Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27999170-20170717080034

With the recent X-Caliph "terrorist" alt attack on our beloved Wiki, I believe some serious reform to our police system (aka admins, bureaucrats, and the like) needs to happen.

So, as most users know, Future Wiki has an active police force of bureaucrats and administrators. However, the problem with the current police force on this wiki is that it is not centralized and organized. There is no one authority, whether it be one bureaucrat or a council. Bureaucrats and admins quarrel over small and unimportant things (not mentioning names) when they are supposed to keep law and order in the Wiki, and defend it from outside threats.

This system may have been OK when the Wiki was small and dying, and wiki crime was pretty much non-existent (as was the situation upon my arrival at this Wiki), but now, as new people have arrived, and we are now under threats from notorious altmakers like X-Caliph and RODEBLUR, the police force needs to be reformed sooner rather than later.

'''So here is my proposal: the Council of Bureaucrats. '''Much like Althist's TSPTF, the Council is responsible for maintaining law and order inside the Wiki, while protecting it from altmakers, vandals, and the like. They are a group of 5 bureaucrats that patrol the wiki, and make most of the decisions. They are responsible for creating new rules, approving map games and scenario contests, electing administators, combatting vandalism, resolving the day-to-day disputes of the Wiki, and so on.

One new addition to the wiki (if the proposal is ratified) is voting in administrators, bureaucrats, and new Council members. This will be done by the Council. Voting will happen every 3 months (unless there are no active users that meet the criteria). To become an administrator or a non-Council bureaucrat, there needs to be at least 3 out of 5 Council members in favor, and to become a new Council member, there needs to be a 4 out of 5 'in favor' majority, and another vote must be held (if the new Council member wins) to determine who will be kicked from the Council. Voting will take place on the Future Wiki Discord, with the results posted on the General Discussion board once the vote concludes.

And also, since we at Future Wiki do not have a set threshold on adminship and bureaucratship, here are the proposed thresholds:


 * Adminship: To become eligible to become an administrator, you must meet the following criteria:
 * Have at least 1000 edits
 * Have been continually active (classified as making at least one edit or action to the wiki per 10 days) for at least 90 days
 * Have a clean recent record (no bans or warnings for at least 90 days)
 * Bureaucratship: To become eligible to become a bureaucrat, you must meet the following criteria:
 * Is an Administrator
 * Have at least 2000 edits
 * Have been continually active (classified as making at least one edit or action to the wiki per 10 days) for at least 170 days
 * Have a clean recent record (no bans or warnings for at least 170 days)
 * Council membership: To become eligible to become a Council member, you must meet the following criteria:
 * Is a Bureaucrat
 * Have at least 3000 edits
 * Have been continually active (classified as making at least one edit or action to the wiki per 10 days) for at least 250 days
 * Have a clean recent record (no bans or warnings for at least 250 days)
 * Have reported or blocked alts and vandals
 * Has a plausible reputation in Map Games

Feel free to upvote or downvote my proposal as you see fit.

Sincerely, -Derpmaster21, respected administrator, bureaucrat, and veteran Wiki member 