Star Wars Fanon:Requests for adminship rules

The following requests for adminship rules detail how a user may become an administrator and how the nomination and voting process works, as well as how winners will be determined.

Nomination
In order for a user to be nominated or initiate a request for adminship, that user must have at least 250 main space edits and must have been a member of Star Wars Fanon for at least one month. If a user is being nominated by someone else, that user must have accepted the nomination beforehand, so that the nominee knows of his request for adminship.

To set up a request for adminship of a nominee or of oneself, a user must provide the following format:


 * === User:Username ===
 * ==== Support ====
 * ==== Oppose ====
 * ==== Neutral ====
 * ==== Comments ====
 * ==== Questions ====

Voting
Any users who want to participate in the voting process must reach the standards of the voting policy, which means having at least 250 main space edits and a one month membership.

Users may only vote once per candidate, which is logical; if they are going to oppose a user, however, they must provide a solid concrete reason. Invalid reasons will be struck out. A support vote adds one tally to the net votes of a nominee, and an oppose vote subtracts one tally; a neutral vote does nothing, mathematically.

Users who have been barred from voting may not vote if their punishment is still ongoing, and, as the voting policy states, vandals and sockpuppets may not vote either.

Winners
There are multiple ways to win in an election, as well as a couple of ways to set up an election. One way to set up a vote is if a single nominee makes a requests for adminship, or if multiple nominees make requests. The second way to set up a vote is when an administrator himself sets up a group nomination, where at least three nominees are given a request for adminship. All requests are closed approximately one month after being opened, except for group nominations, where all nominations will be closed at the same time, a month from the initial group nomination, regardless of any late entries.

If there is only one request present, then that candidate or nominee must have zero opposition in order to win. If that candidate is opposed throughout the course of his or her nomination, it does not necessarily disqualify them from winning. That candidate holds the right to hold out until the end of their request to convince his or her opposition otherwise. If the user fails, then he will not be promoted to adminship, and instead will be denied.

If there are two requests open at one time, then the candidate or nominee with the greatest net votes wins. However, if the candidate with the greatest net votes falls to or below zero in net votes, then neither candidate wins. Like a stand alone candidate, both candidates hold the right to hold out until the end of their request to convince their opposition otherwise, if that is the case. The same is the case for an election with three candidates, where only the top candidate will win if his or her net votes are above zero.

If there are four or more requests at one time, then the two nominees with the greatest net votes win. Like the previous scenario, if one or both of the top two candidates lead with a net vote at or below zero, they cannot win the nomination and instead, no one will win. As with the the other scenarios, the four candidates (and any new entries) hold the right to hold out until the end of their run to attempt to secure the adminship.

In cases of a tie, the current administration will hold a vote in order to elect the user they believe to be the winner. In example, if in a three man race two contenders tie at the top, only one of them can win; therefore, the administration will hold a vote on who they believe is the best choice for adminship, and thus declaring a winner. If there is a tie again between the administration's vote, then the three bureaucrats will hold a third vote to determine the winner.