Star Wars Fanon:User of the Month

User of the Month is an award given to those users who the community believe they deserve it. A good candidate should be helpful in the community, by participating in the community wide editing war by cleaning up articles, categorizing, sourcing images. A good candidate should also be a trustworthy and a welcoming one, who tries to help and guide new users to follow policies, to become active community members. Of course, a good candidate should be an active writer of their own fanon. The reward of User of the Month is held for one month, after a winner is determined.

There are some simple guidelines all users must follow, when nominating and voting for a user.
 * You may nominate as many users as you'd like, however, you may not nominate yourself.
 * You must meet the requirements to the Voting policy to vote. All rules of the voting policy apply here. Also, valid oppositions must be given as to why you don't believe a user should be User of the Month, or else your vote will be voided.
 * Remember, if you have no valid reason to oppose someone, but don't wish to support them, then don't vote at all.
 * You may vote for every nominee, one way or another, but you may not vote for the same nominee twice. You also may not vote for yourself.
 * All former Users of the Week will be eligible to become a User of the Month immediately. Once a user wins User of the Month, the user is not eligible to win User of the Month again until six months have passed since their win.

Nominations will be open throughout each month, but a winner is not determined until the end of each month.

Former winners of the User of the Month award can be found in the archives.

Current standings

 * 1) Michaeldsuarez (6)
 * 2) Aiddat (2)
 * 3) Atarumaster88 (4)
 * 4) Unit 8311 (0)
 * 5) Jasco Ducato (-3)

Support

 * 1) I may not of been around a lot, but Jasca seems active from the recent changes of yesterday:P But I think that the User of the Month is running out of nominees, so I'll throw in Jasca, cause it's been more than 6 months since he won last, and he's been a great help around here for a while.  Tader Talk 12:50, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) I'll support him. He has written a ton of articles, including many former featured articles. He certainly has an impressive career here.  Michaeldsuarez  [[Image:Sabersmilygreend.jpg|20px]] ( Activate Holocron ) 18:48, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Yes. Great user. –  JM ' 76 ' Ask Archives [[Image:Sabersmilyjm76.jpg|18px]] 05:36, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Sorry but you have not done too much lately.  [[Image:AndeLeg.jpg|20px]] Arav  (talk ) 10:19, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) Not really "user of the month" material, as Arav said above me and Brandon below. I believe this opposition is overdue. --Victor [[Image:Vic sig logo.png|15px]] talk 08:48, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Because I've been saying that I'm going to take this a little more seriously and vote based on work throughout the community, then I have to oppose this. Jasca really only keeps to himself on this Wiki while deleting the occasional article or banning the occasional vandal. That's not community work. Again, this is nothing personal. Jasca's cool in my book. - Brandon Rhea (talk) (contribs) 16:25, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) Sorry,
 * 5) *Banned member, struck vote. --Victor [[Image:Vic sig logo.png|15px]] talk 04:16, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 6) Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 00:02, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Comments

 * If he's been it before, no, if not, yes. Scratch that. Well, if no one else other than Drewton comes up, I vote yes. Otherwise, I'm neutral; Trader's right that we're running out of nominees. -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)  (Chow) 13:46, 11 June 2008 (UTC)


 * This isn't really one I can support. It's nothing against Jasca personally or anything, but he just hasn't really done a great deal that's community oriented lately and UOTM awards shouldn't be given to Administrators simply because they're Administrators. - President Brandon Rhea  [[Image:Presidentialseal.gif|27px]] (Pressroom) (Record) 19:34, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Good point. -- Michaeldsuarez [[Image:Sabersmilygreend.jpg|20px]] ( Activate Holocron ) 19:41, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. It would seem, Tader, that no real thought was put into this. Jasco's a great guy, but I'm not going to vote for someone just because there's no one else. [[Image:Darthtomsig.png|163px]] My page iChat What I've done 20:19, 11 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Per Brandon. &mdash;Victor, Sr. «discussion» 23:14, 12 June 2008 (UTC)


