Forum:Vote for New Bureaucrats

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We need to appoint new Wiki-Bureaucrats, the rank above Administrator. With Werthead's resignation, we currently have no Bureaucrats. The main difference with Bureaucrats is that they can make other Administrators into Bureaucrats.

This will not be a poll but a "community vote" by all editors.

At the moment, we have five active Administrators already:

• User:The Dragon Demands
• User:Gonzalo84
• User:QueenBuffy
• User:Greater good
• User:Ser Patrek - really "the Boy Who Cried Direwolf", changed his name and recently on wiki-break.

The workload is getting pretty large and I actually don't think that one single person should fill in as the "Bureaucrat" of Game of Thrones Wiki, as he did. It's too big for one single "head" Admin or single Bureaucrat.

My proposed outline is basically that we follow the "Triarchy" model of Volantis: vote for three Bureaucrats who will run things jointly.

So I propose that the three new Bureaucrats we vote in be: The Dragon Demands (by wiki-points the highest ranked Admin), Gonzalo84 (by wiki-points the second-highest rated Admin, who has been an Administrator since Season 2, and who personally suggested I be an Admin back in the day), and QueenBuffy (the only person who has been an Administrator since Season 1 who is still active, and a "Wikia Star"/Bureaucrat on the True Blood Wiki).

Now we have been very short-handed, so afterwards, the new Bureaucrats will promote up several regular editors to Administrator status (if you want the job).

Every vote counts to build consensus. Please vote responsibly.--The Dragon Demands (talk) 20:35, October 13, 2014 (UTC)

Votes

• I vote that The Dragon Demands, Gonzalo84, and QueenBuffy will all three be new Bureaucrats, overseeing things jointly.--The Dragon Demands (talk) 20:36, October 13, 2014 (UTC)
• Something we should know is that more than one Bureaucrat might be too many, as their abilities are the same as Administrators except for promoting other users. In addition, if they for whatever reason they need to get the tools removed only Wikia can do it, something to consider. But my vote is either TDD or Gonzalo, even though the Queen can be useful here, I see Gonzalo and The Dragon Demands having the most activity on here, meaning they're less likely go inactive leaving us in a similar situation in the future... Zippertrain85 (talk) 22:04, October 13, 2014 (UTC)
  • Well, true, but she shows up if we call for important stuff. She knows more about Wikia-level stuff than I do. Reskinning a wiki? Oh was willing to jump in on that but the slapdash designs I shoved in (to get the ball rolling) were terrible. She knows how to do that.--The Dragon Demands (talk) 22:19, October 13, 2014 (UTC)
    • I'm good at keeping the peace around here too. I seem to always be the voice of reason. LOL QueenBuffy 22:40, October 13, 2014 (UTC)
• My votes are the same as The Dragon Demands'.--Greater good (talk) 20:36, October 13, 2014 (UTC)

• Aye. I support Dragon's proposal of a joint Bureaucracy/Triarchy with us three running the wiki. And as we all know Dragon can be overzealous at times QueenBuffy will provide a good balance.--Gonzalo84 (talk) 23:44, October 13, 2014 (UTC)