Lost Waves Wiki:Administrator elections

Here is the rules of possible administrator elections.

General

The administrator election lasts six days from the opening. As opening considers the next day (from the hour 0:00 of server time) of the initiative. The results are finalizing after the closure of the election, during 24 hours. In the necessary cases, the election time can be extended with another six days or a new election (reelection) be held.

Nomination

Any active user can be nominated for an administrator, except the currently blocked users. If it's not a self-nomination, the nominee should be agree for being a candidate.

Voting

The voting procedure consists the valid votes of the registered voters, the registration starts along with, or before the voting. Only users with confirmed registration has a valid vote. The users with unconfirmed registration also can vote, but it only would be counted in time of the confirmation. A user with denied registration cannot vote and subsequent vote will not be counted.

Registration

Any eligible user should be registered before the voting. The criteria of the eligibility of user who can vote on the election are:

1. Being a user with at least 50 sensical and mostly constructive edits overall.
2. If the user has multiple accounts, only one account can be registered.

During the time of the confirmation, users registration remains unconfirmed. If the user meets the criteria, the Check User confirms the registration. In case of any violation of these criteria, the Check User should deny the registration.

Election

The election is the confirmation (or re-confirmation) of adminship(s) or the appointment of a new administrator (by-election). Registered voters need to vote "support", "oppose" or "neutral" with providing an objective reason for it. Otherwise the vote would be counted as an invalid.