Voting:Level 5's and Up/Helper Test/Process of Being a Helper

Helper Test/Process of becoming a helper.
So recently, there’s been a lot of confusion over how someone becomes a helper. Previously, people signed up to become helpers with the support of an admin, and there was a helper test which was made to help people improve. However, lots of people believe that the test is in fact necessary to becoming a helper, which isn’t true. There have also been aspersions over the quality and accuracy of the test. So, I have written this proposal to try and establish a clear policy which everyone can adhere to.

1: We leave everything as it is. The test stays the same, people become helpers by signing up

2: The admin team rewrites the test together, with various people checking to ensure that it is fair and accurate. Passing the test will become compulsory to become a helper, with the sponsorship of someone on the admin team.

3: The test is just a formality or a tool, which helps users train to become helpers. On having the test marked, they can sign up/request support from anyone on the admin team to train them up, and the test will be rewritten by the admin team to reflect this.

4: We abolish the test completely. The user base become helpers with the sponsorship of anyone in the admin team, or sign up to become helpers. This would work exactly like the Admin Training Program, where someone in the team helps the regular user with basic helper duties.

5: We could possibly abolish helpers as they have such little power, and let anyone become helpers. However they would have to be level 5 and would work on a strike system, if any helper is deemed to make inappropriate edits, they are given two or three strikes before being demoted.