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	Current Misplaced Pages policy is to grant administrator status to anyone who has been an active Misplaced Pages contributor for a while and is generally a known and trusted member of the community. Most users seem to agree that the more administrators there are the better.
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			== Current nominations for bureaucratship ==
	While achieving administrator status is rightly considered a recognition by the Misplaced Pages community, those being proposed should ideally desire to actively use their additional powers to help the community with the often tedious but very necessary chores that require their extra access. Though administrators speak with no special authority when interacting with other editors, those seeking the position should be aware that other editors, especially new ones, are likely to expect them to represent the best of Misplaced Pages and be courteous and helpful and willing to point them in the direction of information they seek. While there is no harm to having an inactive administrator, Misplaced Pages administrators should be willing to use their extra ''powers'' when they can to keep Misplaced Pages up-to-date.
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	Wikipedians are more likely to support the candidacy of people who have been logged-on contributors for '''some months''' and contributed to a variety of articles without often getting into conflicts with other users. It is expected that nominees will have good familiarity with Misplaced Pages policies and procedures. The quality and quantity of a nominee's work here is also a factor. Many Wikipedians take into account the number of edits a candidate has made, as a rough indication of how active the candidate has been. There are no hard guidelines on this, but most users seem to expect between 500 and 1000 edits before they will seriously consider a nomination.
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	After a minimum 7 day period for comments, if there is general agreement that someone who requests adminship should be given it, then a ] will make it so and record that fact at ] and ]. If there is uncertainty, in the mind of even one bureaucrat, at least one bureaucrat should suggest an extension, so that it is clear that it is the community decision which is being implemented.
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	===] (1/1/2) Ends 15:35 July 13===

	Can you believe that Gareth has been at Misplaced Pages since March 7, 2001!! He has about 2,070 edits that have been invaluable to us. He knows what he's doing. <sub>Peace Profound]</sub> --]</font><big>✍</big>] 15:34, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)

	:''This user has not accepted the nomination yet.''

	'''Support'''
	#]</font><big>✍</big>] 15:34, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)

	'''Oppose'''
	#] \| ] 16:28, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC) I looked at his talk page...
	#] 17:14, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC) I have it on strong authority that this person is insufficiently fluffy to join our splendiferously lovely Clique'O'Admins.

	'''Neutral'''
	#] \| ] 15:41, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)
	#] 16:19, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)

	'''Comment(s)'''

	I don't know this user, but from his talk page he seems to be rather rude. ] \| ] 15:41, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)
	:I share Dori's impression. I hope Gareth will point us to some discussions which counter that impression? ]

	===] (11/0/0) Ends 06:55 July 12===
	Mark's been here since late 2001 (no, that's not a typo). He's a very familiar face on IRC, and he's been nominated here at least twice (that I know of) and he's turned both of them down. I asked him again if he wanted to be an admin, and this time he agreed. He's a hard worker and extremely trustworthy, and I have no doubts he'd make a fine admin. ] 06:58, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)

	:Thank you. As Raul says, I finally agreed. I've been here a long time, but I haven't been an especially active user, and I don't expect to become incredibly active any time soon. The only sysop privleges I would use if I had access to them would probably be image deletion (getting rid of thumbnails obviated by the thumbnailer) and page deletion (for when the slightly smarter vandals create a new page of vandalism, rather than just editing an existing page). Anyway, only support my nomination if you feel I have the necessary experience and you trust me. - ] 08:03, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

	:Note for ]: Yes I am Mark Ryan on both IRC and Meta. That used to be my username here on Misplaced Pages as well. - ] 10:29, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

	'''Support'''
	# ] --] ] 08:12, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# ] 08:38, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# Mark Ryan? Of course I support. ] \| \| ] 09:05, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# ] 09:48, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# Of course. ] ] 09:56, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# About time. ] \| ] 13:15, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)
	# ] 17:00, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# If Raul supports him... ;) ] 18:16, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# Wow! 2001, I'm impressed. ]</font><big>✍</big>] 18:24, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)
	#] 21:38, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# Mark Ryan from IRC? Support, naturally! ] 13:48, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)

	'''Oppose'''

	'''Comments'''
	*Mark has made 1540 edits. --] ] 08:12, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	*Mark has the necessary experience, and I trust him, but this sort of emphasizes that we don't know how many admins we ''really'' have; ''active'' rather than honorary. Nothing at all personal to Mark; I'm not opposing him. -- ] \| ] 15:04, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	**By "not active", I mean I make sure my studies and personal life take precedence over time spent on Misplaced Pages (except during holidays). I'm not planning to go away for six months like I did in 2002. - ] 02:40, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)

	===] (14/1/1) Ends 00:42, 2004 Jul 9 ===
	An excellent contributor. ~2100 edits as of this comment and has been around since February.

