FAMEPedia:Bureaucrats



Bureaucrats are FAMEPedia users, usually administrators, with the technical ability to perform the following actions:
 * Add the administrator, bureaucrat, interface administrator, pending changes reviewer, or bot user group to an account.
 * Remove the administrator, interface administrator, account creator, pending changes reviewer, or bot user group from an account.

They are bound by policy and consensus to only grant administrator or bureaucrat access when doing so reflects the wishes of the community, usually after a successful request at FAMEPedia:Requests for adminship. In the same fashion, they are expected to exercise judgement in granting or removing bot flags with the advice of the Bot Approvals Group. They are expected to be capable judges of consensus, and are expected to explain the reasoning for their actions on request and in a civil manner. Actions by bureaucrats are also bound by the policy on use of administrative rights.

Bureaucrats have been authorized by the community to remove administrator permissions in certain situations outlined below. Bureaucrats do not have the technical ability to remove bureaucrat rights from users or to grant or remove certain levels of access such as oversight or checkuser rights. These actions are performed by stewards, a multilingual group of individuals who serve all miraheze projects and are elected and reconfirmed annually by their users. Changes in user rights by stewards are recorded at meta:Special:Log/rights; for more information see Stewards.

Users are granted bureaucrat status by community consensus. The process is similar to the process of granting administrator status, but the expectations for potential bureaucrats are higher and community consensus must be clearer. See FAMEPedia:Requests for bureaucratship.

On the, there are currently Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat bureaucrats.

Current bureaucrats

 * See also: Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat

Former bureaucrats

 * 1) Ugochimobi (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) — He was granted temporary bureaucratship by Sunilbutolia before the creation of RfA process. But he extended his rights himself before expiration, so removed by Miraheze Stewards.

Procedures
These are instructions and procedures concerning bureaucratic actions and processes.

Promotions and RfX closures

 * Note: Similar to non-administrators closing deletion discussions, Requests for adminship can be closed by non-bureaucrats in certain cases; for example if the user has withdrawn the request or the outcome is very unlikely to be positive. Non-bureaucrats should be very careful in the latter case and only close RfAs when they are not in doubt. In such cases the requesting user should always be asked to consider withdrawal first.


 * Wait at least seven days after the listing was made on FAMEPedia:Requests for adminship or FAMEPedia talk:Bot Approvals Group
 * Check the history for the transcluded page to be reasonably sure that the comments are genuine
 * Determine whether there is a consensus that the person should be promoted using the traditional rules of thumb and your best judgement
 * Edit the nomination. Add the relevant header and footer to the discussion page, remembering to substitute:


 * For requests for adminship or bureaucratship
 * Remove the "Voice your opinion" and talk page link


 * Replace the rfatally template with, fill in the appropriate fields, make sure the final tally is accurate, and include any additional comments
 * If there is a consensus, promote to admin or bureaucrat using Special:Userrights. If present, remove userrights made redundant by the sysop flag. Refer to Special:ListGroupRights for details on which other rights are included with the new user rights level. Please reference the RfA (or RfB) when making the promotion
 * Remove the request from requests for adminship
 * For requests for membership in the Bot Approvals Group
 * Add the user to FAMEPedia:Bot Approvals Group
 * Add a summary of the outcome to successful or unsuccessful Bot Approvals Group candidacies


 * Inform the user of the result, whether it is successful or unsuccessful (perhaps using one of the optional templates)

Removal of permissions
Bureaucrats may remove the "administrator" user right from an account in some situations:
 * If self-requested by the administrator
 * By official request of the Arbitration Committee
 * If the administrator is deemed inactive per FAMEPedia:Administrators
 * If the account belongs to an editor who has been verified as deceased (in which case, all user rights should be removed).

Bureaucrats should include a permanent link to the request or relevant policy when removing permissions. If necessary, the affected user should be immediately notified and given a reason for the removal along with advice on seeking the reinstatement of the permissions.

Should the  group have been removed from the account since becoming an administrator, it should be restored when removing administrator permissions.

The interface administrator policy requires removal of the  permission upon removal of the administrator permission.

