Requests for Comment/Change to Steward Policies

Steward appointment policy changes
Hi all! I'm GFN. I wanted to propose this RfC today to make it easier (since there's not that much community involvement on Miraheze stewardship appointments at this state) to lax the Steward appointments so Stewards can appoint another steward if there is a clear need for this to happen. Here's how I propose we go about this:


 * Current volunteers (of any shape or form; i.e the people see on this page) can vote in a maximum of 2 stewards per time of need, for a community imposed time length. This means temporary stewardships as well as permanent (unless removed by vote of no-confidence per current policy) would both be possible; however, this can only be possible in a time where both of the folowing criterion apply: There's not enough stewards to get things done in a timely manner; there's not a high enough amount of active Request for Stewardship contributors (voters); and/or a high enough success-rate to get stewards appointed via RfS.


 * Appointments would have to be approved by the majority of helpful people--no exceptions.


 * The second option, of course, is to not implement these changes.

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. Worried about how this could be used by a certain person. LulzKiller (talk) 17:37, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Please don't name shame but I'm curious as to what you mean as I believe based on the policy and your comment you're implying a current steward or a majority of the people on Miraheze Volunteers would abuse this. Might be true but I think checks would be implemented. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 17:41, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not talking about current staff. LulzKiller (talk) 17:42, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Still not exactly sure what you're implying, sorry. I personally think there always will be / should be some sort of vetting of Stewards, but the appointment policy does seriously need to be evaluated. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 17:44, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

I would be okay with this but the word "volunteer" is too vague. Any user could say they are a volunteer after helping with one feature request. Unless there is a specific criteria for being a "volunteer" anyone can be considered a volunteer so we might as well change it to "user". Reception123 (talk) ( contribs  ) 17:39, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree the term volunteers is vague but keep in mind this isn't a user appointing themselves to Steward. I think the point is to change RfS procedure to be a % of "active users" instead of a fixed 20. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 17:41, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * : I can't emphasize enough the need for changes in Miraheze. The status quo is unsustainable and will eventually lead to further loss of volunteers, community support and future funding due to the apathy felt from those "in control." Please approve or move Calnation (talk) 05:32, 6 March 2017 (UTC)