	Thanks, I'd be happy to accept. ] 07:58, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)

	'''Support'''
	#] 07:42, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#]</font><big>✍</big>] 07:55, Jul 2, 2004 (UTC)
	#] 11:18, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC) An excellent contributor. It would be great to have Markalexander on board.
	#] 12:07, Jul 2, 2004 (UTC)
	#] --] ] 13:54, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#]] 17:39, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#] 20:04, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#]] 01:57, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC) of course
	#I've seen some lovely, patient work. And the cabal needs more blonds. ]] 02:08, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#] 08:45, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#] \| ] 14:31, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#] 00:51, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)
	#] 06:24, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#] - ] 15:43, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)

	'''Oppose:'''
	# No offense meant toward Mark. But IMHO, I feel he still needs more experience in our community. ] 17:32, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#:Sheesh, Kingturtle. You're a hard nut to crack. You seem to consistently reject nominees for being too new. What's the minimum of time you think is enough? Or is it also a function of numbers of edits, or types of edits? (I don't mean this agressively. I'm delaying my own vote until I read your answer). --] 18:37, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#::Uh ... Don't you mean hard ''shell''? Sorry, can't ignore a straight line. Anyway, I ''think'' KT once said something like four months and 3,000 edits. I'm sure he'll correct me. -- ] \| ] 15:08, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#:::3,000 edits is about twice as much as what I would assess establishes a solid editor. Anwyay, I'm not going to wait for Kingturtle to answer, I've explored Marks record and it looks okay to me, I'm supporting this nomination. ] 06:24, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)

	'''Neutral:'''
	# Lots of experience but over a comparitively short time. Certainly a few months from now I'd support ] 06:55, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)

	'''Comments:'''
	Nominated before in May, nomination failed on account of being "too new". --] 18:37, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)

	A few standard questions for admin candidates, if you care to respond:
	:# Have you read the section on ]?
	:# Are you interested in, and do you think you'll have some time to perform, the chores that only sysops have access to do, to help keep Misplaced Pages up to date?
	:# If you become a sysop, which sysop chore or chores (], ], watching for vandals and vandalism, responding to editor requests for assistance, any other) do you especially think you would be able to help with.
	::::Thanks and good luck. -- ] \| ] 14:16, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	User has 2111 edits as of this comment and has been around since February 17. -- ] ] 14:58, 2004 Jul 2 (UTC)

	Standard questions - can you give us an example of any edit wars you have been involved in and how you acted during them, or ways you have "been involved in the community", etc etc? ] 17:34, Jul 2, 2004 (UTC)

	:Questions 1 and 2, yes and yes. Question 3- I'm happy to do whatever needs to be done. Being in an Asian time zone, probably my most useful ability is being awake to keep an eye on things when Americans and Europeans are asleep. ;-) Edit wars: probably only ], where I'm pretty confident I was on the side of the angels. My most active involvement outside "my" articles has been on FAC- I've done quite a bit of copyediting on candidates. ] 08:44, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)

	=== ] (11/1/0) ends 20:37, 8 July 2004 ===
	A very smart, polite user who has made many fantastic contribs (~1140) about the scientific community, scientists, etc. Here since at least December 30, 2003.

