Changes: Guild Wars Guilds:Requests for adminship

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Requests for Adminship

This is a currently proposed policy, per the rules set out in Guild Wars Guilds:Policy. If consensus is reached in the talk page, this notice can be removed and the policy template and category can be added.

A request for adminship (RfA), is a process in which the community helps a bureaucrat decide whether or not to give a user Sysop rights. This is done by a vote tally as well as arguments as to why or why not the user in question is suited for sysop rights.

Creating an RfA[]

A RfA should not be started for:

People that have not made clear acceptance on their talk page after being notified of their nomination.
IP/Anonymous users.
Someone who has a RfA already active.
Someone who has had an unsuccessful RfA within the past month.
A user that is not in good standing (is currently blocked, or has been blocked within the past month. Duration of the block must be more than 24 hours.).

To create a RfA:

If any past RfA's have not already been archived, archive the RfA(s). To do this, simply move the page to Guild Wars Guilds:Requests for adminship/Username/Archive 1 (for increase the number by one for each RfA).
Use the box below to create the RfA page. Just type in their user name.

<createbox> preload=Template:Requests for adminship base template prefix=Guild Wars Guilds:Requests for adminship/ buttonlabel=Start RFA page width=50 align=left </createbox>

Add the page to the list of current RfA's below.

Support, Oppose, & Neutral[]

While an RfA is active you may add your support, oppose, or neutral vote under the correct sections on the RfA page. You should also provide a reason why you are supporting or opposing (reasons are not required for neutral votes); votes in the support/oppose area that do not have a reason will not be counted in the vote tally. Do not make personal attacks in your comments; always keep your criticism constructive.

Closing an RfA[]

RfA's that have been created in the correct fashion can be ended in one of these ways:

User in question withdraws.
User in question is blocked for more than 24 hours while the RfA is active.
After an RfA has been active for more than 7 days a bureaucrat will tally the votes and read over all reasonings. The bureaucrat will then make a decision based on the vote tally and the reasonings. A bureaucrat may increase the time of an RfA to 14 days is he/she feels it is necessary.

The bureaucrat that makes the decision should place a notice on the page informing others that it has been closed.

Sysop Removal[]

See Guild Wars Guilds:Request for sysop removal

Nominations[]

Please place the username of the user you wish to nominate for adminship below. After you have nominated them notify them on their talk page that they have been nominated. If the nominee does not accept within seven days, the nomination will be revoked.

Current Nominations[]

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Current RfAs[]

Add {{Guild Wars Guilds:Requests for adminship/USERNAME}} to the top of this list (replacing USERNAME with the candidate's name).

No current RFAs.

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+|-
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+{{shortcut box|[[GWG:RfA]]}}
+<h2 style="margin: 0.1em auto 1.5em auto; border: 0; font-weight: bold;">
+Requests for Adminship
+</h2>
+|-
+| style="padding: 8px 8px 0px 8px; background: #B0C4DE;" |
+{{proposed policy}}
+A request for adminship (RfA), is a process in which the community helps a bureaucrat decide whether or not to give a user [[GWG:SYSOP|Sysop]] rights.  This is done by a vote tally as well as arguments as to why or why not the user in question is suited for '''sysop''' rights.
 == Creating an RfA ==
+A RfA '''should not''' be started for:
-Enter <nowiki>{{Guild Wars Guilds:Requests for Adminship/(Nominee name)}} </nowiki>
+* People that have not made clear acceptance on their talk page after being notified of their nomination.
+* IP/Anonymous users.
+* Someone who has a RfA already active.
+* Someone who has had an unsuccessful RfA within the past month.
+* A user that is not in good standing (is currently blocked, or has been blocked within the past month.  Duration of the block must be more than 24 hours.).
+To create a RfA:
-Then, enter <nowiki> {{SUBST:RfA1|Username|Reasoning for nomination}}</nowiki> into the created red link
+*If any past RfA's have not already been archived, archive the RfA(s).  To do this, simply move the page to '''Guild Wars Guilds:Requests for adminship/Username/Archive 1''' (for increase the number by one for each RfA).
-Then, inform the person on their talk page.
+*Use the box below to create the RfA page.  Just type in their user name.
+<createbox>
+preload=Template:Requests for adminship base template
+prefix=Guild Wars Guilds:Requests for adminship/
+buttonlabel=Start RFA page
+width=50
+align=left
+</createbox>
+*Add the page to the list of current RfA's below.
+==Support, Oppose, & Neutral==
+While an RfA is active you may add your support, oppose, or neutral vote under the correct sections on the RfA page.  You should also provide a reason why you are supporting or opposing (reasons are not required for neutral votes); votes in the support/oppose area that do not have a reason will not be counted in the vote tally.  Do not make [[GWG:NPA|personal attacks]] in your comments; always keep your criticism constructive.
+==Closing an RfA==
+RfA's that have been created in the correct fashion can be ended in one of these ways:
+* User in question withdraws.
+* User in question is blocked for more than 24 hours while the RfA is active.
+* After an RfA has been active for more than 7 days a bureaucrat will tally the votes and read over all reasonings.  The bureaucrat will then make a decision based on the vote tally '''and''' the reasonings.  A bureaucrat may increase the time of an RfA to 14 days is he/she feels it is necessary.
+The bureaucrat that makes the decision should place a notice on the page informing others that it has been closed.
+==Sysop Removal==
+''See [[Guild Wars Guilds:Request for sysop removal]]''
+==Nominations==
+Please place the username of the user you wish to nominate for adminship below.  After you have nominated them notify them on their talk page that they have been nominated.  If the nominee does not accept within seven days, the nomination will be revoked.
+====Current Nominations====
+*...
-== Current RfA's ==
+== Current RfAs ==
+Add <nowiki>{{Guild Wars Guilds:Requests for adminship/USERNAME}}</nowiki> to the top of this list (replacing USERNAME with the candidate's name).
+''No current RFAs.''
+==See also==
+*[[Guild Wars Guilds:Adminship]]
+*[[:Category:Resolved RfAs]]
+*[[Guild Wars Guilds:Request for sysop removal]]
+|}