Thread:Podaci/@comment-35106828-20190430003859/@comment-27860632-20190430194555

This is the section that has the most changes. Parts were added to clarify elections  and voting. lo to clarify replacing an admin before their term expires.

QualificationsEdit
All Admin Team members should be active registered members for at least 6 months for consideration for any position. They should be familiar with the site and our community, and have demonstrated that they are likely to stay active and engaged.

In addition, the member should not have been blocked for longer than one day within the past year. There is to be a probationary period of one year after the expiration of a block longer than one day before the member can be considered for any of these positions.

This means that if a current Admin, Moderator, or Bureaucrat is blocked for more than one day, they will give up their user role.

Annual Nominations and Elections for AdminsEdit
Admins are to be elected by registered members of the community. There are to be five (5) Admins. They will serve one-year terms. An Admin may stand for election again when their term is complete. The nominations and election cycle should begin in February of each year, unless extraordinary circumstances dictate otherwise.

If there is an Admin who is not seeking re-election, that Admin may manage the nominations and voting processes. If all current Admins are seeking re-election, another trusted community member shall be asked to manage the process.

The candidates shall all be on one ballot. Registered members (in good standing as of the start of the nomination process) may vote for up to five (5) candidates. The top 5 recipients of votes shall be declared elected. If the fifth and sixth place candidates are separated by no more than 3 votes, there shall be a run-off between them. In that case, if the fourth place candidate is within 1 vote of the fifth place candidate, that member shall also be on the run-off ballot. Any run-off election will take place as soon as possible after the first election results are counted. Election results will be announced promptly after the close of voting.

Some individuals have more than one Fandom account. An individual may use only one account to vote. If more than one account is used, all votes by that individual will be discarded, and the account(s) may be subject to warnings or blocks for mis-using multiple accounts.

When the election results are final, a Bureaucrat (or Fandom staff if there is no Bureaucrat) shall make the appropriate User Rights changes.

In the event that all five newly elected Admins are new Admins, they may ask one of the retiring Admins to continue for no more than two months, to aid in the transition. If any any Admin Team decisions are required, the retiring Admin may participate in the discussion, but shall not have a vote in the decision.

BureaucratsEdit
The new Admin Team may decide which member(s) shall be the new Bureaucrat(s). Bureaucrats can also be Admins.

ModeratorsEdit
The Admin Team may consider members for Moderator positions throughout the year. Moderators do not have a set term and will continue in their positions during an election for the admins.

Admin VacanciesEdit
Because Admins are voted on by the community, if a vacancy occurs during the regular term, the Admins should initiate a nomination and election process to fill the vacancy. There will not be an election for a replacement if the vacancy occurs between December and February, because nominations for the full team will start in February.

A replacement Admin's term shall expire at the same time as the current Admins, so that all five positions will be up for election at the same time.

If one replacement Admin is being elected, the winning candidate shall have been named on at least 50% of the ballots. If not, there shall be a run-off vote after removal of all but the top two finishers. If there were at least four candidates on the first ballot, and the third-place candidate is within 3 votes of the second-place candidate, that candidate shall also be on the second ballot.

If two replacement Admins are being elected, and if there more than two candidates on the ballot, each ballot may vote for one or two candidates. The winning candidates shall each have been named on at least 50% of the ballots. If not, a fair run-off shall be structured.

It is not possible to anticipate every possible election situation and outcome; fairness is the goal.

Moderator and Bureaucrat VacanciesEdit
Because all Moderator and Bureaucrat positions are optional and are selected by Admins, any vacancies will be handled on a case-by-case basis by the Admin Team.