 * He is a great guy but he has really done to much lately.--[[Image:AndeLeg.jpg|20px]] Arav (talk ) 08:45, 13 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Per above. Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton Holocron ) 21:09, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Per all. –  JM ' 76 ' Ask Archives [[Image:Sabersmilyjm76.jpg|18px]] 00:59, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Unit is very active in Project Cruentus. He is very friendly, offers help and he is a great writer. --Arav the Undersith  (Contact Me ) (My contributions ) 06:41, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) *After Solus is user of the week, I will vote for you. (Seeing if you help in the community more :)) --Arav the Undersith <font color=Blue>(<font color=#C3B091>Contact Me ) <font color=#00416A>(<font color=#C3B091>My contributions ) 05:58, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Better then the "other one"
 * 4) *Banned member, struck vote. --Victor [[Image:Vic sig logo.png|15px]] talk 04:16, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 21:57, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) As I said, I'm taking things more seriously and judging this on overall community work. Project Cruentus and working on your own GA and FA nominations does not constitute overall community work. I don't feel that Unit deserves this until he becomes more active in the community. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 16:25, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) *I accept your challenge, compadre. Expect to see my name on the community more often. Unit 8311 10:07, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Per Brandon. --Victortalk 06:01, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) *No real reason to oppose. --Victor [[Image:Vic sig logo.png|15px]] talk 04:16, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Comments
Well, this is a nice surprise. Thanks Arav. I will put pre-emptive replies to any objections here: about claims about my critiscm-taking, while I have had one or two incidents of note regarding this, for the most part I reply to critiscm with a pinch of salt or non-aggressively. And while my article quotes are admittedly often sucky, I have recieved much positive feedback for my work, including my earlier articles back when I was a noob. And while I don't mean to sound arrogant, I feel that Cruentus would be in the doldrums without me. Unit 8311 16:11, 3 August 2008 (UTC)


 * This is a tough one. Unit is certainly active on Star Wars Fanon and in Project Cruentus, but is Cruentus enough for UOTM? How much do you, Unit, do to help the overall SWF community? - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 16:30, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, to be absolutely fair, I'm not massively active in community things other than Cruentus. However, I have occasionally participated in GANs, and I'm starting to get more active there lately. Nonetheless, Cruentus has certainly evolved into quite a big thing, and I think that I helped that happen. I've also been quite helpful to users such as Arav and Troyb, and I think I generally have a friendly, positive attitude, even when under fire. But if you think that's not enough, that's fine by me. TBH, I never expected to get this far when I first joined. Unit 8311 16:36, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm certainly not saying you’re not active in terms of things like that. It's just that I want to see UOTM have a bit more distinction in terms of it being handed out to people who help the entire SWF community. For example, although you help Arav and Troyb, I don't see you welcoming and helping new users. You occasionally participate in GANs, but you don’t really do reviews that will help in the improvement of the articles that are nominated. The only time I really see you on the GAN page is when you have your own article nominated. Also, although Cruentus certainly has evolved far more than I ever thought was possible, it's only one small part of the community and I don’t really think that should be a qualification for UOTM unless someone is involved in other facets of the community. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 17:22, 3 August 2008 (UTC) Well, I personally am going to be holding this to a new standard, and if there's a shortage then so be it. I'm not going to vote for someone simply because there is a UOTM shortage. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 17:45, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not denying any of that. However, we do have a UOTM shortage, and in light of that I feel that I'm currently the best eligible nominee. That's all I'm saying. And I have welcomed new users in the past...well, about two, to be fair. Unit 8311 17:43, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Anyone from Wookieepedia would know this users. However, many of his contributions lay outside Wookieepedia, including Star Wars Fanon. Recently, he had recategorized various articles and cleared misnamed categories. Aiddat also created many articles and helped out this wiki when it was starting out. Also, Aiddat was a former User of the Week. -- Michaeldsuarez [[Image:Sabersmilygreend.jpg|20px]] ( Talk ) ( Deeds ) 13:28, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) Indeed. He's been very active lately. Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 13:40, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Comments

