Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-1207741-20150627155515/@comment-1783334-20150703012411

Dantman wrote: Cloudtheavenger wrote: Well Super, since Dantman isn't very active on the wikia and he is the sole bureaucrat (last I checked), that usually means the next rank (I am assuming sysops) should act like the bureaucrat. Besides it probably works out best that way since Dantman doesn't let others have Bureaucrat ranking and is inactive a lot, it's probably best to have a bunch of sysops acting as a bureaucrat so you can check and balance each other.

The only thing a bureaucrat is needed for is promoting/demoting users after community consensus for it has been gathered. The notifications/messages I get and respond to are enough for that.

More sysops wouldn't be an improvement, ops don't balance each other out. All we would have is a number of new sysops that aren't as suited to it and are even more likely to misuse their tools or behave unfitting of a sysop. Like you, I'm not good with wording my thoughts properly either. So let me rephrase. They obviously have to earn the tools, prove themselves capable of running the wikia is a non-abusive way. So it is a big responsibility. When I said a bunch I meant 3-4 (capable) at least so they can discuss when one has gone a bit too far in using their sysop power. And if they go too far, we have you handle the situation.