not base your vote on theirs. If the candidate explains their vote, and you truly feel that the reasons were insufficient, irrelevant, or incorrect, then the candidate's own voting policies may come into questions, but please explain this fully.
[edit] Nominations
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