Requests for adminship

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Requests for adminship (RfA) is the process by which the howtopedia community decides who becomes an administrator (or sysop). Administrators have access to a few technical features that help with maintenance. A user either submits their own request for adminship (a self-nomination) or is nominated by another user.

About RfA

The community grants administrator status to trusted users who are familiar with Wikipedia policies. Admins are held to high standards, as they are often perceived as the "official face" of Wikipedia. Admins should be courteous and should exercise good judgment and patience in dealing with others. Nominees should have been on Wikipedia long enough for people to see whether they have these qualities. Almost all admin actions are reversible. Adminship is primarily an extra responsibility as there are rules and policies that apply only to admins.

Nomination standards
There are no official prerequisites for adminship, other than a basic level of trust from other editors. However, some users set a variety of standards on a personal basis. You may nominate yourself. Some people apply higher standards to self-nominations, while others view them more favorably as showing initiative and desire to serve the community.
Nomination process
Any user in good standing may nominate any other user. Nominations remain for seven days from the time the nomination is posted on this page, during which time interested users register their opinions or make comments. At the end of that period, candidates who receive a general consensus to promote will be made admins. The bureaucrats who handle admin promotions review the discussion to see if a general consensus is present (the threshold for consensus here is roughly 75–80 percent support). Only bureaucrats may close or de-list a nomination as a definitive promotion or non-promotion. In the case of vandalism, improper formatting or a declined or withdrawn nomination, non-bureaucrats may choose to de-list a nomination but they are never empowered to decide on whether consensus has been achieved.
In exceptional circumstances, bureaucrats may extend the deadline or call for a revote if this will make the consensus more clear. If your nomination fails, please wait a reasonable period of time – at least a month – before nominating yourself again or accepting another nomination.
How to nominate an editor for adminship
To nominate either yourself or another user for adminship, follow the instructions on this page.
If you would like to request assistance in creating a nomination statement, please go here.
Voting and commenting
  • Who may vote: Any Wikipedian with an account is welcome to vote, including the nominator, however, votes on your own candidacy are not counted and may be removed.
  • Who may not vote: Editors who are not logged in ("anons"), or do not have an account. Votes of very new editors may be discounted if there is suspicion of fraud such as sockpuppetry.
  • To add your vote, click the "Vote here" link for the relevant candidate. You may then indicate whether you Support or Oppose the nomination by signing your name under the relevant heading.
  • Neutral votes are also permitted, but are not ordinarily counted in determining percentages, although they are considered by bureaucrats in borderline cases.
  • Please explain your vote, if possible, by including a short explanation of your reasoning, particularly when opposing a nomination.
  • Always be respectful towards others in your comments.
  • Discussions are held in the Comments section. Long discussions are held on the discussion page of the individual nomination. Anyone may comment or discuss, including anonymous editors.

Current nominations for adminship

Add new requests at the top of this section.

Nominations must be accepted by the user in question. If you nominate a user, leave a message on their talk page and ask them to reply here if they accept the nomination. If you intend to nominate yourself, please take note that while there is no hard and fast requirement for nominating, editors with less than three to six months experience and 1,000–2,000 edits very rarely succeed in becoming admins.

Please remember to update the vote-tallies in the headers when voting.

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Current nominations for bureaucratship

Bureaucrats are administrators with the additional ability to make other users admins or bureaucrats, based on community decisions reached here. They can also change the user name of any other user.

The process for bureaucrats is similar to that for adminship above, but is generally by self-nomination only. The expectation for promotion to bureaucratship is significantly higher than for admin, in terms of numbers of votes, ability to engage voters and candidates, and significant disqualifications. Candidates might consider initiating a discussion here of the prevailing consensus about the need for additional bureaucrats before nominating themselves.

Bureaucrats are expected to determine consensus in difficult cases and be ready to explain their decisions. Vote sections and boilerplate questions for candidates can be inserted using {{subst:Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Candidate questions}}. New bureaucrats are recorded at Recently created bureaucrats. Failed nominations are at Wikipedia:Bureaucrat nominees not promoted.

At minimum, study what is expected of a bureaucrat by reading discussions at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship including the archives, before seeking this position.

Please add new requests at the top of this section immediately below (and again, please update the headers when voting)

{{Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Celestianpower}}

{{Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Redux 2}}


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