Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5691231-20130814205004/@comment-4060139-20130814232526

I don't really mind having a second bureaucrat - there's not much difference between them and admins, anyway - but from what I'm reading, the problem isn't lack of buros; it's lack of discussion. All of this can easily be fixed by just discussing those changes before enacting them. All changes should be discussed by the community (or at least amongst the admins), but special attention should go to:

For these things, discussion on an open forum or blog post by the community should be required before they are enacted (some wikis have special pages for voting on admins and stuff). I guess in a few extreme situations, where time is of the essence, discussion can be bypassed temporarily (like that one time we gave DarPower admin when MangoCat got haxed or something IIRC), but long term changes should always be discussed.
 * The promotion/demotion of buros, admins, patrollers, chat mods, etc.
 * Major changes like adding/removing comments, the forum, chat, etc.

And smaller issues can just be discussed in chat before enactment, I guess. I prefer forums for the bigger things, since the discussion lasts longer that way, more people see it, participants are given more time to formulate their response, and a record is kept of the discussion.

...If my wall of text makes any sense....