Forum:New CUSWFN Head Election

Many of you will know that I am retiring as Head of CUSWFN. A question that all of the few I have told asked was this: "Am I leaving Star Wars Fanon?" The answer is a resounding no. I am merely retiring as head of CUSWFN. My reasons can be read about in this weeks CUSFWFN (Edition XV), yet I hope for you to understand that they are for the good of (what I believe to be) the community. However, now comes the matter of my succession. I have heard two people at least express their interests in taking it off me, and I'm calling a community vote for the new Head of CUSWFN, as CUSWFN is, and always will be, a community thing. The way of voting can be seen below, and please conform to it. To vote/nominate someone, please use this format:
 * 1) All matters of the voting policy obviously apply.
 * 2) You may nominate yourself, and if you do so, please give two or three paragraphs detailing what you've done for CUSWFN, what more you feel you can do, what you would take from the newsletter, and what you would bring.
 * 3) If someone else nominates you, you may either accept or decline.
 * 4) Anyone allowed to vote per the voting policy may; no prior assosciation with CUSWFN is required.
 * 5) It is strongly recommended that, if you nominate yourself, you have at least a small assosciation with CUSWFN, such as being a one time Meet a User, or contributing numerous articles.
 * 6) Administrators may be nominated. Technically, the name CUSWFN is an oxymoron, and it's more semi-official.


 * ===Name===
 * ====Support====
 * ====Oppose====
 * ====Neutral====
 * ====Comments====

Obviously, this is to keep order.

I would like to take whoever wins on as an informal 'apprentice' type, and allow them to work with me on the last CUSWFN, so they can get a feel for it, and know what they're doing, so voting will end on the 7th June 2008, at 18:00 UTC.

Good luck to every candidate who is nominated! I shall remove mself from the nominating process, but I will vote. However, I do not have the casting vote; whoever gets the most votes will win, and I have no more input than anyone else. So, once again, good luck! My page iChat What I've done 09:25, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Current standings

 * 1) Brandon Rhea (3)
 * 2) Brandon Rhea and Squishy Vic (1)
 * 3) Obi maul12 (-1)

Obi maul12
Thanks for nominating me, Tom. Now, where do I start?

When I began on this wiki, I was the ultimate noob. Both Brandon and Vic know this; they had to warn me about policies at least twenty times; this is the first wiki I've ever participated in. Since then, I have learned a ton about wikis in general, about wiki markup, and about this community.

When Tom asked me to come on IRC several days ago, I had no idea what to expect, since my last request to come on the IRC was not very pleasing. I almost leaped for joy when I saw that Tom had offered me this position; he told me that if no one else wanted it, I could have it.

I know that many of you are not convinced that I would be able to fill this position very well. Let me tell you something. Look at this and this. And look at how I have matured since then (February), when I joined Wikia and SWFanon. I believe that I can add some spice to CUSWFN, and can maintain it almost as well as Tom, if not just as well or even better.

Please consider the above. Thanks, everyone. -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)   (Complain here) 19:40, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) I don't believe him to be capable. The best guy for this position is definitely Tom but since he is leaving, I cannot see any one else doing it, minus a couple few who may likely reject a nomination. --Victor (talk) 21:43, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) *Alright, but then, what are you suggesting? That CUSWFN is to be dismantled? -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)   (Complain here) 21:46, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) **I didn't suggest anything. I just said that I don't think you as being capable, and I won't vote for you just so CUSWFN isn't "dismantled." --Victor (talk) 21:51, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) ***Fair enough. But could you give me a reason why you don't think me capable? -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)   (Complain here) 22:01, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) ****See your talk page. --Victor (talk) 22:19, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 6) *See yours. -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)   (Complain here) 22:26, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Neutral

 * 1) I nominated this person as he asked me to, but not because I believe hm to be the best candidate (I'm neutral so far) but because he asked me too, but believes he can't vote. I may choose to vote later. [[Image:Darthtomsig.png|163px]] My page iChat What I've done 19:07, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Comments

 * 1) I didn't say you could have the position, but I said if no one else emerged I would think about letting you have it if there was no one else. [[Image:Darthtomsig.png|163px]] My page iChat What I've done 19:51, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) I am aware Brandon is busy as am I, but I am going to nominate him. If he rejects, so be it, but I believe him one of the few capable and qualified to run this. --Victor (talk) 22:10, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) Brandon is the most qualified to do the job after Tom.--  Arav the Undersith ( Talk Page ). 23:54, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) What can I say? He's done the most work for CUSWFN overall, and I'll now admit that he was the other person who said he was interested. He said he would most likely want to do this, and if he does, I'll back him all the way. His editing has been fantastic, and he's a completely trustworthy person. 'Nuff said. [[Image:Darthtomsig.png|163px]] My page iChat What I've done 08:28, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Comments
Joe, I told you that I had thought about running it for a few issues to reorganize it. I never said that I was too busy to do it, if I recall correctly. However, there is a better nomination, and that will be in the section below this. - President Brandon Rhea  (Pressroom) (Record) 16:56, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * If Brandon had said he was interested, I wouldn't have had Tom nominate me, but Brandon told me that he is too busy to run CUSWFN. -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)   (Complain here) 22:23, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I know, you told me that last night, but I nominated him nonetheless and will simply wait for his response. --Victor (talk) 22:32, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Brandon Rhea and Squishy Vic
First, this idea was thought of by Vic, and I'm only posting it here because I agree with it. The idea is that he and I will run the newsletter together, which makes a lot more sense than one person doing it. Tom did a great job, of course, but it always seemed like he felt rushed. He got it out and all, but I don't think it's very fair to anyone to have to rush like that. Anyway, what we will be doing is basically splitting the work. For example, both of us can do the reviews of the Good Article and Featured Article of the week, with me doing the GA one week while he does the FA and then switching that around.

Vic will do crosswords because he enjoyed doing it himself for the Narod Antrell crossword. We will both work on articles such as news and other things. We'll be doing reviews on someone's fan fiction novels or upcoming games, movies, etc. based on Star Wars. We can also do "shameless advertising" for TF.N considering I'm a Moderator on the Jedi Council boards now. Then there's also Gonk who will be doing Darthipedia satire articles assuming he still wants to.

Anyway, that's basically it. We feel that this will be a very good and efficient team up here, especially since it will split the work between two people. I think it would be very hard to deny that this would work, considering that Vic and I have proven time and time again that we work incredibly well with one another. Let's see if you all feel the same.

Neutral/comments

 * I'm totally in agreement....I just thought you guys had said you were too busy, which is why I had myself nominated. -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)   (Complain here) 17:27, 1 June 2008 (UTC)