Thread:Paul.rea/@comment-26339491-20160212170853/@comment-26339491-20160212201123

You're correct in that this is not quite how it works. If a community votes Yes on demoting a bureaucrat, then Wikia staff will demote that bureaucrat. If they vote Yes only on that there should be a second one, Wikia won't force one upon the community. After all, we can't know the community and its users as well as they themselves do, and we are not the right judges for who would make a good candidate.

Should your community vote Yes in this vote, they may go on to discuss potential candidates and suggest them to you. It is then up to you, to honor your community's wishes and promote the candidate(s) they choose, but Wikia staff won't force you. The other two active admins can weigh in, of course, but ultimately only you have the rights to promote someone.

If you refuse, the community may then choose to have a vote on your demotion, but only if that happens, and if the result is Yes would Wikia staff enforce the community's decision.

It's generally good for a community, once it reaches a certain size and activity, to have a second bureaucrat to share the work and to keep each other accountable, but if the two don't work well together and divide the community into two opposing parties, it can also hurt the community more than it helps.