	:Honoured and flattered to be nominated. Not something I'd especially sought but pleased to accept and be part of this great project. ] 16:01, Jul 1, 2004 (UTC)
	:In response to ], I guess that I so believe in this project that I'll certainly make it a priority to get involved in some chores. I don't have a well-developed programme of how I will use admin priveleges. I guess that I'll start off with the more straightforward stuff: hang around ], watch the more experienced admins, contribute and gradually build a role for myself from there. I think that it will evolve. ] 12:22, Jul 3, 2004 (UTC)

	'''Support'''
	#]</font><big>✍</big>] 12:39, Jul 1, 2004 (UTC)
	#] --] ] 15:16, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# ] 15:54, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# A shoo-in. ] 16:16, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# Strongly support. ] 22:33, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# 6 months and 1140 edits is '''''a lot''''' of experience. Support. --]] 17:39, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# ] 06:53, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# ] 08:45, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# ] \| ] 13:53, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# ] 09:20, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	# ] 06:35, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)

	'''Oppose'''
	#IMHO, not yet enough experience here. ] 17:29, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)

	'''Neutral'''

	'''Comments'''

	User actually has exactly 1140 edits as of this posting (). -- ] ] 14:01, 2004 Jul 1 (UTC)

	A few standard questions for admin candidates, if you care to respond:
	:# Have you read the section on ]?
	:# Are you interested in, and do you think you'll have some time to perform, the chores that only sysops have access to do, to help keep Misplaced Pages up to date?
	:# If you become a sysop, which sysop chore or chores (], ], watching for vandals and vandalism, responding to editor requests for assistance, any other) do you especially think you would be able to help with.
	::::Thanks and good luck. -- ] \| ] 14:17, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)

	==Self nominations for ]==

	:'''Self-nominators, please review''' the qualifications above. Many editors feel that self-nominees should "exceed the usual guidelines by a good measure," have an account name that is ''many'' months old and have ''many'' hundreds of edits. This is not to say that self-nominators are necessarily any less qualified than "sponsored" nominations; however, many editors use their knowledge of the nominator as a "jumping off" point for considering nominees, and it is human nature to be more skeptical of those asking for a position than those being proposed by others. If you self-nominate, a good solid background is therefore very important.

	=== ] (1/5/1) ends 04:30, 9 July 2004 ===

	Ordinarily I would not nominate myself for adminship, however without the ability to remove a number of pages I have created, my work on the ] classification will remain a huge mess and probably become even more so. ] 04:32, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	:''Note: User has edited at Misplaced Pages since mid-March; currently has ~440 edits. ] 04:43, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)''

	'''Support'''

	# <s>Sorry, Falcon, but you have not made that many edits. I will support you after you make 600 edits. But you are doing great, and keep up the good work! :-) --]] 17:33, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)</s> I think we should give him a chance. 480 edits is good enough, considering the quality of his edits. :-) --]] 18:47, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)

