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They can also be held for resysop requests if there is a doubt concerning the suitability for restoration of admin permissions. </p><p>Bureaucrat discussions should not be confused with the regular discussions, involving bureaucrats, at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard">bureaucrats' noticeboard</a> and on other pages. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Purpose" data-mw-thread-id="h-Purpose"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Purpose"></span>Purpose<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Purpose"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrat_discussion&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Purpose"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bureaucrat discussions are only held when a bureaucrat is unsure whether consensus has been reached in an RFA or RFB. Typically, these are borderline cases, or ones in which unusual circumstances apply. </p><p>Before restoring the administrator flag, a bureaucrat should be reasonably convinced that the user has returned to activity or intends to return to activity as an editor. Should there be doubt concerning the suitability for restoration of admin permissions, the restoration shall be delayed until sufficient discussion has occurred and a consensus established through a bureaucrat chat.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Holding a bureaucrat discussion ensures that the decision making process in such cases is transparent. However, as bureaucrat discussions delay a decision and can take considerable time on the part of bureaucrats, they are used only as a last resort, after measures such as extending the RFA or RFB have been considered. They are not used for all controversial cases; if the closing bureaucrat can determine consensus alone, there is no need for a bureaucrat discussion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Process" data-mw-thread-id="h-Process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Process"></span>Process<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Process"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrat_discussion&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A bureaucrat discussion is started by one bureaucrat placing an RFA or RFB on hold. This ends the discussion on the RFA or RFB and prevents any more comments in support or opposition being added. </p><p>The bureaucrat then creates a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">subpage</a> of the RFA or RFB's page, on which to hold the bureaucrat discussion. They start a discussion by giving an explanation of why they feel unable to determine consensus, and highlight some areas which the discussion may need to address. The discussion is linked from the RFA or RFB. Finally, the bureaucrat informs other active bureaucrats of the discussion, both on their user <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats/Message_list" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats/Message list">talk pages</a> and on the bureaucrats' noticeboard. </p><p>To keep the discussion focused, it is open only to bureaucrats (other editors may comment on the associated talk page). Bureaucrats who have taken a position on the RFA or RFB itself are expected to state this and recuse themselves from the discussion. The talk page of the bureaucrat discussion is available for all users to comment on the ongoing discussion, and bureaucrats will often respond directly to comments made there. </p><p>Past experience has shown that bureaucrat discussions usually work best when they operate over a short time frame. Once several bureaucrats have participated, if agreement arises, the RFA or RFB is closed as usual. If no agreement among the bureaucrats emerges after one to two days, a common proposal will be to close the RFA or RFB as "no consensus", given that as a group, the bureaucrats cannot determine consensus. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Previous_bureaucrat_discussions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Previous_bureaucrat_discussions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Previous_bureaucrat_discussions"></span>Previous bureaucrat discussions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Previous_bureaucrat_discussions"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrat_discussion&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Previous bureaucrat discussions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Discussion </th> <th>Type </th> <th data-sort-type="date">Date </th> <th>Duration in hours </th> <th>Percent support </th> <th>Outcome </th> <th>Initiated by </th> <th>Closed by </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Danny/Bureaucrat_chat" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Danny/Bureaucrat chat">Danny</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>April 9, 2007 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>68.4% </td> <td>Successful </td> <td>Taxman </td> <td>Rdsmith4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Gracenotes/Bureaucrat_chat" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Gracenotes/Bureaucrat chat">Gracenotes</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>May 31, 2007 </td> <td>134 </td> <td>73.9% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>Cecropia </td> <td>Cecropia </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard/Archive_8#Bureaucrat_discussion:_Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Cobi" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard/Archive 8">Cobi</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>October 10, 2007 </td> <td>17 </td> <td>69.7% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>Deskana </td> <td>Cecropia </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard/Archive_8#Bureaucrat_chat-_Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Remember_the_dot" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard/Archive 8">Remember the dot</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>October 28, 2007 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>73.8% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>Deskana </td> <td>Deskana </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_bureaucratship/Riana/Bureaucrat_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Riana/Bureaucrat discussion">Riana</a> </td> <td>RfB </td> <td>March 6, 2008 </td> <td>60 </td> <td>85.9% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>WJBscribe </td> <td>WJBscribe </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_bureaucratship/Avraham_2/Bureaucrat_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Avraham 2/Bureaucrat discussion">Avraham 2</a> </td> <td>RfB </td> <td>May 12, 2008 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>82.3% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>Kingturtle </td> <td>Taxman </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Kww_3/Bureaucrat_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Kww 3/Bureaucrat discussion">Kww 3</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>October 17, 2009 </td> <td>44 </td> <td>68.7% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>WJBscribe </td> <td>Andrevan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_bureaucratship/Nihonjoe_4/Bureaucrat_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Nihonjoe 4/Bureaucrat discussion">Nihonjoe 4</a> </td> <td>RfB </td> <td>November 25, 2009 </td> <td>82 </td> <td>82.7% </td> <td>Successful </td> <td>Avraham </td> <td>EVula </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_bureaucratship/Juliancolton_2/Bureaucrat_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Juliancolton 2/Bureaucrat discussion">Juliancolton 2</a> </td> <td>RfB </td> <td>January 2, 2010 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>82.0% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>Nihonjoe </td> <td>Nihonjoe </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Lear%27s_Fool/Bureaucrat_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Lear's Fool/Bureaucrat discussion">Lear's Fool</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>January 9, 2011 </td> <td>47 </td> <td>75.4% </td> <td>Successful </td> <td>X! </td> <td>EVula </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Mlpearc/Bureaucrat_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Mlpearc/Bureaucrat discussion">Mlpearc</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>August 11, 2012 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>73.2% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>Pakaran </td> <td>Pakaran </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Salvidrim/Bureaucrat_discussion" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Salvidrim/Bureaucrat discussion">Salvidrim</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>January 13, 2013 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>76.4% </td> <td>Successful </td> <td>Avraham </td> <td>Avraham </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Trappist_the_monk/Bureaucrat_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Trappist the monk/Bureaucrat discussion">Trappist the monk</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>September 16, 2013 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>71.1% </td> <td>Successful </td> <td>WJBscribe </td> <td>WJBscribe </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Lugia2453/Bureaucrat_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Lugia2453/Bureaucrat discussion">Lugia2453‎</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>November 4, 2013 </td> <td>36 </td> <td>69.3% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>Wizardman </td> <td>Xeno </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/SarekOfVulcan_3/Bureaucrat_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/SarekOfVulcan 3/Bureaucrat discussion">SarekOfVulcan 3‎</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>January 25, 2014 </td> <td>57 </td> <td>66.1% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>Maxim </td> <td>Xeno </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Mkativerata_2/Bureaucrat_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Mkativerata 2/Bureaucrat discussion">Mkativerata 2</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>August 9, 2014 </td> <td>31 </td> <td>69.6% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>Writ Keeper </td> <td>Xeno </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Rich_Farmbrough_2/Bureaucrat_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Rich Farmbrough 2/Bureaucrat discussion">Rich Farmbrough 2</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>July 5, 2015 </td> <td>27 </td> <td>66.0% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>Maxim </td> <td>WJBscribe </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Cyberpower678/Bureaucrat_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cyberpower678/Bureaucrat discussion">Cyberpower678</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>July 10, 2015 </td> <td>31 </td> <td>73.8% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>WJBscribe </td> <td>WJBscribe </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Liz/Bureaucrat_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Liz/Bureaucrat discussion">Liz</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>August 4, 2015 </td> <td>37 </td> <td>73.5% </td> <td>Successful </td> <td>WJBscribe </td> <td>Maxim </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Hawkeye7_2/Bureaucrat_chat" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2/Bureaucrat chat">Hawkeye7 2</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>February 1, 2016 </td> <td>27 </td> <td>66.8% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>Avraham </td> <td>Nihonjoe </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Godsy/Bureaucrat_chat" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy/Bureaucrat chat">Godsy</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>December 5, 2016 </td> <td>36 </td> <td>68.0% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>WJBscribe </td> <td>Xeno </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/GoldenRing/Bureaucrat_chat" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/GoldenRing/Bureaucrat chat">GoldenRing</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>April 7, 2017 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>66.9% </td> <td>Successful </td> <td>WJBscribe </td> <td>Maxim </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Jbhunley/Bureaucrat_chat" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Jbhunley/Bureaucrat chat">Jbhunley</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>August 7, 2018 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>69.5% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>Xaosflux </td> <td>Xeno </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat_chat" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat">RexxS</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>April 8, 2019 </td> <td>60 </td> <td>64.1% </td> <td>Successful </td> <td>Maxim </td> <td>Dweller </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Floquenbeam_2/Bureaucrat_chat" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Floquenbeam 2/Bureaucrat chat">Floquenbeam 2</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>July 29, 2019 </td> <td>92 </td> <td>73.7% </td> <td>Successful </td> <td>Primefac </td> <td>Primefac </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Money_emoji/Bureaucrat_chat" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Money emoji/Bureaucrat chat">Money emoji</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>February 18, 2020 </td> <td>107 </td> <td>69.9% </td> <td>Successful </td> <td>Primefac </td> <td>Primefac </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Tamzin/Bureaucrat_chat" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Tamzin/Bureaucrat chat">Tamzin</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>May 2, 2022 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>75.3% </td> <td>Successful </td> <td>Maxim </td> <td>Useight </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/ScottishFinnishRadish/Bureaucrat_chat" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/ScottishFinnishRadish/Bureaucrat chat">ScottishFinnishRadish</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>September 20, 2022 </td> <td>44 </td> <td>71.8% </td> <td>Successful </td> <td>Acalamari </td> <td>Xaosflux </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/MB/Bureaucrat_chat" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/MB/Bureaucrat chat">MB</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>January 8, 2023 </td> <td>28 </td> <td>68.4% </td> <td>No consensus </td> <td>Primefac </td> <td>Primefac </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Pppery/Bureaucrat_chat" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Pppery/Bureaucrat chat">Pppery</a> </td> <td>RfA </td> <td>August 7, 2023 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>73.3% </td> <td>Successful </td> <td>Maxim </td> <td>Primefac </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Non-standard chats</dt> <dd>In July 2018, a non-standard 'crat chat formed regarding a <a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/850056728" title="Special:PermanentLink/850056728">resysop request</a>, running for about 70 hours before closing successfully.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Analysis" data-mw-thread-id="h-Analysis"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Analysis"></span>Analysis<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Analysis"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrat_discussion&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Last updated 24 October 2024</div> <p>RfA's discretionary range has been set from 65% to 75% since 2016, and was <i>de facto</i> 70% to 75% before that.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>3 bureaucrat discussions have been held for RfAs below this range. <ul><li>2<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ended in promotion.</li> <li>1<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> found no consensus.</li></ul></li> <li>20 have been held for RfAs within this range. <ul><li>7<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ended in promotion.</li> <li>13<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> found no consensus.</li></ul></li> <li>3<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have been held for RfAs that were above the range. All ended in promotion.</li></ul> <p>The lowest passing percentages are 64.1% post-2016<sup id="cite_ref-RexxS_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RexxS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 68.4% pre-2016.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highest failing percentage is 73.9%<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>RfB had a discretionary range of 85% to 90% until 2010, when it was modified to a passing mark of "somewhere around 85%".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All four RfB bureaucrat discussions happened before that change: </p> <ul><li>3 were for RfBs below the range. <ul><li>1<sup id="cite_ref-Nihonjoe4_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nihonjoe4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> resulted in promotion.</li> <li>2<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> found no consensus.</li></ul></li> <li>1<sup id="cite_ref-Riana_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Riana-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was within the range. It had no consensus.</li></ul> <p>The lowest passing percentage is 82.7%.<sup id="cite_ref-Nihonjoe4_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nihonjoe4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highest failing percentage is 85.9%.<sup id="cite_ref-Riana_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Riana-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Twelve administrators and one bureaucrat have been promoted as the result of a bureaucrat discussion. </p> <ul><li>5 admins<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> remain admins.</li> <li>3 admins<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> resigned uncontroversially.</li> <li>2 admins<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were desysopped for inactivity.</li> <li>1 admin<sup id="cite_ref-RexxS_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RexxS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1 bureaucrat<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> had their tools removed for cause.</li> <li>1 admin<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> resigned <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Under_a_cloud" title="Wikipedia:Under a cloud">while facing desysop</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Notes_and_references" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notes_and_references"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notes_and_references"></span>Notes and references<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notes_and_references"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrat_discussion&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes and references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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election reform/Phase II/RfC">Wikipedia:2015 administrator election reform/Phase II/RfC</a>, closed December 30, 2015</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">RexxS, Danny</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">SarekOfVulcan 3</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">GoldenRing, Money emoji, Trappist the monk, ScottishFinnishRadish, Pppery, Liz, Floquenbeam 2</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rich Farmbrough 2, Hawkeye7 2, Godsy, MB, Kww 3, Lugia2453, Jbhunley, Mkativerata 2, Cobi, Mlpearc, Remember the dot, Cyberpower678, Gracenotes</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lear's Fool, Tamzin, Salvidrim</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RexxS-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RexxS_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RexxS_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">RexxS</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Danny</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gracenotes</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/300139164/334865216" title="Special:Diff/300139164/334865216">December 30, 2009, edit</a> as implementation of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/RfB_bar" title="Wikipedia:Requests for 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