Wookieepedia:Requests for adminship

This page is for requests for adminship.

Rules:


 * You may nominate another Wookieepedian (please ensure they accept the nomination first)
 * You cannot nominate yourself.

Voting will last two weeks, at which time, if the vote is affirmative, the nominee will be granted administrator status.

To view past requests, see the RFA archive.

See also Requests for bureaucratship.

Requirements
There are some basic things to consider when nominating a fellow Wookieepedian for adminship.


 * 1) They have an account under a screenname.
 * 2) They have actively contributed for at least six months to the wiki.
 * 3) They are of adult age (18 years or older).
 * 4) They have demonstrated they are willing to take on additional responsibilities to make the community better.
 * 5) They have had at least some major article creations.
 * 6) They have dealings with other users on a regular basis in a fair, restrained, and constructive manner.
 * 7) They have demonstrated an understanding of the community's methods of operation.
 * 8) Registered users' votes must have a 2/3rds supermajority for adminship to be accepted.
 * 9) Administrators' votes must have a 2/3rds supermajority for adminship to be accepted. (Separated from user votes)
 * 10) Bureaucrats' votes must be unanimous for adminship to be accepted.
 * 11) Additionally, the nominee may be asked a series of questions by users. While it is not required to answer them, it is strongly encouraged since it may affect how others decide and vote on the RFA.

Questions
Here are some general adminship questions. They are 100% optional, so feel free to answer all, some, or none of them. :)


 * 1) Why do you want to become an administrator?
 * 2) In your opinion, what is the role of an administrator?
 * 3) In your view, do administrators hold a technical or political position?
 * 4) How do feel admins should use their power/stand in comparison with other users?
 * 5) Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
 * 6) Of your articles or contributions to Wookieepedia, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * 7) What sysop chores do you anticipate helping with?
 * 8) How important is it for you to be involved in things such as CT, IDrive, FA, and other community-centered items that involve discussion and voting?
 * 9) Do you think admins performing actions (I.e. deletions, blocks, etc.) for reasons not covered on policy should be sanctioned/punished? If so, how?
 * 10) What is your policy, if any, of welcoming new users? Should you welcome a new user, do you look at his/her contributions beforehand? What about anonymous IPs?
 * 11) How would you react if someone undeleted an article you'd mistakenly speedied? Under what circumstances would you consider it appropriate to undelete an article mistakenly speedied by another administrator, if any, and how would you approach this task?
 * 12) How would you react if your user page was vandalized? Under what circumstances would you block the offender? Is there anything else that you would do in this situation?
 * 13) Under what circumstances would you consider blocking an established user?
 * 14) If you could change any one thing about Wookieepedia, what would it be?
 * 15) Would you look at a glass to be half-empty or half-full?
 * 16) Do you feel the current blocking policy is too restrictive, not restrictive enough, or OK as it is?
 * 17) Have you ever considered becoming a regular visitor to the Wookieepedia IRC chat?
 * 18) How do you feel about people who already have some influence on other Star Wars communities (TheForce.Net, StarWars.com) trying to change policies here?
 * 19) How many clones do you think fought in the Clone Wars? (Note: You are wrong no matter what answer you give.)
 * 20) Who is the most awesome Jedi of all time? (Note: The only correct answer is Kyle Katarn.)
 * 21) Are you or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?
 * 22) What's more important to you: consensus or policy?
 * 23) Have you had any previous leadership experience (in your community, on the web, etc.)?

Jack Nebulax (3/6/0)
Two week deadline from first request, voting ends 6, Feburary, 2007.

Support

 * 1) -- IG-Prime (IG-2000)[[Image:Arakyd Industries.jpg|17px]] 23:18, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) I see no reason why not. Joker1138 ( Mandalore ) [[Image:MandalorianSymbol.jpg|25px]]
 * 3) Has done much work for this wiki. Bly1993 00:52, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Herbsewell 23:19, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Almost as bad as me getting a nomination for adminship. Almost. -- Redemption [[Image:Redemptionusersymbol.png|20px]] Talk 23:25, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Recent edit wars (e.g. the Galactic Empire grammar war) have confirmed for me he's still not ready. I haven't given up hope that someday he'll be up to the task, but now is not that time. jSarek 23:35, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) I voted support last time, but this doesn't give me a lot of confidence. -- Yoshi  626 [[Image:Yoshiegg.jpg|20px]] 23:46, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) *I believe that edit summary was in answer to your previous "Reverted. Why did you put that there?" question. --  I need a name  ( Complain here ) 23:49, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 6)  I need a name  ( Complain here ) 23:49, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) I sometimes see small improvements in attitude...then see the same things happening over again. Still not ready, in my opinion. &mdash;Jaymach Ral'Tir (talk) 00:33, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments

