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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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-[[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrats]] are administrators with the additional ability to make other users admins or bureaucrats, based on community decisions reached here. They can also [[Wikipedia:Changing username|change the user name]] of any other user.
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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, but is generally by self-nomination only. The expectation for promotion to bureaucratship is significantly higher than for admin, in terms of numbers of votes, ability to engage voters and candidates, and significant disqualifications.  Candidates might consider initiating a discussion here of the prevailing consensus about the need for additional bureaucrats before nominating themselves.
+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.
-Bureaucrats are expected to determine consensus in difficult cases and '''be ready to explain their decisions'''. Vote sections and boilerplate questions for candidates can be inserted using <nowiki>{{subst:Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Candidate questions}}</nowiki>. New bureaucrats are recorded at [[Wikipedia:Recently created bureaucrats]]. Failed nominations are at [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrat nominees not promoted]].
+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 archives, <U>''before''</U> 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.
-''Please add new requests at the top of this section immediately below (and again, please update the headers when voting)''
+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]].
+{{em|Please add new requests at the top of the section immediately below this line.}}<noinclude>
+[[Category:Matters related to requests for adminship|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>