ESB:Convention/Bylaws reviews - Promotions/voting

	Proposal Archive The following proposal has been discussed and is now marked as resolved. The page has been protected and now serves as an archive. Do not edit this page. Date Resolved: March 27, 2019 Result: Passed.

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This page is the voting stage of this discussion: "Bylaws reviews - Promotions."

With all concerns from the concern stage of this discussion having been resolved and taken into account, the proposal located in the "Proposal" section above has been created and moved to voting. To join the voting, you simply use buttons located in the "Voting" section of this page and fill the resulting page.

Have a happy voting!

Proposal

Here are some proposed changes. Some of them are my suggestions, and B4A is Korra's suggestion.

Promotions

A. Application process

1. Users requesting promotion to bureaucrat (link), administrator (link), assistant (link), discussion moderator (link), or chat moderator (link) must do so through a formal promotion request, linked in this section. Rollbacks may be promoted at the discretion of any administrator.
2. Applicants must create a request page using the associated form, ensuring they answer the questions and follow the proper requirements. There are no right or wrong answers, the questions are there to help the community make a decision.
3. The questions for all requests are as follows:

a. Why do you believe you are qualified to be promoted to this position?
b. Have you had experience with this position before?
c. What are your best contributions to Encyclopedia SpongeBobia and why?
d. How do you plan to use your rights if your request is successful?"
e. Have you been in a situation in which you needed the user rights for this position at that moment but were unable to act?
f. Is there anything else you want to add?

4. During the discussion

a. Applicants shall not use any images to advertise "support" for them, so as to discourage unqualified users who seek the support of others who do not consider their qualifications.
b. Applicants shall not force other users to support them. Applicants are allowed to notify other users of such discussion, without imposing an agenda.
c. Nominating another user for any position requiring a request form is prohibited unless the nominating user is an administrator or bureaucrat. All other nominations will be closed as invalid.
d. Administrator and bureaucrat requests may be posted on the forum to seek more input, and they may also be highlighted.

5. Length of request. Promotion requests are to last no shorter than seven (7) days from the time the applicant makes the request.
6. Closing requests

a. Any applicant that has 70% support of all votes shall be promoted after the seven (7) days.
b. Successful requests may only be closed by those that have the ability to grant those rights.
c. Unsuccessful or invalid promotion requests may be closed by an assistant or administrator.
d. If a user makes a promotion request but fails to be promoted, they must wait at least seven (7) days before making another request. ~~Any bureaucrat can waive this rule by supporting the request.~~ [unnecessary; 7 days isn't very long]

7. Invalid requests. A request is deemed invalid if one of the following is true, and may be closed accordingly.

a. The questions remain blank for more than two (2) hours after the creation of their request.
b. The user is not eligible for the position.
c. Any user who receives a valid block while having a pending promotion request. The user will be prohibited from making any request for thirty (30) days, starting from the time their block ends. ~~Any bureaucrat can waive this rule by supporting the request.~~ [unnecessary]

B. Eligibility

1. General requirements. Generally, a user seeking promotion must demonstrate that all their contributions are positive, and further the goal of improving the wiki. They must demonstrate understanding of the how the wiki operates, familiarity with the policies, proper use of spelling and grammar, and they must also show they can hold the position with maturity. The community shall make an assessment on whether or not the user shall be promoted based on their standards that includes these as well as others. They must also demonstrate good reasons for any questionable contributions.
2. All positions

a. At least one (1) month must have passed since the user's first edit.
b. The user must have at least one hundred (100) edits, of which at least fifty (50) are main namespace edits.
c. The user must have a clean block record for at least three (3) months, not counting invalid blocks.
d. The user must have support from a majority of all administrators.
e. The user must have support from a majority of all bureaucrats. If the request fails to do so, it requires 75% support of administrators who are not bureaucrats for the request to pass unless otherwise stated.

3. Chat moderator

a. The user must have a clean chat ban record for at least one (1) month, not counting invalid chat bans.

4. Discussion moderator

a. The user must have at least five hundred (500) board thread edits/Discussions posts or an even mixture of two hundred and fifty (250) board thread edits and two hundred and fifty Discussions posts.

5. Assistant

a. At least three (3) months must have passed since the user's first edit.
b. The user must have at least 1,000 edits, of which at least five hundred (500) are main namespace edits.

6. Administrator

a. The user must be a current assistant for at least two (2) months.
b. The user must have at least 2,000 edits, of which at least 1,000 are main namespace edits.
c. The user must have a clean block record for at least six (6) months, not counting invalid blocks.

7. Bureaucrat

a. The user must be a current administrator for at least one (1) year.
b. The user must have at least 4,000 edits, of which at least 2,000 are main namespace edits.
c. The user must have a clean block record for at least one (1) year, not counting invalid blocks.
~~d. The user must demonstrate good reasons for any questionable edits.~~ [moved to general requirements and reworded a bit]
e.d. The user must have full support from all bureaucrats.

C. Repromotions

1. Any user that retires, resigns, or quits and returns and wishes to be repromoted~~, they~~ must follow the same procedures and requirements as if they were a user who had never been promoted before.
2. If a retired or resigned user returns to ESB, they cannot be promoted to any position until three (3) months following the announcement of their return or decision not to retire or resign.
3. Any requirement of the repromotion policy can be waived by the majority vote of all bureaucrats. This can be overruled by a majority vote of all administrators (sysop only).

Voting ends Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 9:20 a.m., eastern time. — AMK152 (Wall • Contrib) 13:16, March 20, 2019 (UTC)

Voting

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Support - — AMK152 (Wall • Contrib) 13:16, March 20, 2019 (UTC)

Support - •кσσℓкιттү <мεssαgε ωαℓℓ> (=^ ◡ ^=)• 19:59, March 20, 2019 (UTC)

Support - TheKorraFanatic ^{(Talk Page)} ^{(Contributions)} ^(Guestbook) 21:33, March 21, 2019 (UTC)

Support - Chickenkrispies^W ^C ^E 01:00, March 22, 2019 (UTC)

Support - Figmeister ^(W•C•E) 01:02, March 22, 2019 (UTC)