HPW:Gaining Rights Policy Test

Old Proposal

 * A user can request they gain a User Right at RFP and can put it on Harry Potter Wiki:Requests for administrator attention or on an administrator's Talk page to ensure the administration is aware yes of it. Harry Potter Wiki:Voting policy should be followed.
 * A user requesting for user rights can request an administrator to be the Organising Administrator (OA) for a community vote for their request.
 * Users are welcome to encourage other users to review a proposal and participate but should not canvass or request votes For or Against a nominee.
 * The discussions should go on for at least 7 days before an admin decides to start a vote.
 * Once an Admin agrees to be an Organising Admin (OA) then after 7 days of discussion the OA can start a vote. If the nomination doesn't meet requirements or any other such circumstance, the OA, at discretion can dismiss the nomination after clarifying the reason for dismissing the nomination.
 * If there is no discussion for 7 days, the request will be considered denied by the community. The user will still be eligible to request again after 1 month of this auto denied request. (Reverb - added 21 July)
 * If 2 or more than 2 admins have denied conducting a vote under any circumstance based on the user's actions on the wiki, then the request can be considered denied.


 * Explanation: Of course, if the admins deny because of being busy in real life affairs or are vacationing, or would rather want to be a part of the discussion then this will not be considered denied but passed on.)
 * The vote should last for 7 days.
 * In this vote, we can have it such that the admin adds in a template with 3 columns or sub-headings. FOR, AGAINST, ABSTAIN. Users will just have to SIGN under these heads and not add any comments here.
 * The OA and nominee cannot participate in the vote.
 * Any user who has taken part in the discussions but hasn't signed till the end of the vote will be considered abstaining at the time of tally.
 * Any user who hasn't contributed to the discussions can be a part of the voting but they will have to add in at least 150-200 words explaining their vote. It is also important to note that just writing words like "I know the users from other wikis." or "they are a very good user" or any words that don't necessarily inform the intent behind the vote will not be allowed. If an explanation is not given then they will be informed on their talk page to do so once by the organising admin. The vote irrespective of this will close as is planned. Non-explanatory votes will be rejected.
 * Explanation: It is quite easy to get your secret alt account to 20 mainspace edits and simply sign under FOR or AGAINST. The spirit to have this policy is to avoid having "friends" or alt accounts from supporting an RFP nomination just based on personal preference or by any illegal means. If we really are talking about users with rights having to be held accountable for their actions, normal users are also to be held accountable for their votes. Their vote decides if a user gets special rights or not so it is important to know why they voted the way they did without participating in the discussions.
 * Users that are ineligible to vote are able to comment during the discussion but should not attempt to overly influence or dominate the conversation. If the OA feels a user who is not eligible to vote is trying to disrupt or direct the outcome, the OA can ask them to refrain from further commentary and take disciplinary action if they do not.
 * The admin can extend the vote at discretion based as found necessary. But If the vote has to be extended beyond 7-9 days based on questionable behaviour by the user or consensus is not reached or matters raised in discussions are not resolved or any such matters then the OA can close the vote without any changes to user rights.
 * The user requesting rights can now again request rights but only after 1 month from the closing of their vote.


 * Explanation: 1 month is based on the date so 12 Feb - 12 March is 1 month as is 12 July - 12 August
 * Discussion Mods have a separate process as voted for by the Discussions Community. All other User Rights should use the RFP process for requesting.

Modified Proposal

 * Users can request User Rights at RFP and can put it on HPW:RFAA or on any administrator's Talk page to ensure the wiki administration is aware of the request and can also request an administrator to be the Organising Administrator(OA) of their nomination. HPW:Voting Policy should be followed.
 * If the user is ineligible, administrators can dismiss the nomination.
 * If there is no discussion for 7 days, the request will be considered denied by the community. (Discussion is considered to begin when any user other than the user requesting rights comments on the nomination/discussion part.)
 * Users are welcome to encourage other users to review a proposal and participate but should not canvass or request votes For or Against a nominee.
 * OA can start a vote after up to 7 days discussion(as per HPW:Voting Policy) which will again last for 7 days.
 * The OA and the user requesting rights cannot participate in the vote.
 * If more than 1 administrators have denied conducting a vote based on the user's actions, then the request will be considered denied. (If the denial is because of the admin being busy in real life matters or wish to take part in the discussions then this will not be considered denied but passed on.)
 * Any vote from a user who did not participate in the discussion must include a comment explaining their vote in order for it to be counted.
 * Users that are ineligible to vote are able to comment during the discussion but should not attempt to overly influence or dominate the conversation. If the OA feels a user who is not eligible to vote is trying to disrupt or direct the outcome, the OA can ask them to refrain from further commentary and take disciplinary action if they do not.
 * As per HPW:Voting Policy a vote's duration can be extended by 7 days should more time be needed to handle ongoing and unresolved discussions or no clear consensus. Should the issues not be resolved by this time, the OA can close the vote without any changes to user rights.
 * All User Rights proposals must go through RFP except Discussions Moderators who have a separate, community voted method of nomination.
 * As per the HPW:Voting policy the OA will archive the vote with the outcomes.
 * Any denied nomination will be eligible to re-nominate after 1 month. (1 month is based on the date so 12 Feb - 12 March is 1 month as is 12 July - 12 August)