Forum:MASSIVE Administrator Election

NOTE: Although the Administrative election is still ongoing, please congratulate Darth tom and Drewton on their successful elections! This is a place where you can nominate any user you want for the position of Administrator. The only real qualification is that they meet the Voting Policy. There is no set amount of time for this. It will last however long we need it to. We will elect as many people as we want. The only thing is that users need at least TEN net votes (meaning when support and oppose votes are combined) to be elected. That number can and will be revised if necessary. You also need to remain on the nomination track for at least three weeks, regardless of how many votes they have. Once they receive that many votes and they have been on the track for three weeks, they will be elected as an Administrator.

To make a point, I am not using the RFA Rules here because they simply don’t work in this situation. How can you vote for only one person when it’s an unlimited amount of openings? I think you see my point.

Why am I doing this? It’s simple: we have a problem. On a Wiki of this size, we need A LOT more Administrators to deal with things around here. To be honest, I really don’t care who you are so long as I don’t think you’re incompetent. If you’re not incompetent in my view, then it’s likely I’ll vote for you. We need more Administrators, and you’ll learn from experience.

Remember, you need 100 main space edits to vote. If you have any questions, please let me know. - Brandon Rhea (talk) (contribs) 07:51, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Current standings

 * 1) Solus (0)
 * 2) Xwing327 (-7)

Support

 * 1) Great user. She has proven to me, that she would make a fine Admin. The more the merier! --Arav the Undersith  (Contact Me ) (My contributions ) 07:02, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) *I should wait till she responds. (This is long overdue). --Arav the Undersith (Contact Me ) (My contributions ) 03:27, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Neutral

 * 1) Solus has said herself that she doesn't know if she'd be active enough. She'd be a brilliant user for the position, if activity isn't an issue. As I can't be sure whether it will at the moment, I'll be voting neutral. It would have been a good idea to ask Solus first, Arav. --[[Image:Darthtomsig.png|163px]] (talk) (contributions) 16:55, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) *I notified her a couple minutes after I voted for her. --Arav the Undersith <font color=Blue>(<font color=#C3B091>Contact Me ) <font color=#00416A>(<font color=#C3B091>My contributions ) 05:41, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Like Tom, I'm also voting neutral. Solus said she wouldn't run for Administrator unless she believed she could remain active now that she's in college. She's been in college for two weeks or so now and hasn't logged on much. I don't know if that's an indication of anything, but we need to hear from her before I vote for her. That said, I do think she'd be a great Administrator. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 16:59, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) Per Tom. Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 17:22, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) Per above. -- Michaeldsuarez [[Image:Sabersmilygreend.jpg|20px]] ( Talk ) ( Deeds ) 18:19, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 6) Per everybody else. &mdash;  JM ' 76 ' Ask Archives [[Image:Sabersmilyjm76.jpg|18px]] 05:55, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 7) Per all above. I'd be happy to support if she's interested in the job. -- Kathkira talk  07:04, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 8) I'm with the above. -MPK (MPK's Talk Page)|undefined 13:43, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 9) Currently inactive. --Victortalk 01:37, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 10) Per everyone. Unit 8311 (Talk) 11:02, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 11) Per all comments. From what I've seen so far, she is an excellent candidate.  But, as said before, she hasn't been very active lately.  I wouldn't want to bother her with administrative responsibilities, as I feel school work is much more important.Mattkenn3 (Talk) 03:25, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Comments
I would have to oppose this nomination, considering the fact that Solus hasn't even responded yet; even if she accepted the nomination, I would oppose her because this is proof that she isn't currently active. -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)  (Chow) 20:00, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Now isn't later. She'll probably become active again at some point. Also, many of our current administrators, including myself, aren't really active. -- Michaeldsuarez [[Image:Sabersmilygreend.jpg|20px]] ( Talk ) ( Deeds ) 20:02, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

