Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-26422020-20150816095146/@comment-24059897-20150816161631

Bdj610 wrote: When the time comes that we will need new admins, there will probably be a nominating process where the members can pick who they think would make a good admin and then once the ballot is created people can vote. Only the bureaucrat of this wiki (which at this point is the highest ranking person on the staff) can change a member to an admin.

I am the first person to receive a special promotion to becoming a full admin without nominations. If a user proves themselves to everybody else, this happen to them too. However, keep in mind that becoming an admin through nominations is by far easier.