After discussion of voting on discussions moderator applications in this :forum fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Discussions_moderator_requests
a consensus has been made on all future user rights requests, including discussions moderators. Applying the existing wiki policies, all user rights request will be held in the wiki proposals and applications forum on the main wiki. Any user who wishes to vote on a user rights request or policy vote will be required to place their own vote in the forum itself. An announcement topic will be opened here in discussions for each vote and votes cast in discussions proper will not be valid. Since we understand that user rights requests are very important, we hope to minimize the effort required for discussions user to vote. I will explicitly detail the steps needed to log in to the wiki and vote on a request.
First, to be eligible to vote on a proposal or rights request, you must have made either one wiki edit, or discussions post, PRIOR to the start of the vote. Any votes made by user who establishes an account after the start of the vote will be struck.
Second, the steps to log in to the wiki, navigate to the forum and make the edit to vote, are as follows:
1. Open an internet browser on your device. This can be from any mobile device or desktop computer.
2. If you do not readily have the Nukapedia website url handy, simply search for "fallout wiki" with the browser search function and click the fallout.wikia.com link.
3. You will land on the wiki home page. Log in with your account credentials. On some mobile and all desktop browsers, you should see our navigation menu displayed directly under the main banner at the top of the page. Open the drop down menu titled "Community" then select "Forum" then select "Wiki proposals and applications". On some mobile devices you will get the mobile version of the site and have to navigate to the bottom of the page and open the navigation menu there. The same pathway, Community>Forum>Wiki proposals and applications. You may also be able to click the link provided in the announcement topic here in discussions that will take you directly to the forum, but this does not always work.
4. Either method will land you on the main wiki proposals and applications forum. Select the forum for the rights request or proposal you wish to vote on. This will open the actual forum page itself.
5. Read the request. The request will explain in detail what you'll be voting on.
6. Scroll down to the Votes section. There will be three sections titled "Yes", "No" and "Neutral". Next to those section titles will be a link to click titled "edit". Click that to open the editor.
7. Place your vote on a new line with one of the following strings of text. You can copy/paste from here or from the hidden text in the forum:
To vote yes, type: #{{yes}} ~~~~
To vote no, type: #{{no}} ~~~~
To vote neutral, type: #{{neutral}} ~~~~
The words in the brackets are templates that will display an icon representing your vote. The ~~~~ will automatically add your signature to the page, including your username and a link to your user talkpage. If you desire, you may explain your vote by typing a message between the two.
8. Find and click the green button labeled "Publish" to add your vote to the page.
9. The page will then load anew with your vote included. If for some reason someone else is trying to vote at the exact same time, you may get a notice of an edit conflict. Simply back out and try again.
All users must place their own votes in the forum. You can not add votes for someone else and you may not change or tamper with anyone else's votes. Again, votes left in the discussions topic announcing the request will not be transferred over to the wiki. You will be asked to make the vote there.
Votes usually last for 7 days. Votes cast after the poll has ended will not count. Come back after the vote and see the result. There will be a section on the page titled "Comments" where you may ask anything pertinent of the vote or the user requesting rights. Feel free to make comments or ask questions at any time and check back for answers.
I will place a link to this topic in the discussions guidelines for future reference and a link will be placed on each rights request announcement topic here in discussions. If any of this is unclear, fell free to ask questions in this topic, it will remain open to field those.
