Thread:JCM/@comment-10202448-20130327173748/@comment-1762932-20130327205114

In order to become an admin, a bureaucrat has to give you admin rights. In order for that to happen, the person in question has to fit the standards necessary to become an admin. Having over 200 edits for example.

(That said, I should probably check the Requests For Adminship page to see if it's still deleted. It's about time it was brought back up.)