	'''Oppose'''
	#Will support after 750+ edits. Sorry. In the meantime, take Chris 73's suggestion, or if something needs to be deleted right away, put <nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki> at the top of the page. --]</font><big>✍</big>] 05:01, Jul 2, 2004 (UTC)
	#I agree with Merovinginan; Falcon has simply not been a contributor long enough for me to support a self-nomination. As the section heading states, self-nominators should exceed the normal nomination standards by a goodly amount. Also, I am concerned by a claim on this user's talk page that he is not "at all tolerant of pro-corporate POVs, or even a hint thereof." I would find it unsettling to have a sysop who claims to have such an extreme bias. -- ] 05:12, Jul 2, 2004 (UTC)
	#:I'm not supporting Falcon, because of the lack of edits, however I find it <s>morally</s> wrong that people are judging potential admins based on what they say on their user pages. People should be judged by their behaviour, not by their opinions. IMO we should have a number of admins with a diverse range of opinions. The point of a user page is that you can write your own thoughts, opinions and biases. It is the one place where you are free to be POV, to say whatever you please. I don't want non admins frightened to express themselves on their user pages just in case it is used against them at a later date when they are up for adminship. (Sorry to have a go at you Slowking Man, It's nothing personal) ] 15:08, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#::I can't quite agree with you Theresa, especially when you say "morally wrong." NPOV is supposed to be "absolute and non-negotiable". Now ''of course'' most everyone on Misplaced Pages has a POV, and that is OK, but you are supposed to write, edit and perform duties entrusted to you in a NPOV fashion. Declaring a specific intolerence so strongly for someone seeking adminship requires, ''at the least'', an explanation. And it seems natural to me to go a person's user page to figure out if they are suited to admin duties. This is not a free-speech issue, it's an attitude issue. -- ] \| ] 15:33, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#:We are talking about user space not article space here. Of course ''articles'' should be NPOV and if anyone pushed a POV in articles I would certainly oppose making them an admin.But this is different. I don't think people should be made to "explain" their opinions before they can be made an admin. Admins must ''behave well''. That's how they should be judged. ] 15:45, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#::Please, Theresa, this makes no sense. I'm not asking him to explain his honestly held opinions, I want to know how his declared bias would affect his duties. "Not al all tolerant" is a pretty strong phrase. If he had said he is not "at all tolerant of anti-Nazi POVs" would you say "hey, it's his user space--it's immoral to question it"? -- ] \| ] 15:51, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#:Wooah! don't stray so close to ]! It's not the questioning that bothers me. It's the questioning in ''this section''(oppose). What if he'd said "I'm not at all tolerant of POV"? Or "I'm not at all tolerant of loud rock music". ] 16:26, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#::"Not at all tolerent of POV" would be a plus--he'd be expressing acceptance of a core Misplaced Pages principle. Why '''not''' consider it? "Loud rock music" describes a personal taste. I doubt he would rampage through the non-existent ] article. But "anti-corporate," something which could cover many articles, especially when combined with "not at all tolerant" and the Misplaced Pages buzzword "POV" rings a bell. Why should we not conisder it? -- ] \| ] 16:34, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#:anti corporate does cover many articles. Has the user rampaged through them so far? ] 17:00, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#::Let's get down to brass tacks, Theresa. I did not post the original complaint about "intolerant of anti-corporate" and I'm not sure whether I would consider it important or not if his user history suggests no problems. I'm arguing with your specification that we '''can't''' use what a potential admin says on hir userpage in our considerations, and that this is '''"morally wrong"''' no less. -- ] \| ] 17:06, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#:If it's the phrase "morally wrong" that you are worried about I'm happy to withdraw it.Let me restate my case to make my position clear. I do not believe it right to ''oppose'' someones adminship based on their views. Especially when those views are expressed on their own talk page.I don't think people should have to defend their views in order to become admins. The point about adminship is it is a position of power. We have to trust admins not to abuse their powers. The only sensible way IMO to judge whether someone is trustworthy or not is to look at their behaviour. Having said that, I don't really have a problem with people asking questions. But questions, IMO should be on the user talk page, or in the comment section of this page, they should not be in the oppose section. ] 00:51, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#::I guess we're going to have to agree to disagree. I don't believe in extensive argumentation here (as we're doing with this back-and-forth) to the point of distraction, but we're not conveying an honorific, we're approving of people with responsibility on Misplaced Pages, and I think the transparency of discussion here is important. ] \| ] 04:35, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#:::My two cents here: there is no such thing as a person with no point of view. People can try their darndest to be objective when writing about particular subjects, but even the most open-minded people have only one set of experiences and are therefore biased. Declaring one's own prejudices on a user page is, in my eyes, an admirable demonstration of self-knowledge and candor. As long as the person demonstrates an effort to write NPOV text, having a point of view is not a problem. In fact, identifying our prejudices for the information of our peers assists them to check and balance us. So I guess I'm siding with Theresa here (though I agree that "morally wrong" was too strong). --] 06:59, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#Oppose - Falcon, I'd personally suggest you set out how you would go about restructuring these pages in your user page somewhere, or in a suitable article's talk page. Then hopefully a current admin can perform the changes for you (if they think they can be done without going to VfD). Later, when you've more experience like the others are discussing you can (be nominated\|nominate yourself) for adminship. We'd be setting a dangerous precedent otherwise. ] 16:41, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#Not yet enough experience here. Keep working and keep participating :) Try again this autumn. Also, if you need help deleting articles, just tell me what you need done. ] 17:20, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#Not long enough IMO. But I think the above has established that if you have administrative stuff needing to be done, there are people who will help - ] 10:23, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)

	'''Neutral'''
	#] 11:31, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC) Falcon, please keep on doing what you're doing. The Dewey Decimal System classification has the potential to be a '''''very''''' valuable resource, and I'd hate to discourage you. It's only fair to all Wikipedians, however, to hold to uniform promotion rules. Those who vote "NO" are not saying "Never"; most often, they are saying "Yes, but not now." All of us need time to see and judge the quality of an editor's work, and applying the rules evenly to everyone is important. Come back in a couple of months, Falcon, and you'll be in with an excellent chance. I, for one, will support your nomination in a couple of months if you just keep up with what you're doing.