 * Let's see. Try number 4. Don't go too hard on me. &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Imperial Emblem.png|20px]] 23:19, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd like to point out that he has helped stopped some recent vandals when I've been on IRC. 00:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think anyone doubts his love for the Wiki, the high degree of effort he puts into it, or the zealousness with which he defends it from vandals. Our concerns lie with his obstinacy in disputes, his coarse manner in dealing with them, and other "bad behavior" such as the edit warring I mention above. jSarek 00:27, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Typical. An emphasis on my bad points and not enough focus on my good points. I'm starting to think that the only reason some people are voting against my nomination is because they simply don't want me to be an admin. Feel free to prove me wrong. &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Imperial Emblem.png|20px]] 00:35, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * jSarek already summed up your good points. Though that is not what an admin is needed for. You may be a great contributor but as for your people skills, they are somewhat lacking. And this is coming from someone who has no people skills. If I realize that then it's not that hard for others as well. -- Redemption [[Image:Redemptionusersymbol.png|20px]] Talk 00:45, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * So Kuralyov can be an admin, and not me? Because Kuralyov has banned people in the past for no reason, and he also accused me and another user for his computer getting infected by a virus. Not to mention the page that contained numerous complaints on Kuralyov. Now, if he gets to be an admin, why not me? (No offense, Kuralyov; I'm just trying to prove a point.) And let me say this, people have said I'd abuse my admin powers even before they gave me a chance. Now, not only is that mean, but it's completely unfair. &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Imperial Emblem.png|20px]] 00:49, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * And let me ask everyone this: Do you all honestly think I would screw up being an admin if I were ever to become one? &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Imperial Emblem.png|20px]] 00:53, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Questions
Here are some general adminship questions. They are 100% optional, so feel free to answer all, some, or none of them. :)


 * 1) Why do you want to become an administrator?
 * 2) In your opinion, what is the role of an administrator?
 * 3) In your view, do administrators hold a technical or political position?
 * 4) How do feel admins should use their power/stand in comparison with other users?
 * 5) Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
 * 6) Of your articles or contributions to Wookieepedia, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * 7) What sysop chores do you anticipate helping with?
 * 8) How important is it for you to be involved in things such as CT, IDrive, FA, and other community-centered items that involve discussion and voting?
 * 9) Do you think admins performing actions (I.e. deletions, blocks, etc.) for reasons not covered on policy should be sanctioned/punished? If so, how?
 * 10) What is your policy, if any, of welcoming new users? Should you welcome a new user, do you look at his/her contributions beforehand? What about anonymous IPs?
 * 11) How would you react if someone undeleted an article you'd mistakenly speedied? Under what circumstances would you consider it appropriate to undelete an article mistakenly speedied by another administrator, if any, and how would you approach this task?
 * 12) How would you react if your user page was vandalized? Under what circumstances would you block the offender? Is there anything else that you would do in this situation?
 * 13) Under what circumstances would you consider blocking an established user?
 * 14) If you could change any one thing about Wookieepedia, what would it be?
 * 15) Would you look at a glass to be half-empty or half-full?
 * 16) Do you feel the current blocking policy is too restrictive, not restrictive enough, or OK as it is?
 * 17) Have you ever considered becoming a regular visitor to the Wookieepedia IRC chat?
 * 18) How do you feel about people who already have some influence on other Star Wars communities (TheForce.Net, StarWars.com) trying to change policies here?
 * 19) How many clones do you think fought in the Clone Wars? (Note: You are wrong no matter what answer you give.)
 * 20) Who is the most awesome Jedi of all time? (Note: The only correct answer is Kyle Katarn.)
 * 21) Are you or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?
 * 22) What's more important to you: consensus or policy?
 * 23) Have you had any previous leadership experience (in your community, on the web, etc.)?