Star Wars Fanon:User of the Month

 User of the Month is an award given to those users who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment and helpfulness to the Star Wars Fanon wiki. A good candidate should be helpful in the community by participating in article writing, community events, and good and featured article voting. They should also demonstrate a helpfulness that goes above and beyond what would normally be expected for a user, and they should try to help guide new users into becoming active community members. Users of the Month are meant to be the best examples of what our wiki has to offer.

Nomination process:

There is a simple process that all candidates go through in order to be selected as a User of the Month. That process is as follows:


 * 1) Any user may nominate any user other than themselves. They may also nominate as many users as they want, though they may only vote for one per month.
 * 2) However, users may not be chosen as a User of the Month if they have previously won the award in the last six (6) months. Even so, strive to nominate people who have not won before.
 * 3) Users will either support or oppose the candidates. Users must provide a reason for voting against a candidate. Users must meet the requirements of the voting policy to vote.
 * 4) At the end of each month, the candidate with the most votes will be that month's winner. All candidates will be removed from the nominations page and archived.
 * 5) Users who are not successfully chosen as User of the Month that month may be re-nominated at any time.

How to nominate:

When you nominate a user, please use the following nomination form in order to maintain a sense of organization on the nominations track:


 * ===Candidate's name===
 * ====Support (#)====
 * ====Neutral====
 * ====Oppose====
 * ====Comments====

Candidates will remain on the nominations track until the end of the month, unless the nominee removes him or herself before then. The candidate with the most votes will be the User of the Month. All nominees from that month will be added to the archive.

Support (+1)

 * 1) Last day of the month and not many nominees. Consistency and the volume of site edits make this a fairly easy choice.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 01:07, May 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) * #I think rodian is a pretty cool guy. eh draws teh artwork, corrects teh grammar, and doesn't afraid of anything. 02:33, May 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) Sure.  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 03:05, May 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) ITCO makes a valid point about this being recognition for communal usefulness. Karohalva (Talk) 03:55, May 5, 2011 (UTC)

Neutral

 * 1) Nothing against Trak, she's certainly qualified, but she's already gotten it twice before so I'm just going to vote neutral here. - Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg (talk) 03:29, May 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Per Brandon. I don't agree with nominating and voting for someone for UOTM just because there are no nominations. I recognize she makes a lot of good faith edits (which we all greatly appreciate), but she really hasn't written any fanon or fan fiction lately. Plus, as Brandon stated, she's already gotten it twice. I'd rather see someone new. -- D.W. (talk)(Glorior) 03:23, May 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) *Sorry to say it, but unless some guy comes out of left field and edits like a madman you aren't going to see anything but repeats. Just because someone has won multiple times doesn't mean you shouldn't vote for them. I don't get that attitude, especially if the user doesn't object, the community doesn't object and they do a good job.
 * By the way, the point of the UotM is to acknowledge community improvement and participation not as an accolade for working on one's own work. That is why most people that are active around here don't win it.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 03:44, May 5, 2011 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Opposed for the same reasons I stated in the neutral section. - Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg (talk) 01:02, May 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) -- Josh Bender Talk 21:38, May 18, 2011 (UTC)

Comments
No new users that qualify for the award, so it is time to turn back to a vet.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 01:07, May 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * While I'm flattered, I would much rather see a new user. Some new user.  Any new user!  Hell, I was considering SavageOpress1138, as he's new and he already knows the ropes!  He sources his images, and that's an A+ in my book.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 03:58, May 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * So what is that, Trak? A "no"? A "yes"? Users like me and TK-999 hung around for a while and became known entities, but Savage, while he has potential, is still super-new. I still vote for you.  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 04:00, May 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * There can be multiple nominees in the month. So unless she declines, both can be up for it.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 04:02, May 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * I realize that, but her response is vague.  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 04:04, May 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * As I said, I am flattered. I just feel that it should go to a newer user.  I've had the award twice.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 04:08, May 5, 2011 (UTC)

Support (+1)

 * 1) A new user who knows the MoS and LG pretty darn well and he sources his images! He's also courteous and friendly.  I've seen him on the RC quite often, and while I haven't seen much general maintenance editing from him (yet), he is still and active user.  And hey, perhaps an award will garner more activity.  And he sources his images.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 04:08, May 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Per Trak. 04:10, May 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) Per Trak (...and Goodwood). -- D.W. (talk)(Glorior) 04:33, May 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) Per Trak, Goodwood, and Wylind. ARC Commander Colt (Talk) 00:20, May 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * 5) Strong support. Rather than just basing opposition votes off of what Trak said, I encourage people to actually do some research about Savage before opposing this nomination. Is he new? Yes. Does that matter? Not really. In the last 7 days alone, he's helped out 9 individual users. No one who voted against this nomination has done that. Savage has helped out with encouragement, pointing out the need for categorization, for following the Manual of Style, Layout Guide, and image policy, etc. In the last 7 days, he's been more helpful for people than anyone who supported this nomination, myself included. Then you have his own stuff like working on his articles, and he's even nominated an article for FA status. Looking around the wiki, seeing what users we have, who's joining the wiki, who's doing what, etc., I think that, so far this month, Savage is the most deserving of this award&mdash;and that has nothing to do with a lack of other people to vote for. I'm genuinely impressed by him. - Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg (talk) 01:01, May 18, 2011 (UTC)

Neutral

 * While he has potential, I feel that he hasn't yet done enough to secure the award. 200 more edits and maybe so. He shows much promise, but this is still early in his career...  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 04:14, May 5, 2011 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Nothing against Opress, but someone who follows the rules should not be rewarded, rather it should be expected. It is a mandate, to me, and it takes a bit more to win this; such as helping clean up the community, participation, etc. His lack of credentials (less then 50 mainspace edits) and only 50 edits in the other areas doesn't cut it yet. If he does more for the community then he would be a shoe-in over the vet.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 04:18, May 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Per Soapy. This is too early for such an award.  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 04:23, May 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) This whole "award" is at an all-time low when users are nominated for reasons such as listed above. Atarumaster88  Jedi_Order.svg ( Talk page ) 00:19, May 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) Per ITCO.-- Josh Bender Talk 01:52, May 18, 2011 (UTC)

Comments

 * Doesn't he need 100 mainspace edits?  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 04:09, May 5, 2011 (UTC)

To vote, yes. For User of the Month? No. I suppose someone can win with less than 100 MS edits as long as they have the portfolio elsewhere. It would be mighty unprecedented though.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 04:12, May 5, 2011 (UTC)

Wow. I was nominated. I'm honored... I'm also kinda speechless... I actually do have 100 MS edits and I certainty have more than 50 elsewhere though. I can understand why you might feel that I'm not ready, but I'm still honored that some of you think I am. I doubt I'll beat Trak, plus she's probably more qualified than I am, but thanks for the nom anyway. --SavageOpress1138 (Talk) 00:16, May 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * Now you do, at the time the above was written you had about 46 mainspace edits and just over 100 total edits.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 21:28, May 18, 2011 (UTC)