	'''Comments:'''

	*Why don't you list the pages on one of the deletion pages (see: ])? -- ] \| ] 04:52, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	A few standard questions for admin candidates, if you care to respond:
	:# Have you read the section on ]?
	:# Are you interested in, and do you think you'll have some time to perform, the chores that only sysops have access to do, to help keep Misplaced Pages up to date?
	:# If you become a sysop, which sysop chore or chores (], ], watching for vandals and vandalism, responding to editor requests for assistance, any other) do you especially think you would be able to help with.
	::::Thanks and good luck. -- ] \| ] 14:16, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)

	==Requests for ]==
	''Please add new requests at the top of this section (and again, please update the headers when voting)''

	===] (6/0/0) 10:30 UTC 13 July 2004===

	I've been a sysop for a few months now. This isn't a big deal, right? All you do is (un)make sysops. I just want to make a sysop when the elections are over AND support is 85% to 100%. Good day.<sub>Peace Profound]</sub> --]</font><big>✍</big>] 22:50, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)

	'''Support:'''
	#] 22:59, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#] 23:49, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#] 00:53, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)
	#] 01:05, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC). Support. As a teacher, I am of the opinion the people of Merovingian's age (15½) should be encouraged to take positions of leadership and responsibility - provided that they have demonstrated the maturity required. In my opinion, Merovingian has. He's been a sysop on several wikipedias for a period of time, and I haven't heard any complaints about him. Give it to him.
	#] 01:42, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	#] 02:20, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC) Merovingian is level-headed and well-suited for the job.
	'''Oppose:'''

	'''Comments:'''
	*''"All you do is (un)make sysops".'' Well, no... not exactly. Have you read the ] page? Why do you want to be a Bureaucrat? -- ] \| ] 00:12, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	**The comment was for brevity. I've read the page. What I need to do is use ], then tell the user they've been sysopped. Then I reference the Admin's reading list. Also, I put their listing in the list of ] and ]; they will also be listed on ]. I definitely know what to do. --]</font><big>✍</big>] 00:53, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)
	***I think he was pointing out that you can't '''un'''make as bureaucrat, something Cecropia is aware of due to experience. ] 01:03, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
	****Ooooh, you're right. Thanks for that note. <sub>PP]</sub> --]</font><big>✍</big>] 01:30, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)

	==Other requests==
	*Requests for adminship or bureaucratship on other Wikimedia projects can be made at ] or ].
	*Requests for adminship or bureaucratship on meta can be made at ].
	*Requests to mark a user as a bot can be made at ] following consensus at ] that the bot should be allowed to run.
	*Requests for self-de-adminship on any project can be made at ].

	==Possible misuses of administrator powers==
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Current admin count: 848 (list all) Current bureaucrat count: 15 (list all)

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Requests for adminship and bureaucratship update
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Requests for adminship and bureaucratship update
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Requests for adminship (RfA) is the process by which the Misplaced Pages community decides who will become administrators (also known as admins), who are users with access to additional technical features that aid in maintenance. Users can either submit their own requests for adminship (self-nomination) or may be nominated by other users. Please be familiar with the administrators' reading list, how-to guide, and guide to requests for adminship before submitting your request. Also, consider asking the community about your chances of passing an RfA.

This page also hosts requests for bureaucratship (RfB), where new bureaucrats are selected.

If you are new to participating in a request for adminship, or are not sure how to gauge the candidate, then kindly go through this mini guide for RfA voters before you participate.

One trial run of an experimental process of administrator elections took place in October 2024.

About administrators

The additional features granted to administrators are considered to require a high level of trust from the community. While administrative actions are publicly logged and can be reverted by other administrators just as other edits can be, the actions of administrators involve features that can affect the entire site. Among other functions, administrators are responsible for blocking users from editing, controlling page protection, and deleting pages. However, they are not the final arbiters in content disputes and do not have special powers to decide on content matters, except to enforce the community consensus and the Arbitration Commitee rulings by protecting or deleting pages and applying sanctions to users.

