User:Lost Labyrinth/RfIRCOp draft

IRC Op requests are almost always open on.

Minimum requirements
If you feel that you are a valuable member of the IRC channel and you think you would benefit from channel operator flags, this is where to apply. The minimum requirements are:
 * Fair knowledge of operating an IRC channel.
 * Being highly active in the channel
 * Applying for this should not be the first thing you do after joining IRC for the first time.


 * Understandable, (almost 100%) correct English all the time.
 * If u talk liek dis, ur not rdy 2 bcome IRC op.


 * A record of civil behavior
 * If you're constantly being told not to mess around then you're not ready for this.

Stage 1: Nominating

 * 1) Users may nominate themselves or be nominated by another user for IRC op flags. The nominee then has to accept the nomination before voting can begin.
 * 2) Multiple requests at one time are allowed.
 * 3) Op candidates that are not given any additional privileges are ineligible to be nominated or to nominate themselves for at least a month.

Stage 2: Voting

 * 1) Users may support, be neutral toward, or oppose the nomination. Users must provide a reason behind their position.
 * 2) Users must be active in the IRC channel in order to vote.
 * 3) Everyone's vote counts as one vote. Admins do not hold extra power.
 * 4) A bureaucrat will then determine whether consensus has been reached. This means that IRC op requests require at least a two-thirds support rate to pass. Strength of argument is more important than the number of votes.
 * 5) Admins and bureaucrats may nominate and/or vote on a nomination. However, a bureaucrat who votes on a nomination and later reviews the nomination must review according to the vote result, not their personal opinion of the nominee.
 * 6) Votes may be closed early if it is obvious that consensus against it will not be reached. (e.g. 6+ support and 0 oppose)

What you will do as an IRC chanop

 * Protect the channel from disruptive behavior by warning, quieting, kicking and/or banning disruptive individuals.

What you may not do as an IRC chanop

 * Use your operator privileges to take advantage of users or to control the channel.
 * Ignore the needs and wants of IRC users.
 * Abuse rights by using them incorrectly, for personal reasons or against non-disruptive users.
 * Use the privileges unneccesarily. For example giving out voice to users when the channel isn't muted.

Foo
Bar.
 * Support - yeah. User 1
 * Neutral - Meh. User 2.
 * Oppose - No way! User 3.