ESB:Proposals/Promotion policy

Open Proposal The following is an ongoing proposal. Please feel free to voice your opinion, but be sure to follow the rules. How proposals work Concerns stage Someone brings up a topic for a proposal. The community discusses that topic. Voting stage The proposal is brought to a vote, taking into account any changes discussed by the community. The community votes. You can use any of the following prior to your comments to show your opinion. {{Support}} • {{Neutral}} • {{Oppose}} • {{Change}} • {{Comment}} • {{Reply}} • {{Question}} Neutral votes do not count in determining the outcome percentage.

Introduction

We have never really officially established policies for chat moderator requests. Additionally, there have been a few issues with requests that should be addressed. Therefore, I am proposing the establishment of a clear and uniform promotion policy to clarify things, eliminate current issues, and make the whole process much smoother.

Not only am I adding to policies (things in bold) This proposal takes section C (Application Process) and section D (Decision Process) of the administrator policies, modifies them a little bit, moving them into this policy. This proposal also incorporates the entirety of the "Non-administrative roles" policy. See ESB:Policy.

Proposal

The proposal is as follows.

• A. General

• 1. Anyone seeking to be an administrator, bureaucrat, or chat moderator must make the request by filling out a form so the community can discuss the request.

• a. Requests for chat moderator are here: ESB:Requests for chat moderator
• b. Requests for administrator are here: ESB:Requests for adminship
• c. Requests for bureaucrat are here: ESB:Requests for bureaucrat

• 2. Anyone who makes an administrator, bureaucrat, or chat moderator request in which they leave the "reason" for applying blank, must fill in the reason within twenty-four (24) hours of the creation of their request or else the request will automatically be closed as unsuccessful.
• 3. Any request for bureaucrat that does not follow the requirements as listed will be automatically closed as unsuccessful.

• B. Application process

• 1. Anyone making any request for administrator, bureaucrat, or chat moderator must follow these procedures.
• 2. They must create a request page using the form, ensuring they fill out the reason and follow the proper requirements.
• 3. 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.
• 4. Applicants shall not force other users to support them. Applicants are allowed to notify other users of such discussion, without imposing an agenda (such as using images to advertise for support, as in clause 3, above).

• C. Voting

• 1. All users are welcome to participate in promotion discussions.
• 2. Any user who participates in such a discussion and is subsequently blocked, their vote will not count if they are still blocked at the point in which the request is closed.

• D. Length of request

• 1. Administrator, bureaucrat, and chat moderator requests are to last no shorter than seven (7) days from the time the applicant makes the request.
• 2. Early closing

• a. If an applicant has the support of at least 90% of participating administrators, they may be promoted after three (3) days.
• b. If more than half (50%) of active administrators do not support the user's application, the request is unsuccessful and may be closed.

• E. Closing requests

• 1. Any applicant that has 70% support of all votes shall be promoted after the seven (7) days.
• 2. Only bureaucrats can close administrator requests, as they have the ability to promote those that are successful in their application.
• 3. If a user makes a bureaucrat, administrator, or chat moderator request but fails to be promoted, they must wait at least seven (7) days before making another request, unless their request is endorsed by all active administrators.

• F. Non-request roles

• 1. In addition to administrators and bureaucrats, there are other non-administrative postition at Encyclopedia SpongeBobia.
• 2. Assistants, rollbacks, and thread moderators do not require a formal request. Instead, they must contact an administrator or bureaucrat directly.
• 3. Assistants are appointed when a majority of bureaucrats (50% or more) support the promotion of a user to this position.
• 4. Rollbacks and thread moderators are appointed at the discretion of the administration.

This discussion will end on Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 5:50 p.m., eastern time. — AMK152 (Wall • Contrib) 21:54, July 19, 2015 (UTC)

Discussion

Support

• Support - as proposer. — AMK152 (Wall • Contrib) 21:55, July 19, 2015 (UTC)
• Support - --Patrick Star (Oh My....) 21:57, July 19, 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Seems good - ComradeSS
• Extremely Strong Support - Sounds good Auron May the odds be ever in your favor!   23:50,7/19/2015 
• Support - PrezDubs messagewall 02:08, July 20, 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Not bad. -BronySpongePenguin Message Wall:Brony Sponge Penguin + Sonic
• Support -  Nicko756 ^{(M•C•E) Sign!}  17:53, July 21, 2015 (UTC) 
• Support - ZeoSpark  Talk  Contribs  Edits  19:01,7/21/2015