About RfA

Recent RfA, RfBs, and admin elections (update)
Candidate	Type	Result	Date of close	Tally
Candidate	Type	Result	Date of close	S	O	N	%
Sennecaster	RfA	Successful	25 Dec 2024	230	0	0	100
Hog Farm	RfA	Successful	22 Dec 2024	179	14	12	93
Graham87	RRfA	Withdrawn by candidate	20 Nov 2024	119	145	11	45
Worm That Turned	RfA	Successful	18 Nov 2024	275	5	9	98
Voorts	RfA	Successful	8 Nov 2024	156	15	4	91

The community grants administrator access to trusted users, so nominees should have been on Misplaced Pages long enough for people to determine whether they are trustworthy. Administrators are held to high standards of conduct because other editors often turn to them for help and advice, and because they have access to tools that can have a negative impact on users or content if carelessly applied.

Nomination standards

The only formal prerequisite for adminship is having an extended confirmed account on Misplaced Pages (500 edits and 30 days of experience). However, the community usually looks for candidates with much more experience and those without are generally unlikely to succeed at gaining adminship. The community looks for a variety of factors in candidates and discussion can be intense. To get an insight of what the community is looking for, you could review some successful and some unsuccessful RfAs, or start an RfA candidate poll.

If you are unsure about nominating yourself or another user for adminship, you may first wish to consult a few editors you respect to get an idea of what the community might think of your request. There is also a list of editors willing to consider nominating you. Editors interested in becoming administrators might explore adoption by a more experienced user to gain experience. They may also add themselves to Category:Misplaced Pages administrator hopefuls; a list of names and some additional information are automatically maintained at Misplaced Pages:List of administrator hopefuls. The RfA guide and the miniguide might be helpful, while Advice for RfA candidates will let you evaluate whether or not you are ready to be an admin.

Nominations

To nominate either yourself or another user for adminship, follow these instructions. If you wish to nominate someone else, check with them before making the nomination page. Nominations may only be added by the candidate or after the candidate has signed the acceptance of the nomination.

Notice of RfA

Some candidates display the {{RfX-notice}} on their userpages. Also, per community consensus, RfAs are to be advertised on MediaWiki:Watchlist-messages and Template:Centralized discussion. The watchlist notice will only be visible to you if your user interface language is set to (plain) en.

Expressing opinions

All Wikipedians—including those without an account or not logged in ("anons")—are welcome to comment and ask questions in an RfA. Numerated (#) "votes" in the Support, Oppose, and Neutral sections may only be placed by editors with an extended confirmed account. Other comments are welcomed in the general comments section at the bottom of the page, and comments by editors who are not extended confirmed may be moved to this section if mistakenly placed elsewhere.

If you are relatively new to contributing to Misplaced Pages, or if you have not yet participated on many RfAs, please consider first reading "Advice for RfA voters".

There is a limit of two questions per editor, with relevant follow-ups permitted. The two-question limit cannot be circumvented by asking questions that require multiple answers (e.g. asking the candidate what they would do in each of five scenarios). The candidate may respond to the comments of others. Certain comments may be discounted if there are suspicions of fraud; these may be the contributions of very new editors, sockpuppets, or meatpuppets. Please explain your opinion by including a short explanation of your reasoning. Your input (positive or negative) will carry more weight if supported by evidence.

To add a comment, click the "Voice your opinion" link for the candidate. Always be respectful towards others in your comments. Constructive criticism will help the candidate make proper adjustments and possibly fare better in a future RfA attempt. Note that bureaucrats have been authorized by the community to clerk at RfA, so they may appropriately deal with comments and !votes which they deem to be inappropriate. You may wish to review arguments to avoid in adminship discussions. Irrelevant questions may be removed or ignored, so please stay on topic.

The RfA process attracts many Wikipedians and some may routinely oppose many or most requests; other editors routinely support many or most requests. Although the community currently endorses the right of every Wikipedian with an account to participate, one-sided approaches to RfA voting have been labeled as "trolling" by some. Before commenting or responding to comments (especially to Oppose comments with uncommon rationales or which feel like baiting) consider whether others are likely to treat it as influential, and whether RfA is an appropriate forum for your point. Try hard not to fan the fire. Remember, the bureaucrats who close discussions have considerable experience and give more weight to constructive comments than unproductive ones.

