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This page is for the election of Bureaucrats.

Rules

Rules for starting an election.

1. When a Bureaucrat resigns, or loses his status due to demotion or inactivity an election is started immediately.
   • A Bureaucrat that hasn't made a single edit in one month is considered as inactive and forfeits his status as bureaucrat.
2. After 3 months with no elections on a bureaucrat position, an election is called for the bureaucrat position longest without an election.
3. If, for any reason, an individual Bureaucrat position hasn't faced an election after 12 months, then an election is called after that period.
4. The election ends after two weeks wiki time counting from the when the election is started.
5. The candidate with the most votes wins the election.
6. In the event of a tied vote the remaining bureaucrats will decide between the tied candidates.

Rules concerning candidates

1. All active users with the sysops status are automatically declared candidates for any vacant Bureaucrat positions.
   • Users with at least 12 edits in the 30 days before the election are considered "active" for purposes of the election.
2. The Bureaucrat whose position comes up for election if said election is started under rule 2 of Rules for starting an election is automatically declared a candidate.
3. A candidate can retract his own candidacy at any time.

Rules concerning voting.

1. All users have only one vote per bureaucrat position to be filled.
2. Users vote for a candidate by signing under the preferred candidates name.
3. Users may change their votes for a candidate as long as the election has not ended.
   • Multiple votes at the same time will be struck.
4. Sockpuppetry is considered vandalism.

Election Space

A new round of bureaucrat elections is called due to The Grimch's demotion and self ban.

This election will run for the standard two week period and will end at 10:30am (GMT) on Thursday 23rd October 2008. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 11:39, 9 October 2008 (BST)

Eligible Candidates

The candidates are as follows:

Boxy

1. 4 more years! --People's Commissar Hagnat ^talk 12:22, 9 October 2008 (BST)
2. GARBL --HAHAHA DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK COCKS 14:11, 9 October 2008 (BST)
3. I don't think it'd be wise to have two brand new 'crats. --Midianian^{|T|T:S|C:RCS|} 15:55, 9 October 2008 (BST)

   Why change horses in midstream? --xoxo 23:33, 9 October 2008 (BST)

4. We <3 Boxy. :) -- Cheese 17:09, 9 October 2008 (BST)
5. Would prefer someone knowledgeable but really, anyone is fine. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 18:42, 9 October 2008 (BST)
6. Boxy is super. --Toejam 19:56, 9 October 2008 (BST)
7. Awesome people for decent sysops, and jesus, please god, don't let fucking cheeseman get cratship--/~Rakuen~\^Talk I Still Love Grim 00:03, 10 October 2008 (BST)

Krazy Monkey

1. Whoo! Nick number one fan!! Love you long time!--Nallan (Talk) 11:47, 9 October 2008 (BST)
2. You taste delicious! May i have another? --xoxo 11:48, 9 October 2008 (BST)
3. Hells yeah. also, lolgrim--CyberRead240 12:09, 9 October 2008 (BST)
4. You got my vote. --Haliman - Talk 12:54, 9 October 2008 (BST)
5. Cheeseman FTW. -- Atticus Rex ^{mfu pif} Δ 14:49, 9 October 2008 (BST)
6. I am going along in an attempt to bribe ; )--MisterGame 14:54, 9 October 2008 (BST)
7. - User:Whitehouse 15:00, 9 October 2008 (BST)
8. --Pdeq^{Talk[[Signature Race|*]} 17:57, 9 October 2008 (BST)
9. Always has my vote! Cheese plus AHLG as crats would be teh awesome!--SirArgo ^Talk 18:41, 9 October 2008 (BST)
10. Only because this reminds me of the 2006 congressional election.--THE Godfather of Яesensitized, Anime Sucks ^{Yalk | W! U! WMM| CC CPFOAS LOE ZHU | Яezzens} 20:12, 9 October 2008 (BST)
11. second time in a month. go cheese.--'BP^Tmz 21:03, 9 October 2008 (BST)
12. hoo-ra Conndraka^{mod TAZM CFT} 21:51, 9 October 2008 (BST)
13. --Sonny Corleone ^{DORIS MSD pr0n} 22:51, 9 October 2008 (BST)
14. Yep. -Janus Abernathy 23.03, 9 October 2008 (BST)
15. Took a while to decide, but I think Cheese is the sort of dude I would want in this position. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 23:34, 9 October 2008 (BST)
16. I think AHLG and Cheese will be a nice change. Let's see what they can do.--– Nubis ^NWO 00:54, 10 October 2008 (BST)

Swiers

1. Vouch - Level headed and approachable. Hopefully he'll decide to run this time, as he'd make an excellent 'crat. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 11:49, 9 October 2008 (BST)
2. Yes - As above. One of the few users who is rarely aggressive, even in Talk:Suggestions. Would be a great bureaucrat. Linkthewindow ^Talk 13:13, 9 October 2008 (BST)
3. Yes - An asset to this game and community by every definition.--Squid Boy 17:22, 9 October 2008 (BST)
4. Swiers has demonstrated his Bureaucrat qualifications by not involving himself in the latest Misconduct case.--ShadowScope^{'the true enemy'} 17:50, 9 October 2008 (BST)
5. Vouch --Funt Solo ^QT 18:07, 9 October 2008 (BST)
6. VouchUntil he rules himself out. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 18:16, 9 October 2008 (BST)
7. VouchUntil/unless he rules himself out. -- Asheets 20:24, 9 October 2008 (BST)
8. Yes - As Iscariot, Linkthewindow, and Squid Boy. I've got immense respect for him. (I thought he didn't want to be promoted to bureaucrat, though). --Jen 21:58, 9 October 2008 (BST)

   Yeah he'll be over here at some point and withdraw i'd imagine, hence preemptively moved my vote.--xoxo 23:34, 9 October 2008 (BST)

Ineligible Candidates

• A Helpful Little Gnome - Current 'crat
• Daranz
• Thari
• The General

Withdrawn Candidates

Nubis

No thank you.--– Nubis ^NWO 01:09, 10 October 2008 (BST)

Zombie slay3r

Currently not interested. --ZsL 19:12, 9 October 2008 (BST)

Conndraka

No time or desire. Conndraka^{mod TAZM CFT} 21:50, 9 October 2008 (BST)

Result

Election in progress

Archived Promotions Rounds

• July '06 Round
• August '06 Round
• September '06 Round
• March '07 Round
• July '07 Round
• September '07 Round
• November '07 Round
• March '08 Round
• June '08 Round
• October '08 Round