Star Wars Fanon:Requests for adminship/Archive/Nacen

The following is an archive of Nacen's successful request for admininstrative rights, from July 25, 2009 to August 8, 2009.

Support

 * 1) Nacen has done a ton of work around the wiki in the past few months. He makes hundreds of edits almost every day, cleaning up articles, welcoming new users, etc. If you're not convinced, just take a look at his contributions - it's easy to see that he is a prime candidate for adminship. - Joe   (talk) 12:59, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) Absolutely. Nacen pours through random articles all the time, but takes the time on each one to make every improvement possible. He's even gone through spelling errors on articles I've already double-proofread! With over 7,000 edits, he's made twice as many mainspace edits as I have in the years that I've been here. With the will to do a big job, the care to do a good job, and the fact that he has succeeded at both, Nacen does seem to have all the material of an administrator. Like a Jedi, Nacen has been thorough, modest, and dispassionate (meaning neutral/fair, not apathetic), without sacrificing efficiency. Nacen also seems patient and willing to help other users, and is not too proud to admit his mistakes. With a recent spout of vandalism and the mass deletion, it would be good to have a new admin to help out with the jobs only admins can do. From Nacen's performance, I fully trust his discretion and judgment in all matters an admin can solve. I give Nacen my full support, even if I'm still going to ask a lot of questions. --C3PO the Dragon Slayer 6,000,000 forms of communication[[Image:Sabersmilyc3po.jpg|25px]] 13:42, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) --JediCommando (Talk) 13:59, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 4) Absolutely yes. Per Joe and C3PO. Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 14:18, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 5) Aye. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 14:24, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 6) I can find no reason at all to oppose, as he is a good user that has my respect. --Wylindsig.png (Conference Room)  16:06, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, hell yeah. Unit 8311 [[Image:1110 Big small.jpg|20px]] Talk!  16:19, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) Yes!–Victor Squishy Vic.png (talk page ) 07:05, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) He's done enough to earn my vote.-- Josh Bender Talk 08:56, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) I don’t subscribe to the idea that administrators should help fix bad articles before deleting them. If an article is bad, I call a spade a spade and blast it if the user has been given ample time to fix it. If it’s REALLY bad, I’ll just delete it on the spot. That said, I can still support Nacen. I just want to mention to 3PO, though, that one of the important duties in dealing with the recent spout of vandalism, which is from the same person over and over, can only be performed by a bureaucrat, and we have a bot that will be deleting all of the articles in the mass deletion for us. - Brandon Rhea Rebel symbol Blue.png (talk) 17:02, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Comments
Questions for Nacen/comments can be posted here. - Joe   (talk) 12:59, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

What an editing history! It's over 9000!!! --C3PO the Dragon Slayer 6,000,000 forms of communication 14:10, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
 * How long does this nom have to stay up before it's successful? - Joe   (talk) 17:54, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * At least two weeks. - Brandon Rhea Rebel symbol Blue.png (talk) 17:59, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Questions

