HammerWiki:Requests for adminship

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This page is a proposed policy on HammerWiki. As per the guidelines set out in HammerWiki:Policy; if consensus is reached in the talk page, this notice can be removed and the policy category and template can be added.

As HammerWiki grows, it will inevitably feel the need for a greater number of sysops to monitor the recent changes list for vandalism, clean out the candidates for deletion, and other administrative tasks.

Requests for adminship (RfA) is the process by which the HammerWiki community selects new administrators from among its active userbase. A user may nominate himself for adminship, or may be nominated by others. This page maintains a dynamic list of current nominations. Please note that a well-supported nomination is not a guarantee for an administrator position—the decision of whether HammerWiki needs more admins and whether a particular user is well-suited for the role rests with the current administrative team, however the team is obliged to take the result of a nomination into account when choosing whether to add an administrator.

To nominate a user, see the instructions at the end of this page.

Details of the current HammerWiki administrators, as well as other staff, can be found here.

A category containing links to all resolved RfAs may be found here.

[edit] Things to consider when nominating/supporting candidates

• The user's familiarity with basic MediaWiki functionality.
• Familiar with HammerWiki policy, both the letter and the spirit.
• Does the user spend a substantial time on the wiki? While explicit time commitment is not asked from the admins, newly appointed admins are often added because it's felt necessary to have more admin coverage to patrol against vandalism.
• The user's past track record, especially involving disagreements. Does the user maintain a level of maturity when someone on either side becomes irrationally passionate?

[edit] Active Nominations

None at present

[edit] Instructions

To nominate a user for adminship, follow this simple three step plan.

1. Go to the end of the active nominations section above, and add the following text:

   {{{{subst:FULLPAGENAME}}/Username}}

   Where "Username" is the name of the user you wish to nominate.

2. Click on the created red link, and add:

   {{subst:rfa1|Username|(insert text here explaining the rationale for the nomination). ~~~~}}

3. Go to the user's talk page, and add at the top:

   {{subst:rfa2|Username}}

   This will alert the user to his or her nomination.

Note: the nomination itself counts as a "support" vote.