Discussion, decision, and closing procedures

For more information, see: Misplaced Pages:Bureaucrats § Promotions and RfX closures.

Most nominations will remain active for a minimum of seven days from the time the nomination is posted on this page, during which users give their opinions, ask questions, and make comments. This discussion process is not a vote (it is sometimes referred to as a !vote, using the computer science negation symbol). At the end of the discussion period, a bureaucrat will review the discussion to see whether there is a consensus for promotion. Consensus at RfA is not determined by surpassing a numerical threshold, but by the strength of rationales presented. In practice, most RfAs above 75% support pass.

In December 2015 the community determined that in general, RfAs that finish between 65 and 75% support are subject to the discretion of bureaucrats (so, therefore, almost all RfAs below 65% will fail). However, a request for adminship is first and foremost a consensus-building process. In calculating an RfA's percentage, only numbered Support and Oppose comments are considered. Neutral comments are ignored for calculating an RfA's percentage, but they (and other relevant information) are considered for determining consensus by the closing bureaucrat.

In nominations where consensus is unclear, detailed explanations behind Support or Oppose comments will have more impact than positions with no explanations or simple comments such as "yep" and "no way". A nomination may be closed as successful only by bureaucrats. In exceptional circumstances, bureaucrats may extend RfAs beyond seven days or restart the nomination to make consensus clearer. They may also close nominations early if success is unlikely and leaving the application open has no likely benefit, and the candidate may withdraw their application at any time for any reason.

If uncontroversial, any user in good standing can close a request that has no chance of passing in accordance with WP:SNOW or WP:NOTNOW. Do not close any requests that you have taken part in, or those that have even a slim chance of passing, unless you are the candidate and you are withdrawing your application. In the case of vandalism, improper formatting, or a declined or withdrawn nomination, non-bureaucrats may also delist a nomination. A list of procedures to close an RfA may be found at WP:Bureaucrats. If your nomination fails, then please wait for a reasonable period of time before renominating yourself or accepting another nomination. Some candidates have tried again and succeeded within three months, but many editors prefer to wait considerably longer before reapplying.

Monitors

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In the 2024 RfA review, the community authorized designated administrators and bureaucrats to act as monitors to moderate discussion at RfA. The monitors can either self-select when an RfA starts, or can be chosen ahead of time by the candidate privately. Monitors may not be involved with the candidate, may not nominate the candidate, may not !vote in the RfA, and may not close the RfA, although if the monitor is a bureaucrat they may participate in the RfA's bureaucrat discussion. In addition to normal moderation tools, monitors may remove !votes from the tally or from the discussion entirely at their discretion when the !vote contains significant policy violations that must be struck or otherwise redacted and provides no rational basis for its position – or when the comment itself is a blockable offense. The text of the !vote can still be struck and/or redacted as normal. Monitors are encouraged to review the RfA regularly. Admins and bureaucrats who are not monitors may still enforce user conduct policies and guidelines at RfA as normal.

Current nominations for adminship

Current time is 13:11:38, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

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There are no current nominations.

About RfB

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WP:RFB

Requests for bureaucratship (RfB) is the process by which the Misplaced Pages community decides who will become bureaucrats. Bureaucrats can make other users administrators or bureaucrats, based on community decisions reached here, and remove administrator rights in limited circumstances. They can also grant or remove bot status on an account.

The process for bureaucrats is similar to that for adminship above; however the expectation for promotion to bureaucratship is significantly higher than for admin, requiring a clearer consensus. In general, the threshold for consensus is somewhere around 85%. Bureaucrats are expected to determine consensus in difficult cases and be ready to explain their decisions.

Create a new RfB page as you would for an RfA, and insert

{{subst:RfB|User=Username|Description=Your description of the candidate. ~~~~}}

into it, then answer the questions. New bureaucrats are recorded at Misplaced Pages:Successful bureaucratship candidacies. Failed nominations are at Misplaced Pages:Unsuccessful bureaucratship candidacies.

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

While canvassing for support is often viewed negatively by the community, some users find it helpful to place the neutrally worded {{RfX-notice|b}} on their userpages – this is generally not seen as canvassing. Like requests for adminship, requests for bureaucratship are advertised on the watchlist and on Template:Centralized discussion.

Please add new requests at the top of the section immediately below this line.

Current nominations for bureaucratship