The use of these procedures is not intended to constrain the authority of the Miraheze Stewards to undertake emergency removal of permissions on their own discretion, or removal following a request from the Arbitration Committee, pursuant to the relevant policies governing Steward actions.

Deceased FAMEPedians
If an editor is verified as having died, all permissions on the account should be removed. Unless the account is suspected of being compromised, it should not be blocked. For Checkuser and Oversight rights, which cannot be removed locally, a request to remove those should be posted on Stewards' noticeboard.

Inactive bureaucrat accounts
There are two separate activity requirements applicable to bureaucrat accounts:
 * 1) Bureaucrat accounts that have been completely inactive for at least one calendar year (without any edits or other logged actions) may have their bureaucrat permissions removed. The bureaucrat must be contacted on their user talk page and via email one month before the removal of permissions and again several days before the request is made. Should the bureaucrat remain inactive, another bureaucrat may request the procedural removal of permissions. This is not to be considered a reflection on the user's use of, or rights to, the tools. If an inactive bureaucrat returns to FAMEPedia, they may request restoration of the permissions at the bureaucrats' noticeboard provided they have not been inactive from bureaucrat activity for three consecutive years.
 * 2) Bureaucrats are expected to exercise the duties granted by their role while remaining cognizant of relevant community standards concerning their tasks. If a bureaucrat does not participate in bureaucrat activity for over three years, their bureaucrat permissions may be removed. The user must be notified on their talk page and by email one month before the removal, and again a few days prior to the removal. If the user does not return to bureaucrat activity, another bureaucrat may request the removal of permissions at Stewards' noticeboard. Permissions removed for not meeting bureaucrat activity requirements may be re-obtained through a new request for bureaucratship.

Restoration of permissions
In the case that a former administrator or bureaucrat requests their permissions be restored via the bureaucrats' noticeboard:
 * 1) Check that the user in question is indeed a former administrator or bureaucrat (in particular, a bureaucrat restoring permissions should satisfy themselves that the account has not been compromised since the permissions were relinquished).
 * 2) Check that the prior access removal was voluntary, or due to inactivity.
 * 3) Check their talk page history and any pertinent discussions or noticeboards for indications that they may have resigned (or become inactive) for the purpose, or with the effect, of evading scrutiny of their actions that could have led to sanctions.
 * 4) To allow time for requests to be checked thoroughly, it is required that a minimum of 24 hours elapse for multiple bureaucrats and other editors to comment on the request before restoring permissions. This time may be lengthened at a bureaucrat's discretion, if new information arises.
 * 5) If a former administrator ("lengthy inactivity") or bureaucrat ("inactive bureaucrat accounts") has been inactive (defined by zero edits or logged actions) for a period of two years or longer after the removal of permissions (or for two years from the last edit or log action in the case of permissions removed due to inactivity), they must be successful in a new request for adminship or bureaucratship to have the permission(s) restored.
 * 6) If a former administrator has been administratively inactive (defined by zero logged administrative actions) for a period of five years or longer at the time of their last administrative rights removal, and the removal was for inactivity, they should be successful in a new request for adminship to have the permission(s) restored.
 * 7) Before restoring the administrator flag, a bureaucrat should be reasonably convinced that the user has returned to activity or intends to return to activity as an editor. Should there be doubt concerning the suitability for restoration of admin permissions, the restoration shall be delayed until sufficient discussion has occurred and a consensus established through a bureaucrat chat.

Bot flags

 * 1) Bot flags may be granted or removed in accordance with the bot policy, often on the advice of the Bot Approvals Group.
 * 2) (On process page) Ensure that the request is compliant with relevant policies and guidelines and that a Bot Approvals Group member asked for the bot to be flagged.
 * Bot flags may also be granted or removed in other situations (such as requests to the bureaucrats' noticeboard or other noticeboard discussions).
 * 1) Use Special:UserRights to set or remove the flag, with a link to the approved BRFA or permanent link to the relevant discussion as the rationale.

Interface administrator
The interface administrator user group may be granted or removed according to the interface administrators policy.

Mailing list
Any issue that is neither urgent nor necessarily private should instead be handled at the appropriate on-wiki venue, for instance at the bureaucrats' noticeboard. For sensitive matters you may contact an individual bureaucrat directly.