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) Arav the Undersith (5)
 * 2) Unit 8311 (0)
 * 3) 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. &mdash;Victor, Sr. «discussion» 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,

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) 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)

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) After a long discussion on the IRC, I have decided to nominate Arav for UoTM. This has nothing to do with his request he left on my talk page - I admit, it kind of solidified the deal - because I had plans to nominate him after Solus' successful bid for the UoTM. Anyway, my reasons for choosing Arav are as follows.
 * 2) *Arav joined the wiki in late 2006, and his activity has remained relatively steady throughout his time here with us. During his time as a user, he has joined Project Cruentus, I would argue his chief community article-based project to the Wiki. He, along with Darth tom, have proven that we can organize a group of users in the community to collaborate on an article without dissolving into petty groups like clubs and stuff like that. If you would argue that PC has no major articles, I would argue that it has 1 FA so far, and one GA with one or two more on the way.
 * 3) *Second, he has been providing input on community subjects quite regularly, and does not hesitate to make his opinion noted. He is frequently involved in community consensus and discussions, and makes voting on GAs, UoTM, and QoTW a habit.
 * 4) *Arav is one of the few dozen users who commonly welcomes new users. I know some people only do it from time to time - myself included - and other valuable contributors don't do it at all, but I think most veteran users overlook the advantage of a friendly greeting to a n00b.
 * 5) *I have heard that he had contributed to the deleting of junk/categoryless articles back in 2007, and while I have no knowledge of that - I was inactive at the time - I will take his word for it. In addition, he has recently begun assisting newer users with issues or problems they may have.
 * 6) *His efforts to improve the wiki have begun to become more obvious over the last few months, including but not limited to: improving grammar/spelling in articles (his own and others), starting a few forums, and helping new users to the point that would drive others (like me) insane.
 * So, to conclude, I would like to point out that Arav is an exceedingly well-rounded user, despite his age. His maturity has improved along with his writing skills, and his contributions speak for themselves. While a few things still need some work (creepy #swfanon stuff included), I believe Arav is a fine candidate for UoTM, displaying all the traits listed in the UoTM intro that I have just noticed =P &mdash;  JM ' 76 ' Ask Archives [[Image:Sabersmilyjm76.jpg|18px]] 07:15, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 13:20, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) >_> Yeah, I think JM pretty much covered everything, just his support vote, I feel, is enough to earn the award alone...--  CurrentBigThing  ( Speak ) 13:47, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Indeed. --Victortalk 16:15, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) Per all above. -- Michaeldsuarez [[Image:Sabersmilygreend.jpg|20px]] ( Talk ) ( Deeds ) 16:17, 4 September 2008 (UTC)