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The following was a proposal to demote Vagrant Lustoid from the Archivists, and to promote a new Archivist. The result of the discussion was that Vagrant Lustoid was demoted, and Atarumaster88 was promoted as an Archivist. This forum is an archive. Should you wish to add your opinion on the matter, please do so on the forum's talk page.

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As some of you may be aware, we've had a few problems getting Featured Works off the ground, what with one thing and another.

One of the Archivists, Vagrant Lustoid has not had any activity since February. Needless to say, we've been stuck on a few nominations that needed his vote, to the point where I had to withdraw one and Brandon renominated it so I could vote.

Two proposals:

1. Demoting Vagrant Lustoid as an Archivist
2. Nomination for a new Archivist.

Katana Geldar 02:04, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Demoting Vagrant Lustoid

Support

1. Katana Geldar 02:04, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
2. This is a no-brainier for me. Two edits in the last five months? Three edits ever in FW nominations? Unacceptable. The Archivists and Ataru have all tried contacting Vagrant to see what's up, but Vagrant has not replied to them. Demotion and replacement is the only option. - Brandon Rhea ^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:11, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
3. Hahahahaha... –Victor ^{(talk page)} 02:15, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
4. Let me just say what the heck happened here?--Nightmare⁹⁷⁵ 02:49, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
5. --Kathkira ^talk 16:40, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
6. -- ^{(talk) (contributions)} 16:44, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
7. Don't blame me for this; I distinctly remember opposing him. --Michaeldsuarez ^{(Talk) (Deeds)} 17:00, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
   • Let's be fair here, Michael: "I say that he fits the basic job description, but I only have one objection". Your objection was basically that you thought he was a "meanie" to people in edit summaries. It had nothing to do with activity. - Brandon Rhea ^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:14, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
     • lol. Fair enough. --Michaeldsuarez ^{(Talk) (Deeds)} 17:31, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
8. Unit 8311^Talk! 17:21, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
9. --Arav ^{(Ancient Grove) (Lost Archives)} 03:32, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
10. Wylind (Conference Room) 15:07, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Nominations for a new archivist

Atarumaster88 (+8)

Support

1. He does the job anyway by reviewing almost every nomination, lol. If he wants to decline, then so be it...–Victor ^{(talk page)} 02:17, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
2. Agree 110%. I am aware he might not accept, though. Katana Geldar 02:22, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
3. I highly doubt he'll accept this. I was going to nominate him myself, but didn't want to out of fear for my personal safety... - Brandon Rhea ^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:24, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
4. lol. — JM76 ^Ask _Archives 02:44, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
5. If he accepts, we'd love to have him, even if he only elects to accept temporarily. --Kathkira ^talk 16:40, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
6. He won't accept it. -- ^{(talk) (contributions)} 16:44, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
7. Hell yeah. Aye. --Michaeldsuarez ^{(Talk) (Deeds)} 17:00, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
8. Meh.--Arav ^{(Ancient Grove) (Lost Archives)} 03:32, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
9. Wylind (Conference Room) 15:09, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Oppose

1. He isn't going to accept, and if he does, I'll change my vote.--Nightmare⁹⁷⁵ 08:07, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Comments

For clarification purposes, when Katana says that Vagrant hasn't had any activity since February, what she really means is that Vagrant's ONE and ONLY edit in 2009 was made in February. He previously made one edit in December. This means that in the last five months, Vagrant has made only two edits. Since becoming an Archivist, he's made only three edits in featured work nominations. All of them were in the same thread (the nomination of Heritage), and none of them were particularly constructive. A non-Archivist could've said the same things. - Brandon Rhea ^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:09, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Any chance of getting this on the news page or some sort of shout out? Katana Geldar 07:34, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Just as a note, Ataru has accepted the nomination (he confirmed this via email). I'm leaving this here just so it's clear, since I'm about to archive this. - Brandon Rhea ^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:51, 12 May 2009 (UTC)