Bureaucrats

Bureaucrats are a special form of administrator. Where administrators ensure wikis they are on are running smoothly, bureaucrats have a bigger picture scope and responsibility for Qualitipedia as an whole. As such, a bureaucrat holds rights on every QP wiki. They determine consensus for network decisions, handle its technical setup, and also keep the staff structure in order. While administrators should be added/removed with community input, bureaucrats have the power to appoint or demote by discretion if necessary, such as inactivity, a need for basic local management or emergencies.

When needed or for lack of local admins, bureaucrats may also serve as local admins who may be contacted first to address issues if necessary.

Appointment
Over time, bureaucrat has become a smaller group, but with more individual authority. The expectations to become a bureaucrat are considerably high, and the numbers are few on purpose. However, sometimes a new figure is necessary and there is a member who would be trusted enough. In this case, they should open a Request for Comment on this wiki seeking to become a bureaucrat. If a substantial majority is in favor, they will be promoted across each member wiki.

Similarly if a substantial portion of the QP community raise a serious concern with a bureaucrat's conduct or they become entirely unreachable, the same process may be used to remove them. Per the Miraheze Code of Conduct, it is customary for them to resign if they know they cannot dedicate enough time to perform tasks. Should this arrangement become a problem, a Steward may be asked to intervene.

Bureaucrat tasks
Despite being the managers or 'leaders' of Qualitipedia, bureaucrat status is only important as it is needed. They are users, unless they need to perform an administrator task. Administrators, until they need to step in as bureaucrats. Otherwise, they are trusted to exercise discretion and maturity.

They are admins especially when a QP wiki lacks a clear administration. If one is stable, they shouldn't have to do much aside from technical changes or activities on behalf of QP as a whole. However, they are always the administrators of this wiki (Qualitipedia central). If a decision affects more than a pair of wikis, it is their scope to directly oversee - especially through requests for comment and other actions performed on this wiki.

A dispute between bureaucrats should be resolved in private; each bureaucrat is equal, and each should be responsible enough to come to terms. If the community and/or the administration of a wiki disagree with a bureaucrat's actions, the bureaucrat should defer to the community's will. When there is a substantial conflict of interest, a bureaucrat should defer to a peer who is less involved.

More technically, issues local to a wiki should mainly be reported to bureaucrats, as they have the interface needed to troubleshoot and decide if it's an issue that can be solved locally. If not, they can report the problem in full to the appropriate Miraheze volunteers.