Demotion (December 2016)

This proposal


 * A. General
 * 1. All promoted users may keep their position as long as they want, with the exceptions outlined in this section.
 * 2. Non-administrators who feel that a promoted user should be demoted for any reason can user the report user form and/or notify a bureaucrat, who can bring it up with other bureaucrats for a less public discussion.


 * B. Retirement and resignation
 * 1. Any user who wishes to no longer hold a promoted position and thus retires or resigns can demote themselves. They may notify a bureaucrat to have their powers removed as well.
 * 2. If a bureaucrat resigns or retires and fails to remove their powers, a discussion is required for Fandom Staff to demote them.


 * C. Termination
 * 1. A user may be terminated for various reasons, including, but not limited to: inactivity, violating the rules, abuse of rights, and/or disruptive behavior.
 * 2. The process for termination is different depending on the user's position in the wiki.
 * a. Termination of a rollback, chat moderator, or moderator may be done so at the discretion of any administrator.
 * b. Termination of an Assistant must be done so by a majority vote of all bureaucrats. The rest of the administration (sysop only) may overrule the decision by a majority vote.
 * c. Termination of an Administrator or Bureaucrat must be done so through a User Rights Review discussion.
 * d. For rollback, chat moderators, moderators, and assistants, a User Rights Review discussion can be created by any administrator and bypass 2a, 2b, 2c, and 2d of the process (see below), but is optional.


 * D. User Rights Review
 * 1. General
 * a. A User Rights Review is a discussion for the community to review a promoted user's status, and whether or not that user should be blocked, suspended, demoted, etc.
 * b. Creating a User Rights Review discussion by any non-administrator to have another user demoted from any position is prohibited and will result in the deletion of that discussion.
 * 2. Process
 * a. If a user feels that an administrator should be demoted for any reason, whether it is lack of activity, violation of policies, or behavior, they must contact a bureaucrat to make a request.
 * b. The bureaucrats will discuss whether or not the administrator in question should have a review discussion to let the community decide if that user should be suspended, demoted, blocked, etc.
 * c. A majority of bureaucrats (more than 50%) must support a review discussion in order for it to be created in the first place. If it is determined that a majority of bureaucrats do not support such a discussion taking place, the request is dropped. This can be overruled by a majority vote (more than 50%) of all other administrators (non-bureaucrats) documented in the ESB Administrators Skype chat.
 * d. Once a majority of bureaucrats (more than 50%) support the creation of a review discussion, Once the above requirements are met, they must notify the administrator promoted user in question to give them the following choices:
 * i. Resign from the position.
 * 1. If an administrator chooses to resign, the bureaucrats can then decide if that user should remain as an assistant or not. if the user in question chooses to resign.
 * ii. Write up a paragraph defending their keeping the position so that it can be presented before the demotion discussion begins. Once their defense has been submitted, the review discussion can be started immediately.
 * iii. If the user does neither of these, the review discussion will be posted three (3) days after the user in question is notified.
 * e. Once the review discussion is posted, it will be in the following format.
 * i. The bureaucrat will list all the bureaucrats who supported the creation of the discussion to show validation of the discussion.
 * ii. Each user will have the opportunity to voice their opinion on the matter, summing up on what should be done, whether it is a complete demotion, demotion to another position, suspension, block, and/or combination.
 * iii. After seven (7) days of discussion, the first stage will close. All listed options will be put up for a vote.
 * f. In order to terminate a bureaucrat or administrator, a majority of bureaucrats (50% or more) and more than 70% of administrators must support the termination in order for it to be valid. Only suspensions and blocks require 70% of all participants. The discussion must last no less than seven (7) days. The promoted user in question does not have a vote or is counted in the percentage for the decision but may make comments.
 * g. If the termination is successful, the terminated user cannot be repromoted unless they go through a successful request process.
 * h. If the termination is unsuccessful, another demotion discussion cannot take place until one (1) month after the close of the preceding demotion discussion.


 * E. Suspension
 * 1. In the event that a promoted user is not following the rules and/or are abusing their powers, a bureaucrat must inform them of their wrongdoing, in case of any misinterpretations.
 * 2. If the promoted user does not stand down or admit to wrongdoing and thus the bureaucrat fails to resolve the issue, they may demote the promoted user for a suspension of one (1) week.
 * 3. After the suspension (clause b, above), the said bureaucrat must then create User Rights Review discussion.
 * 4. Any administrator who is demoted after their adminship is terminated, obtains "former administrator" status.


 * F. Exceptions
 * 1. When a promoted user is within 72 hours of becoming inactive, they shall be warned. If they do not edit within 72 hours after the warning, they will be demoted immediately at the discretion of a bureaucrat, unless otherwise stated.
 * 2. If a promoted user goes on an extended vacation or leave of absence with intentions of returning, they may declare "wikibreak" status. See the article on definitions for wikibreak policies.


 * 2. Prerequisites for initiating a user rights review process
 * a. Reviews for bureaucrats and administrators
 * i. A majority vote (more than 50%) of all bureaucrats
 * ii. This can be overruled by a majority vote (more than 50%) of all administrators (non-bureaucrats)
 * b. Reviews for assistants, rollbacks, moderators, and chat moderators
 * i. A majority vote (more than 50%) of all administrators