Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-4984687-20150326211251/@comment-9062114-20150327141241

You know I think this might work well. I was a user around the time when the applications were around for News Team, Chat & Forum Moderators and The reason it got removed was due to how users kept applying for staff despite not having the skills for it, and would get supported simply because no one in the community actively disliked them, however in our situation we might have better luck especially if we're low on staff.

In addition, this might encourage other users to work harder on the Wiki since they feel like they might get "rewarded" so to speak with a position if they really try and act well. The nomination system was too rigid and the fact that only staff could do most of it, made it kind of undemocratic as well! I think this can work