Forum:New Administrator 2019

It has been over a year now since AuroraOfDeath resigned. It was originally decided that there should be five admins on the wiki at any given time, yet we never ended up getting a replacement. This is especially disconcerting as Admin JustSomeDude... has not been active for years either. There are roles such as content mod now, but based on deliberation among the mod team, a real new admin is crucial. Hence, I will be opening the elections. The requirements and rules will follow the same format as previously. Nominations are scheduled to start on Friday, March 15. 20:37, March 13, 2019 (UTC)

Nomination Requirements
Here are the requirements for this phase:


 * The requirements in order to nominate another user are the same as standard voting requirements:
 * You must have at least 300 edits and have had an account here for 3 months.
 * No amount of recent editing activity is required to nominate another user, however, activity will be required to vote.
 * You may only nominate one user.
 * You must be serious about nominating another user to be an admin. This is a serious issue for the wiki, and it is not time for jokes.


 * In order to be nominated as an admin you must meet the following requirements:
 * Have had an account on this wiki for over 1 year.
 * Have at least 1000 edits cumulatively in any namespace, with the exception of Blogs, Blog Comments, User, and User Talk.
 * Any user who has been banned from the wiki within the past year is ineligible.
 * You may not nominate yourself.
 * You may not ask another user to nominate you.


 * Nominations must be accepted before the advertised end of the nomination phase.
 * If you nominate a user, it is advised that you contact them to inform them of the nomination, however this is not required.
 * Users may also change their mind about accepting or denying a nomination, but they must still do so before the nomination phase ends.

Rules
In the past elections, there was a controversy regarding voter corruption, so I will make several clarifications about this now.


 * This is NOT a campaign.


 * Things you are NOT allowed to do:
 * Specifically ask any user to vote for any user.
 * Specifically ask any user to NOT vote for any user.
 * Specifically ask any user to remove their vote.
 * Make any kind of deal or exchange for a user's vote, change of vote, or removal of vote.
 * Create promotional material in favor of or against any candidate.
 * Advertise or promote a candidate on any page/article on the wiki outside this forum.
 * Use of the chat or any outside communication to violate any of these rules is also prohibited.
 * Do anything else that is in violation of the Poll Rules.


 * Things you ARE allowed to do:
 * Inform users of the election and ask them to vote without mentioning any candidates.
 * Make small declarations of "Vote for ___!" in chat, as long as they are addressed to large groups of people and not a small group (2-3) or a single voter.


 * These rules all apply to both candidates and voters.
 * Candidates who violate the rules will be disqualified from the election and have their votes removed. Users who voted for the candidate will be allowed to change their vote.
 * Voters who violate the rules will have their votes removed.


 * Any issues with these policies should be brought directly to the attention of the current Administrators.
 * These issues will be decided by only the current administrators.
 * There will be no discussion of these issues if the admins do not ask for it.
 * Once two admins agree to remove a voter/candidate, the vote will be removed. There will be no ties.

Discussion and Questions Regarding Rules
Discuss and post questions here. 20:37, March 13, 2019 (UTC)

Nominations

 * Nominations will open Friday, March 15 at 00 : 00 UTC and will close March 22 at 10 : 00 UTC.


 * Nominations must be accepted before the end of the nomination period.