:No. You get promoted whenever a bureaucrat feels like it. Sometimes, the ominous "Panel" appoints somebody to be a sysop, but often enough, it's seemingly random. Just today, somebody was made sysop without any discussion. The new sysop and even Andy, the site's founder, were caught by surprise. --[[User:Sid 3050|Sid 3050]] 20:45, 6 April 2007 (EDT) | :No. You get promoted whenever a bureaucrat feels like it. Sometimes, the ominous "Panel" appoints somebody to be a sysop, but often enough, it's seemingly random. Just today, somebody was made sysop without any discussion. The new sysop and even Andy, the site's founder, were caught by surprise. --[[User:Sid 3050|Sid 3050]] 20:45, 6 April 2007 (EDT) |