 * 1) What process do you go through to decide if an article should be deleted? --C3PO the Dragon Slayer 6,000,000 forms of communication[[Image:Sabersmilyc3po.jpg|25px]]
 * 2) *Determine whether the article has been created for disruptive purposes or contains completely inappropriate material (in which case it should be deleted immediately), whether it has only a few minor errors that can be fixed then and there, or whether it does not adhere to manual of style and has several major issues that need to be fixed by the author. If it has major issues, then the appropriate templates should be placed on the article (CleanUp, Fanonify, Tense, Intro, etc.) and the user should be informed to read through the manual of style and layout guide to help them fix the indicated issues. If the author has not made an effort to fix the article within a reasonable amount of time (like a week), then the article should be deleted and the author should be told to make sure that they correctly follow the article guidelines in the future. - Nacen (Talk)
 * 3) If you were to redesign the Hello template, what, if anything, would you change about it? --C3PO the Dragon Slayer 6,000,000 forms of communication[[Image:Sabersmilyc3po.jpg|25px]]
 * 4) *Nothing, really. The most important thing is that it directs the user’s attention to the “core” policies of the site, such as the manual of style, the image policy, the editing policy and the categorization policy. Obviously all the policies are important in their own way, but I think that those are the main ones that most new users will need to be familiar with before they start making their first edits. - Nacen (Talk)
 * 5) If you disagree with an admin's decision, would you trust that admin's judgment, contact the admin and call the issue to attention, or try to fix it yourself? --C3PO the Dragon Slayer 6,000,000 forms of communication[[Image:Sabersmilyc3po.jpg|25px]]
 * 6) *Depending on the circumstances, I would either trust the admin or contact them about the issue. I think it would be far better to talk with the admin about their decision rather than to simply try and fix it myself. I would imagine that simply fixing it without consulting the admin could lead to an unneeded dispute. - Nacen (Talk)
 * 7) How much time do you normally spend on Star Wars Fanon in a day?
 * 8) *Around 5 hours, sometimes more. - Nacen (Talk)
 * 9) What is the role of an administrator? --C3PO the Dragon Slayer 6,000,000 forms of communication[[Image:Sabersmilyc3po.jpg|25px]]
 * 10) *To use their privileges fairly and sensibly to provide support when dealing with issues that regular users cannot deal with themselves. - Nacen (Talk)
 * 11) What administrative tools do you anticipate being most important? (Protection, deletion, restoration, blocking, having the final say in disputes an policy violations, etc.) --C3PO the Dragon Slayer 6,000,000 forms of communication[[Image:Sabersmilyc3po.jpg|25px]]
 * 12) *I would say that deletion and blocking are the two most important tools. They simply have to be done in order to get the point across to the user so that they correctly follow the site’s policies. From what I’ve seen, they’re two of the main things that users tend to get upset about. Because of this, an admin needs to be able to make good judgement whenever they block a user or delete an article so that they can firmly state to the user exactly why they did it without making it seem like some sort of personal issue. - Nacen (Talk)
 * 13) When should a user be blocked from editing? Is the blocking policy lenient, restrictive, or just right in your opinion? --C3PO the Dragon Slayer 6,000,000 forms of communication[[Image:Sabersmilyc3po.jpg|25px]]
 * 14) *A user should be blocked when they continually violate a policy despite having been warned about it in the past. There are some cases in which users should be blocked without a warning, such as when they make personal attacks or conduct flagrant vandalism. As for the blocking policy, it seems just about right to me. - Nacen (Talk)
 * 15) What is the difference between a poorly-written stub and an article that should be put up for a vote for deletion? --C3PO the Dragon Slayer 6,000,000 forms of communication[[Image:Sabersmilyc3po.jpg|25px]]
 * 16) *A poorly-written stub would contain minor errors to do with things such as grammar, spelling and wrong tense that can usually be fixed immediately with little or no fuss. An article should be voted for deletion if it is longer than a stub and contains several major errors that have not been corrected within a reasonable amount of time, particularly if the author has not actually made an effort to correct the issues during that time. - Nacen (Talk)
 * 17) What is the difference between an article that should be put up for a vote for deletion and an article for immediate deletion? --C3PO the Dragon Slayer 6,000,000 forms of communication[[Image:Sabersmilyc3po.jpg|25px]]
 * 18) *Any article that is made purely for disruptive purposes or contains material that is completely inappropriate should be deleted immediately. Voting for deletion should be considered when an article does not adhere to the manual of style and contains a number of major issues that have not been fixed within a reasonable amount of time. - Nacen (Talk)
 * 19) Should admins try to fix bad articles before deleting them? --C3PO the Dragon Slayer 6,000,000 forms of communication[[Image:Sabersmilyc3po.jpg|25px]]
 * 20) *Yes. If the article contains only minor errors, then admins and regular users should simply fix the issues then and there. If the article contains several major issues and does not adhere to the manual of style, they should try to fix at least some of the errors without violating the editing policy, place the appropriate cleanup templates on the article and inform the author of what needs to be done to correct the issues. Deletion should be considered if the article has not been fixed and if the author has made little or no effort to clean it up. - Nacen (Talk)
 * 21) Should normal users try to fix other people's bad articles? --C3PO the Dragon Slayer 6,000,000 forms of communication[[Image:Sabersmilyc3po.jpg|25px]]
 * 22) *Yes. As I mentioned before, minor issues should be fixed by other users immediately with no fuss. Users should try to assist in fixing articles with major issues, though it should really be up to the author to read through the manual of style and determine what exactly is wrong with their article so that they know how to fix the issues and, most importantly, how to properly follow the article guidelines in the future. - Nacen (Talk)
 * 23) How many clones fought in the Clone Wars? --C3PO the Dragon Slayer 6,000,000 forms of communication[[Image:Sabersmilyc3po.jpg|25px]]
 * 24) *lulz. - Joe   (talk) 14:12, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 25) **Loads. - Nacen (Talk)