Requests for Comment/Stewards

Following a proposal from a community member around stewards, this organised request for comment has been designed to act as clarification over the role of stewards and other technical information to ensure stewards are able to complete the role they're given.

This will not deal with wording a policy but rather an agreement of specifics. Proposals are to be designed to get a point across rather than being a word-for-word suggestion. Additional proposals can be added with the assumption the most thoughtfully agreed proposal being the successful one or a combination of successful ones.

Proposal 1
Stewards will work with communities to address issues facing them locally such as disputes, abusive or disruptive behaviour as well as global issues such as disruptive behaviour across multiple wikis. This includes global and local right assignment, use of routine administrator permissions (delete, blocking etc.) on local wikis and in a global sense (locking accounts, renames), checkuser and oversight permissions.

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Proposal 2
Stewards will only focus on global issues affecting multiple communities and the global community to prevent disruptive users and arbitrate global disputes. Stewards will avoid getting involved in issues affecting local communities unless they begin to affect multiple different communities. This includes global right assignments, checkuser and oversight permissions to support global efforts only.

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Proposal 1
Stewards will be appointed by agreement of current stewards after the community have been given time to share their views on prospective candidates. This will mean existing stewards have the final say on future stewards.

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Proposal 2
Stewards will be elected by a community vote where:
 * at least 10 users share their view;
 * there is a support ratio of at least 80%.

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Proposal 3
Stewards will be elected by a community vote where:
 * at least 10 users share their view;
 * there is a support ratio of at least 70%.

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Proposal 4
Stewards will be elected by a community vote where:
 * at least 20 users share their view;
 * there is a support ratio of at least 80%.

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Proposal 5
Stewards will be elected by a community vote where:
 * at least 20 users share their view;
 * there is a support ratio of at least 70%.

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Proposal 1 (Inactivity)
Stewards who do not participate in the community in some form (responding to questions, dealing with issues, administrative tasks on meta as a minimum) for 1 year will be deemed inactive and have their steward rights revoked. For the purpose of community, this include wikis or phabricator.

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Proposal 2 (Inactivity)
Stewards who do not participate in the community in some form (responding to questions, dealing with issues, administrative tasks on meta as a minimum) for 6 months will be deemed inactive and have their steward rights revoked. For the purpose of community, this include wikis or phabricator.

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Proposal 3 (Revocation)
Stewards can have their permission revoked through a vote of no confidence or a request for removal where a vote:
 * receives at least 10 votes;
 * has at least 50% in favour of revoking the rights.

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Proposal 4 (Revocation)
Stewards can have their permission revoked through a vote of no confidence or a request for removal where a vote:
 * receives at least 10 votes;
 * has at least 75% in favour of revoking the rights.

Proposal 5 (Readdition)
A steward can be given the rights back if there are no issues raised by the community in a period of 24 hours and if they were not previously revoked per a vote of no confidence.

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Proposal 6 (Readdition)
Once a steward has their rights revoked for any reason, they must make a successful request satisfy the agreed criteria above in order to regain the rights.

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Proposal 1
Stewards do not serve a limited term. Once granted the rights, they remain permanent until revoked or removed by inactivity or a vote.

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Proposal 2
Stewards serve a term of 1 year. If a steward does not achieve a successful confirmation after one year, the rights will be removed.

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Proposal 3
Stewards serve a term of 2 years. If a steward does not achieved a successful confirmation after two years, the rights will be removed.

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