Forum:New Decreton Lord Elections: June 28th to July 12th

The time has come once more to vote on new candidates for the position of Decreton Lord. Decreton Lords are the users responsible for voting on and overseeing the nominations for Featured Article status, and they are the only users that are allowed to vote on Featured Article nominations based on the decision made by the users of Star Wars Fanon over one year ago. This election has come about due to the retirement of Squishy Vic as a Decreton Lord, and we are looking for one or two users to succeed him in the position.

Voting will last for two weeks as is customary in elections such as these. If it is found that a fairly obvious decision has been made before the two weeks is up or if more time is needed, then the Decreton Lords reserve the right to have the voting period extended or shortened. Please remember that in order to vote, you need to meet the conditions of the Voting policy, namely having two hundred and fifty (250) main space/article edits and having been a member for at least one month. If your voting privileges have been removed for any reason, you also may not vote though you may state your opinion in the Neutral section.

If you wish to nominate someone, please give clear reasons as to why you are nominating them. Please be aware that all nominees also must meet the voting policy and must have voting privileges, as this is a position that requires the winners to vote. If you nominate a candidate, please follow this format:


 * ===USER NAME===
 * ====Support====
 * ====Oppose====
 * ====Neutral/comments====
 * ====Questions====

Voting will end on July 12, 2008 at 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time unless stated otherwise. Should anyone have any questions, they can contact either myself or any other Decreton Lord and we will answer your questions as soon as possible. Good luck to all of the nominees! - President Brandon Rhea  (Pressroom) (Record) 00:54, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Current standings

 * Atarumaster88 (1)
 * MPK (1)

Support

 * 1) Before going on, I will state that Ataru has, in fact, accepted this nomination and he has agreed to become a Decreton Lord should the members vote him in. I state this only because many users are familiar with him rejecting High Priest nominations in the past due to a limited amount of time, but due to recent events on Wookieepedia his schedule has freed up. Anyway, Ataru is one of the best critics of articles and fan fiction that I have ever come across. In a forum thread about my second draft of The Legend of Ussej Padric Bac I was receiving nothing but praise, so I thought I was really good. Then Ataru came along, I learned that it wasn’t true and I dramatically improved. I think that he can really help people with that. As for his other qualifications, I’ll let him discuss that. - President Brandon Rhea  [[Image:Presidentialseal.gif|27px]] (Pressroom) (Record) 00:54, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Like Ataru, MPK has become known as a great reviewer of articles thanks to the ones shown on his user page. Have those been a bit controversial? Yes, as some people have not taken kindly to his highly direct and blunt approach. Others, however, have taken kindly to it. NKSCF thanked MPK for his review of Nathaniel Kenobi Solo more than once and has likely taken steps to try and improve his work because of it. Luckily, I have not had to endure his bluntness as the one review he did for me was largely positive, but I know that he’s a good critic and I think that he, along with Ataru, will make for an excellent addition to the team. - President Brandon Rhea  [[Image:Presidentialseal.gif|27px]] (Pressroom) (Record) 00:54, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Comments

 * I just want it to be known that MPK is currently the High Priest I will support for the position of Decreton Lord. Is that a shot at the other High Priests? No, I would just prefer that they stay where they are so that board doesn’t go down the drain. I would vote for Gnosis is knowledge, but I feel that it would be somewhat overwhelming for him to become an Administrator and a Decreton Lord at the same time, as he is likely going to become an Administrator. - President Brandon Rhea  [[Image:Presidentialseal.gif|27px]] (Pressroom) (Record) 00:54, 29 June 2008 (UTC)