Elite Dangerous Wiki:Administrator elections

Administrator elections and appointments provides guidance for selecting administrators on this independent Elite Dangerous Wiki. Read it with Project:Administrators, Project:Requests for permissions, Project:Consensus and Project:Community standards.

Role and authority

An administrator is a community member entrusted with local administrative responsibilities. The tools actually available to an account are determined by this wiki's configuration and are shown in Special:ListGroupRights. This page does not grant permissions, create a technical user group, or guarantee that a particular action is available.

Nominations and consideration

A request to appoint or elect an administrator should be raised openly on this page's discussion page. A nomination requires the candidate's agreement. The candidate should explain their contributions, familiarity with local policies, approach to using administrative tools, and any relevant conflicts of interest. Other editors may ask questions and discuss the evidence respectfully.

Consider the candidate's judgement, reliability, willingness to explain consequential actions, and ability to seek uninvolved review when needed. Consider reasoned contributions on their merits; a count of support comments alone does not establish consensus. Follow Project:Consensus and allow a reasonable opportunity for discussion.

Decision and implementation

The discussion should state whether the outcome is an appointment, an election result, or no change, and summarise the reasons. This guidance sets no numerical vote threshold, fixed candidacy requirement, or term of office. Do not infer one from imported templates or examples.

A community decision and a technical permission change are separate steps. Only an account with the actual configured authority can make a group change, and the live permission list and rights log are the records of what was technically changed. If an agreed change cannot be made under the current configuration, record that constraint and do not imply that a community decision itself changes permissions or makes the role technically available.

Conduct and review

Administrators should follow Project:Administrators, Project:User Conduct Rules and local policies. An administrator who is personally involved in a dispute should avoid deciding it where an uninvolved administrator can review it. Concerns about an administrator's conduct should be raised with evidence through the relevant talk page or local administrator contact, not handled through repeated reversions or personal attacks.