Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-14908162-20171117203105

Hello everyone,

As you may know this wiki only has two (semi-)active admins as of right now. Rachinaf and me recently discussed new admins again, and I plan on nominating some people as new admins and some other things. However, to change user rights we need a bureaucrat, and our most active bureaucrat hasn't been active since 2014. Since I'm the most active admin as of right now, I thought it would be best for me to go through the wiki adoption process and become a bureaucrat so that I can promote other users when the time comes. For those who are curious, this ability is also the only ability that will be added if I become a bureaucrat and retain my adminship. However, before I go through with it, I want to make sure that the community of VLW is fine with this too. So I've filed a request for bureaucratship (RfB) since I thought this would be the best way to do it. It's kind of short because I didn't want to make it too long, so if I need to clarify anything feel free to ask questions. There are some rules attaches to Request for Adminship as you may remember. I've changed them a bit to better reflect a Request for Bureaucratship on Wikipedia better, but not by much. The rules are are:
 * Any logged-in user can make an admin request/bureaucrat request or vote on one. However, each admin request which is still going should have a new section
 * A user will become an admin if 55% of the users support them (this does not include users who decide to stay neutral). A user will become a bureaucrat if 65% of the users support them (this does not include users who decide to stay neutral)
 * The admin request/bureaucrat request is not about how you feel towards the user, but about if you think they are suitable to become an admin/bureaucrat or not
 * No matter if you support the user, oppose the user, or want to stay neutral, please do write your name on the list. A small message with reasons for choosing to support/oppose/stay neutral would be preferred, but is only optional
 * Questions should go under the User: header, and should start with Q:. The answer should be marked with A:
 * Stay civil, be respectful towards each other

I plan on closing the RfB on Saturday 2 December (time zone: UTC+01:00) if not most/all active users have answered yet, since I assume most users will have had enough time to respond by that time. I might be wrong with that assumption, though, so please correct me if I'm wrong.

I also want to add that I've filed a RfB mainly out of perceived necessary, not because I desperately want to position. While I don't mind taking on the position at all (if the community is okay with it), I wouldn't have filed a RfB if there was an active bureaucrat because going through an RfB/RfA as a candidate seems kind of scary to me. I was also not really sure who else I could have nominated/asked, because as of right now I'm the only admin who's active daily. I mention this because some people may question why I don't seem very enthusiastic to take on the position, and I thought it would be better to explain my position on it right away. So in short: I don't mind becoming a bureaucrat, I just don't particularly like making a RfB. With that in mind, however, please do be honest when responding to the RfB, because ultimately that is what's best for the community. Also, if someone else is up to becoming a bureaucrat, feel free to file another RfB. If you want to become an admin, also feel free to make a new RfA.

Thank you for reading this message.

Amandelen (talk) 20:31, November 17, 2017 (UTC) 