 * 1) Though he has been very active recently, I'll have to abstain from voting until I see the rest of his contributions during the coming month. Just because he's active now, doesn't mean he will be for the next month or so, but there is a good chance he will. So for now, I declare neutrality. &mdash;  JM ' 76 ' Ask Archives [[Image:Sabersmilyjm76.jpg|18px]] 01:46, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) Per JM76. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 04:04, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Neutral. --Victor [[Image:Vic sig logo.png|15px]] talk 04:17, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) Neutral. --<font color=#00416A>Arav the Undersith <font color=Blue>(<font color=#C3B091>Contact Me ) <font color=#00416A>(<font color=#C3B091>My contributions ) 08:44, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) Per JM. --[[Image:Darth tom sig.png|100px]] <font color="#000001">(talk) <font color="#000001">(contributions) 19:52, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Micheal votes on almost everything and deleted hundreds of unused images. I'm surprised he hasn't been nominated already. Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 13:13, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) When the sentence that Michael quoted below was written, it was meant to be interpreted literally. You should not nominate an Administrator for this award just because they are an Administrator, because that does not mean they're actually deserving. The UOTM nomination of Jasca Ducato (see above) is a perfect example of this. He's an Administrator, sure, but he's not really qualified for this because, before he left, he really wasn't at all active in anything relating to the community. Michael, however, is. Even before he became an Administrator he was fixing categories, tagging articles for deletion/intro/lack of category/etc. and doing technical related things. Now that he has Administrative powers he's able to do more, yes, but that doesn't mean he would just be getting this award simply because he's an Administrator. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 16:23, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Definitely yes. --Victor [[Image:Vic sig logo.png|15px]] talk 16:49, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) This was was a huge toss up between MSD and Aiddat and as all of you can see, I choose MSD. --<font color=#00416A>Arav the Undersith <font color=Blue>(<font color=#C3B091>Contact Me ) <font color=#00416A>(<font color=#C3B091>My contributions ) 23:14, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) --  CurrentBigThing  ( Speak ) 23:31, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 6) Mattkenn3 (Talk) 00:01, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 7) --[[Image:Darth tom sig.png|100px]] <font color="#000001">(talk) <font color="#000001">(contributions) 19:52, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Comments

 * "UOTM awards shouldn't be given to Administrators simply because they're Administrators."

- Brandon Rhea


 * Although I never had this reward before, I shouldn't get it for just doing the job everyone elected me for. Also, deleting articles shouldn't be a reason to support me since the average user can't delete articles, so that would be unfair to non-administrators. -- Michaeldsuarez [[Image:Sabersmilygreend.jpg|20px]] ( Talk ) ( Deeds ) 13:33, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Still, you're very active in the community. I'll remove the nomination if you want. Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 13:37, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You can keep it up; I'm interested in what other people have to say. -- Michaeldsuarez [[Image:Sabersmilygreend.jpg|20px]] ( Talk ) ( Deeds ) 13:44, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

In 17 days, you have my vote, pal. -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)  (Chow) 22:20, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Per above. Though it shall be 10 days for me. &mdash;  JM ' 76 ' Ask Archives 00:51, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Ataru’s going to see this and not want it, but I’m doing this anyway. He’s more than deserving of this award, and I really hope he doesn’t pull this nomination. It’s the least we can do to thank him for all of his hard work over the past few months. Let me start with the more minor things and then move to the big one:
 * 2) Ataru has been reviewing other people’s work here for quite a bit now, including my own. I was not very good at writing narratives when he first started reading my work, and he’s helped me become so much better. He’s also reviewed work from others who have asked or even not asked, such as Squishy Vic or Unit 8311 or anyone else.
 * 3) He also started and did a great deal of work in reorganizing the fan fiction categories, moving completed novels to Category:Novels and anything else into things like Category:Future novels or Category:Books in progress, and others.
 * 4) Honestly, though, the previous two are only filler qualifications. The real qualification is his work in the Third Featured Article Review. Ataru didn’t want to be a Decreton Lord, but I convinced him to do it anyway. Becoming a Decreton Lord even meant he had to put his own Force Exile Series to the side for a bit. He helped get the review back on track and, really, is the one responsible for striking down nearly half of our Featured articles to Formerly featured article status. As I know full well, that’s not a bad thing. Ataru helped us break out of the mold of just looking at a nominee or an article to review and saying “well, it’s pretty long, so obviously it’s a Featured article”. We’re now using “line by line”, and the quality of Featured articles have increased tremendously. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 15:20, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) Same as above. -- Michaeldsuarez [[Image:Sabersmilygreend.jpg|20px]] ( Talk ) ( Deeds ) 15:23, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 6) Definitely. He's possibly the most overdue person for this honour. Apart from me, of course.  Unit 8311 [[Image:1110 Big small.jpg|20px]] Talk!  15:24, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 7) Damn right. --[[Image:Darth tom sig.png|100px]] <font color="#000001">(talk) <font color="#000001">(contributions) 19:53, 2 October 2008 (UTC)