Thread:Rith4life/@comment-27617554-20170316021815/@comment-28606847-20170316073504

Before I start, I'd like to say this: dedication equals deserving.

This is the third time I have to repeat these exact same words:

Not all staff are deserving of the position that is being elected for. However, some staff work hard, are mature, and are dedicated, and the community recognizes this and promotes them. If there's a user that is more mature, works harder, are even more dedicated, they will definitely be promoted over the other candidate, who was a staff.

Think about it this way:

There is an election being held for the position of content moderator

A staff member has 700 mainspace edits, is dedicated, somewhat mature, and rarely active.

A user has 500 mainspace edits, is dedicated, works very hard, far more mature than that staff member, and is very active.

Obviously, you can see the notable difference: the community will definitely choose the user over that staff member as the user has more traits than that staff member.

The last two elections that we've had... RedstoneDemigod and 707Mithrandir were definitely more deserving, more dedicated, mature, and more experienced for their respective positions. Experience doesn't necessarily reside in a staff member... a lot of times, you can see that 'spark' in a user as well.

If all that didn't convince you enough, then I believe the new rule for the elections that will be implemented in a few days should help.