It's true that many of our current administrators aren't really active, but why purposely elect an inactive user? If she becomes active once more, then I'll reconsider. -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)  (Chow) 20:11, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * She already has all the qualities of an administrator; all we got to do is wait for her to become active again. -- Michaeldsuarez [[Image:Sabersmilygreend.jpg|20px]] ( Talk ) ( Deeds ) 20:20, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Joe, please think before you speak. Solus has just started college and just needs some time to settle the boat. She's already returned to the IRC somewhat and, having spoken to her, she foresees her schedule clearing up pretty soon. --[[Image:Darth tom sig.png|100px]] <font color="#000001">(talk) <font color="#000001">(contributions) 20:22, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Tom, please think before you speak. I am entitled to my opinion, and you cannot force yours on me. I understand that Solus has great qualities and would be great for the role of administrator; but the simple fact that she is in college now, combined with the fact that she still has not responded to this nomination, tell me that she would not be active enough to maintain this position. If she becomes active in the necessary areas for an administrator once more, then I will reconsider. But don't tell me that I'm not thinking about an issue as important as this. It's not like I just said "Hey, she's no good cause she don't do nothin round here so no way screw it." Meh. -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)  (Chow) 18:03, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Joe has a good point; I have to agree with him.  Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 18:11, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Excuse me? Did I not say that Solus has foreseen becoming active soon, and so judgement should be reserved for some time? Please read all of what I say. --[[Image:Darth tom sig.png|100px]] <font color="#000001">(talk) <font color="#000001">(contributions) 18:25, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I did indeed. What Joe is saying is that she is not active right now, and is not saying that he won't vote for her if she does become active again. While I don't doubt she will become active again since she has said such, I still would have to see her become active again before supporting her. Many times I've said that I'll have a lot of free time one week but end up having very little. Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 18:35, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Tom, you are the one that needs to read all of what we say before making comments like you are. You aren't our teacher or our parent. I'll say it a third time; if Solus becomes active once more, I will reconsider my position. As of right now, she is not active enough to become an administrator; and like I said, we don't want to elect inactive users to positions. -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)  (Chow) 20:16, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) You have been inactive and per Obi-maul. I have not really seen you do much community wise. --<font color=#00416A>Arav the Undersith <font color=Blue>(<font color=#C3B091>Contact Me ) <font color=#00416A>(<font color=#C3B091>My contributions ) 01:41, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) Definitely not. I know Wing from the SWRP, and his behaviour there has led me to believe that he doesn't know when to act seriously, and when to act in a mature, intelligent way. He's had long spells of inactivity, and there's no way I'd trust a guy who sockpuppeted about a million times and made many personal attacks. Okay, you did admit it, but I'm never going to trust you fully after that, for a very long time. Your behaviour, which, admittedly, hasn't been so bad here, has shone through in a bad way on the SWRP, and I can't trust you to do such a job. --[[Image:Darthtomsig.png|163px]] <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contributions) 06:15, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) * I'd just like to point out that his behavior does seem to have improved since his ban; he hasn't made any personal attacks. Regardless, he isn't ready. -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)  (Chow) 16:49, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) He was to prove himself worthy for the job first. My objections are the same as the voters above. -- Michaeldsuarez [[Image:Sabersmilygreend.jpg|20px]] ( Talk ) ( Deeds ) 16:14, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) I saw that you asked on my talk page what I'd do if you ran for Admin. Well, here's my answer: STRONG OPPOSE. If you honestly thought I would support this after how you've acted on SWRP, which you have not made up for, then you don't know anything about me at all. Just taking Star Wars Fanon into consideration, you're barely active at all. "You just came back and saw that we need an Administrator" doesn't qualify you to be an Administrator. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 22:29, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 6) Per above. Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 03:16, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 7) Interactions on IRC tell me this is not someone I would trust with giant blue buttons of power. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 19:16, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 8) Who are you? What have you done for the site? What are your goals? Can you answer any of these questions? Anti-Formal  Come slang wit' me Work I've Put In 00:44, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Neutral

 * I really can't say a whole lot, considering I don't know Xwing that well, but I'm not sure if I'd support this nom considering this. I also really haven't seen you contribute that much lately; but I do give you some respect for at least admitting that you were sockpuppeting (you could've just not said anything and most likely have gotten away with it). -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)  (Chow) 21:35, 12 September 2008 (UTC)


 * 1) Per Joe. Wing hasn't been active for months, and, though it may be because I only registered in March, I haven't seen him to anything that shows he would be capable as an admin. He needs to at least contribute to the community some more instead of nominating himself the first day he comes back. GAs aren't enough to make someone an admin.  Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 21:48, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) *Right. A person could have fifty GA's or FA's, but if they aren't doing any thing community-wise, I flat-out wouldn't vote for them (of course, I'd give them props for their articles). -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)  (Chow) 23:47, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Has been inactive for awhile. --Victortalk 01:37, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) Per all above. Unit 8311 (Talk) 11:03, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Comments

 * Well, I have decided to come back and I see a need an administrators. Let's see. I have been here two years, I have had two FAs and a GA, and currently I have two GAs. I have been inactive recently, every now and then checking on the site. When active, I vote on policies, edit random pages, maintain if you will, this site as much as a member can, as I have done every now and then since 2006. I had an anger problem in the summer of 2007 and was banned. I returned and was allowed to stay. Although I couldn't vote and I was on parole, I contributed and got a GA. Eventually I received my voting privileges and returned to full member status. I have returned from a writer's block and now that I have more time to be here, I will be here. I am open to any questions you may have.  Wing   msg 21:21, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback guys. I hope within a few weeks I can prove to you I am ready for this and to help maintain this site.  Wing   msg 14:01, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I highly doubt that you could do enough in a few weeks to atone for all that's not admin material about you. --[[Image:Darthtomsig.png|163px]] <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contributions) 15:50, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Indeed. -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)  (Chow) 16:51, 13 September 2008 (UTC)