User blog comment:Golurk 88/Wiki Idea: Badges, Tournaments and Community/@comment-38381636-20190210165610/@comment-34819558-20190211174759

Well, if an admin promotes you then that’s it, you are now a trainee/mod/admin etc and you get the corresponding badge.

However, the admin will only promote you if they think you are reasonable etc, active, responsible etc (I’m trying not to brag). If there are 2 or more admins then usually they will check with each other out of courtesy. And if there is a bureaucrat then they will check with them as well.

However, that idea is now dead :( but I’ve come up with 2 alternatives.