Forum:Replacement of Admin Roranoa zoro/Nominations

It has been decided we're going to elect a new admin to replace Roa. This section is for nominations. I will also make clarifications on the rules, and open the floor for questions about those rules before the nominations open. 16:14, March 11, 2015 (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.
 * 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.
 * Not a requirement, but I (JSD) strongly urge nominees to accept the nomination only if they believe they can remain active through the end of August.


 * 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 not required.

Regarding Last Time's Controversy
In the last election, 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 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.
 * "Current Administrators" does not include Roranoa zoro, only the other 4 active admins.
 * Once two admins agree to remove a voter/candidate, the vote will be removed. There will be no ties.

Questions Regarding Rules
I've obviously just written up these rules just now. If there are any grammar/obvious mistakes, feel free to change them w/o discussion. I'm sure people have questions and I'm willing to change them. Here is a section for that, so ask away! Thanks. 16:14, March 11, 2015 (UTC)

Nominations

 * Nominations will open Monday, March 16 at 00 : 00 UTC.