The Sims Wiki:Requests for bureaucratship

Currently, requests for bureaucratship are closed as a request is being considered.

This is the page where formal requests for bureaucratship are recorded and archived. Bureaucrats are users who can add rollback, sysop and bureaucrat flags to other users, and remove rollback and sysop flags. On, all bureaucrats also hold a sysop flag.

Requirements
There are no concrete requirements for a user to be a bureaucrat, except that the user must already be an admin. However, bureaucrats will usually:
 * Be among the biggest contributors to the wiki
 * Be highly trusted by the community over a long period of time

Procedures

 * Users must have 50 edits and be a regular contributor for a month to be able to vote or nominate.
 * Users who have been absent for extended periods of time (3 months or more) will be considered as "new users" for the purposes of RfB and must make 50 edits and be contributor for a further month before voting.
 * Users must have adminship to be able to be made a bureaucrat.
 * Admins and bureaucrats may vote on a nomination. However, a bureaucrat who votes on a nomination and later reviews the nomination must review according to the vote result, not their personal opinion of the nominee.

Stage 1: Nominating

 * 1) Users may nominate themselves or be nominated by another user for bureaucratship. The nominee then has to accept the nomination. Self-nominations must be supported by at least one other user who meets the minimum qualifications for nominating a bureaucrat, within one week of a nomination.
 * 2) Users cannot nominate each other in the same RfB.
 * 3) There will only be one request at a time. A decision will be made on the current request (change/no change) before the next request is considered.
 * 4) Bureaucrat candidates that are not given bureaucrat privileges are ineligible to be nominated or to nominate themselves for at least a month.

Stage 2: Voting

 * 1) Users may vote in support, be neutral, or oppose the bureaucratship nomination. Users must provide a reason behind their position.
 * 2) Everyone's vote counts as one vote. Admins do not hold extra power.
 * 3) The vote will last for one week.
 * 4) At the end of the week, a bureaucrat will determine whether consensus has been reached. This means that bureaucrat requests require at least a two-thirds support rate to pass. Strength of argument is more important than the number of votes.

Nikel23

 * Voting and discussion of promotion is open until 15:36, June 13, 2012 (UTC) - Countdown: 

Nomination
I would like to nominate Nikel to be a bureaucrat. RoseGui and myself thought on IRC that he would be a very good candidate and I didn't even need to dig through his contributions and whatnot to know he'd be good at it - he's clearly dedicated, highly active, a nice person and I see no reason why he shouldn't be a bureaucrat. 15:31, June 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * After thinking again since the last time I nominated, I think I'll be ready now. I accept the nomination.  Nikel  Talk  15:36, June 6, 2012 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Well, Nikel's been around and kicking around, and ever since his return, his activities are at all time high, building up the wiki. Wait, I can vote here, right? MILK FOR THE UNYUUFEX, FLAT CHEST FOR THE CUTENESS THRONE, SKULLS FOR THE SKULL PROBES  (user talk:Mathetesalexandrou) 15:39, June 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * As long as you meet the voting requirements, yes. And you meet them by a long shot anyway. :P 15:47, June 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Strong Support as nominator. 15:47, June 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Per above. 15:49, June 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Strong Support - You're one of the best users around here, you're contributions are valueable and remarkable and you're really friendly. -- RoseGui [[File:Thanks rose.png]] ( talk here ) 15:51, June 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Strong Support- Nikel works really hard, he should be a Bureaucrat. Starmoonie (Talk Here) 17:22, June 6, 2012 (UTC)