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Requests for bureaucratship (RfB) is the process by which the Wikipedia community decides who will become bureaucrats. Bureaucrats can make other users administrators or bureaucrats, based on community decisions reached here, and remove administrator rights in limited circumstances. They can also grant or remove bot status on an account.

The process for bureaucrats is similar to that for adminship above; however the expectation for promotion to bureaucratship is significantly higher than for admin, requiring a clearer consensus. In general, the threshold for consensus is somewhere around 85%. Bureaucrats are expected to determine consensus in difficult cases and be ready to explain their decisions.

Create a new RfB page as you would for an RfA, and insert

{{subst:RfB|User=Username|Description=Your description of the candidate. ~~~~}}

into it, then answer the questions. New bureaucrats are recorded at Wikipedia:Successful bureaucratship candidacies. Failed nominations are at Wikipedia:Unsuccessful bureaucratship candidacies.

At minimum, study what is expected of a bureaucrat by reading discussions at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship including the recent archives, before seeking this position.

While canvassing for support is often viewed negatively by the community, some users find it helpful to place the neutrally worded {{RfX-notice|b}} on their userpages – this is generally not seen as canvassing. Like requests for adminship, requests for bureaucratship are advertised on the watchlist and on Template:Centralized discussion.

Please add new requests at the top of the section immediately below this line.

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+'''Requests for bureaucratship''' ('''RfB''') is the process by which the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedia community]] decides who will become [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrats]].  Bureaucrats can make other users administrators or bureaucrats, based on community decisions reached here, and remove administrator rights in [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats#Removal_of_permissions|limited circumstances]]. They can also grant or remove [[WP:BOT|bot status]] on an account.
-The process for bureaucrats is similar to that for adminship above; however the expectation for promotion to bureaucratship is significantly higher than for admin, requiring a clearer consensus, generally reflected as the support of nine out of ten commentators. Bureaucrats are expected to determine consensus in difficult cases and '''be ready to explain their decisions'''.
+The process for bureaucrats is similar to that for adminship above; however the expectation for promotion to bureaucratship is significantly higher than for admin, requiring a clearer consensus. In general, the threshold for consensus is somewhere around 85%. Bureaucrats are expected to determine consensus in difficult cases and be ready to explain their decisions.
-Create a new RfB page as you would for an RfA, and insert <tt><nowiki>{{subst:RfB|User=USERNAME|Description=YOUR DESCRIPTION OF THE USER ~~~~}}</nowiki></tt> into it, then answer the questions. New bureaucrats are recorded at [[Wikipedia:Successful bureaucratship candidacies]]. Failed nominations are at [[Wikipedia:Unsuccessful bureaucratship candidacies]].
+Create a new RfB page as you would for an RfA, and insert {{pre|{{tls|RfB|User{{=}}{{var|Username}}|Description{{=}}{{var|Your description of the candidate.}} <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>}}}} into it, then answer the questions. New bureaucrats are recorded at [[Wikipedia:Successful bureaucratship candidacies]]. Failed nominations are at [[Wikipedia:Unsuccessful bureaucratship candidacies]].
-'''At minimum, study what is expected of a bureaucrat by reading discussions at [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship]] including the recent archives, ''before'' seeking this position.'''
+At minimum, study what is expected of a bureaucrat by reading discussions at [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship]] including the recent archives, ''before'' seeking this position.
-While [[Wikipedia:Canvassing|canvassing]] for support is frowned upon (to the extent that canvassing editors have had their RfBs fail), some users find it helpful to place <tt>{{tl|Rfb-notice}}</tt> on their userpages. Such declarations are most definitely allowed.
+While [[Wikipedia:Canvassing|canvassing]] for support is often viewed negatively by the community, some users find it helpful to place the neutrally worded {{tlx|RfX-notice|b}} on their userpages – this is generally not seen as canvassing. Like requests for adminship, requests for bureaucratship are advertised on the watchlist and on [[Template:Centralized discussion]].
-''Please add new requests at the top of this section immediately below this line.''
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