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The user rights policy outlines the procedures on the wiki for gaining user rights and also for the removal of user rights. This policy is useful as it allows the community to promote users based on community consensus to work with the community to help make the wiki as best it can be. In order for the promotion process to work smoothly, the following policies should be followed.
Roles policy
Additional user roles shall be bureaucrats, administrators, assistants, discussion moderators, chat moderators, and rollbacks. Other roles may be granted to certain users, including, but not limited to bots, social media managers, and Discord moderators.
When a user is promoted, they have more privileges than the average user. They are expected to use these powers with good judgment and follow all the rules. Administrators are privileged with the power to block other users and are expected to have good judgment when it comes to using this tool. Administrators and moderators are the only ones allowed to inform a user that they have been blocked or banned. All promoted users may keep their position as long as they want, unless they resign, retire, quit or are demoted per the article on demotions.
Promotions
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.
Applicants shall not use any images to advertise "support" for them or force other users to support them, so as to discourage unqualified users who seek the support of others who do not consider their qualifications. However, they are allowed to notify other users of such discussion, without imposing an agenda.
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. Administrator and bureaucrat requests may be posted on the forum to seek more input, and they may also be highlighted.
Promotion requests are to last no shorter than seven (7) days from the time the applicant makes the request. Any applicant that has 70% support of all votes shall be promoted after the seven (7) days. Successful requests may only be closed by those that have the ability to grant those rights while unsuccessful or invalid promotion requests may be closed by an assistant or administrator. If a user makes a promotion request but fails to be promoted, they must wait at least seven (7) days before making another request.
Invalid requests
A request is deemed invalid if the questions remain blank for more than two (2) hours after the creation of their request, the user is not eligible for the position, or the user has received a valid block while having a pending request. The user will also be prohibited from making any request for thirty (30) days starting from the time their block ends.
Eligibility
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.
The requirements for all positions are:
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 the active administrators.
e. The user must have support from the active 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.
Repromotions
Any user who retires, resigns, or quits and returns and wishes to be repromoted must follow the same procedures and requirements as if they were a user who had never been promoted before. 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. Any requirement of the repromotion policy can be waived by the majority vote of the active bureaucrats. This can be overruled by a majority vote of the active administrators (sysop only).
Demotions
A user may be demoted for various reasons, including, but not limited to: resignation, retirement, inactivity, violating the rules, abuse of rights, and/or disruptive behavior. Any user who wishes to no longer hold a promoted position and thus retires or resigns can demote themselves. They may notify a bureaucrat to have their rights removed as well. If a bureaucrat resigns or retires and fails to remove their rights, Fandom Staff will be contacted to demote them.
In the case of policy violations, the demotion of a rollback must be done so by a majority vote of the active administrators. The demotion of a chat moderator, discussion moderator, or an assistant must be done so by a majority vote of all bureaucrats. The rest of the administration (sysop only) may overrule the decision by a majority vote. The demotion of an administrator or bureaucrat must be done so through the user rights review process.
In the case of inactivity, apromoted user shall not be demoted due to inactivity without communication between the user in question and the rest of the administration. When a promoted user becomes inactive for two (2) months, bureaucrats shall discuss this with the user in question, to understand their intentions on whether or not to continue holding that promoted position. If a promoted user goes on an extended vacation or leave of absence lasting more than two (2) months with intentions of returning, they may notify the community to make their intentions known. If a promoted user is inactive for a period of at least six (6) months without communication between them and the rest of the administration, they shall be demoted.
User Rights Reviews
A User Rights Review may occur if a promoted user is abusing their powers and needs to be demoted. In the event that a promoted user is not following the rules and/or are abusing their powers, a bureaucrat must inform them of their wrongdoing, in case of any misinterpretations. If the promoted user does not stand down or admit to wrongdoing and thus the bureaucrat fails to resolve the issue, they may demote the promoted user for a suspension of one (1) week. After the suspension (clause b, above), the said bureaucrat must then create a User Rights Review discussion. Any administrator who is demoted after their adminship is terminated obtains "former administrator" status. Creating a User Rights Review discussion by any non-administrator to have another user demoted from any position is prohibited and will result in the deletion of that discussion.
Process
If a user feels that an administrator should be demoted, they must contact an administrator to make a request. The administrators will discuss whether or not the promoted user in question should have a review discussion to let the community decide if that user should be demoted. A majority of administrators must support a review discussion in order for it to be created in the first place. If it is determined that a majority of administrators do not support such a discussion taking place, the request is dropped. Once a majority of administrators support the creation of a review discussion, they must notify the administrator in question to give them the following choices: a. Resign from the position. The administrators can then decide if that user should remain as an assistant or not if the user in question chooses to resign. b. Write up a paragraph defending their keeping the position so that it can be presented before the demotion discussion begins. Once their defense has been submitted, the review discussion can be started immediately. c. If the user does neither of these, the review discussion will be posted three (3) days after the user in question is notified.
Once the review discussion is posted, it will be in the following format:
a. The administrators will list all the administrators who supported the creation of the discussion to show validation of the discussion.
b. Each user will have the opportunity to voice their opinion on the matter, summing up on what should be done, whether it is a complete demotion, demotion to another position, suspension, block, and/or combination.
c. After seven (7) days of discussion, the first stage will close. All listed options will be put up for a vote.
In order to terminate or suspend a bureaucrat or administrator, a majority of participating administrators (50% or more) and 70% of all participants must support the termination or suspension in order for it to be valid, not counting neutrals. The discussion must last no less than seven (7) days. The promoted user in question's vote will not be counted in the percentage for the decision but they may make comments. If the termination is successful, the terminated user cannot be repromoted unless they go through a successful request process. If the termination is unsuccessful, another demotion discussion cannot take place until one (1) month after the close of the preceding demotion discussion.