Star Wars Fanon:User of the Month/Archive/September 2010

This is an archive of the votes cast for the User of the Month for September 2010. The winner was Jedimasterfiolli.

Support (8)

 * 1) Fiolli is one of those less-visible, unsung heroes on Star Wars Fanon—though he’s far too modest to want me to say that. He doesn’t have a major presence or heavy amount of activity on Star Wars Fanon like other Users of the Month have, but in this case I cite quality, not quantity. A well known and respected user on the Wook, Fiolli first became active on SWF in early 2009. He’s written a number of articles on SWF, and he’s published an entire novel here as well&mdash;no small feat on a wiki whose users typically only write fanon articles. I first noticed his commitment to the wiki in August 2009, when he wrote this. It was a very well written opinion about the current state of the wiki at the time and how community wasn’t really pushed, but rather article policies were the main push on the wiki (at the time, the prevailing opinion was that community activity = commitment to upholding the Manual of Style). I was pretty shocked at how he seemed concerned about the possibility of being banned over posting his opinion, and that really got me thinking. If someone like Fiolli could think that, what about new users on the wiki whose first Wikia experience may be Star Wars Fanon? I could only imagine what they would be thinking. That prompted a change in mindset for me, and it led to a number of wiki reforms I proposed&mdash;among them the establishment of FanonProject for more community article writing, re-designing all of the forums to make them more user-friendly, a redesign of the Welcome template, the abolishing of the categorization policy, and many others. Most importantly, it allowed me to help strike a more user-friendly tone when I talk to users, and I think that’s helped, especially since I think I used to scare people off with the way I came across. Since then, Fiolli has participated in a number of community discussions and has been a good source of help on the wiki. Like I said, the quantity of his edits may not be as high as most UOTM nominees, but the quality rivals them all, at least to me since Fiolli was the catalyst for a number of things I’ve done on the wiki in the past year. That user friendly tone also helped me become a Wikia Helper. I think it’s time that Fiolli gets the recognition he deserves. - Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg (talk) 06:05, August 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Here here! -- D.W. (talk)(Glorior) 07:07, August 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Fi Fie Fo Fum... 07:52, August 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) So he's to blame for all this? -- Josh Bender Talk 18:41, August 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) *Yes. You can all stop sending me hate mail now! - Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg (talk) 01:08, August 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) Per above. ;) - Solus Talk to the Hand  00:17, August 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) Because how can one refuse a ginormous paragraph?  Trak Nar  Ramble on 04:33, August 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) He joins a long list of illustrious and legendary users...Welcome to the club, we have free drinks and toilet paper made of Benjamins.- I'm the Chosen One So the Prophecy says... 21:08, August 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) He joins a long list of illustrious and legendary users...Welcome to the club, we have free drinks and toilet paper made of Benjamins.- I'm the Chosen One So the Prophecy says... 21:08, August 30, 2010 (UTC)

Comments

 * Thank you, I am very honored to accept the nomination. &mdash; Fiolli  {Alpheridies University ComNet} 01:06, August 18, 2010 (UTC)