Forum:Administrator Request (2) - SigmaDelta54

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Hi everyone. My name is Danny, and I am requesting your permission to be an administrator of Nukapedia.

Foreword

It's been a full two months since I made my last request. I realised that it was simply too early, along with a series of misunderstandings. And what I did to combat the tide was wrong and only fanned the flames. But now I'm here before you all, seeking the administrator position once more.

About

I've been editing here for roughly 5 months, improving upon pages in a variety of ways. I have been joining the chat more often as I find it to be a relaxing way to communicate with fellow users in an amicable atmosphere. There are quite a few times where there are no admins on for a while when vandals, trolls, and bad content can thrive. I have, and will continue to be active here, spending a lot of time monitoring the recent changes and editing. I've added a ton of delete templates, see users "edit-warring", and watch vandals repeatedly vandalise pages or user pages to no end. I will fill these "gaps" where the aforementioned things can happen by utilising the administrator tools to resolve conflicts, delete pages that do not fit our content criteria, and ban vandals/trolls if necessary.

Contributions/Qualifications

• Has made 2700+ main namespace edits.
• Served as a full-fledged moderator for roughly 3 months.
• Reported countless vandals & trolls to our admins.
• Created quite a few pages, not counting the dozens of redirect ones to improve navigation.
• Leader of the weapon condition project (almost finished)
• Worked on the FO3 locations project, as well as a bunch of others.
• Active editor, have been on here everyday since December (except for my 1.5 day hiatus while I was in Mexico :P)
• Patrols the recent changes pageand checks edits to make sure they are in line with our policies and guidelines.
• Capitalised page names and within-article content in accordance to the guidelines.
• Image categorisation

-You may notice I have a relatively large number of talk page edits. I do enjoy talking with fellow users, and helping less-experienced users in becoming more effective editors, and communicating with editors to resolve a disagreement, respond to a query, or present one.

There should have been a list of this user's edit counts here, but the edit counts feature is no longer available.

Conclusion

Please vote objectively. Criticism is welcome and wanted, regardless of vote!

-SigmaDelta54^(Talk) 00:52, March 20, 2012 (UTC)

The vote

Poll finished on 12:52 am March 27, 2012 (UTC).

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• Don't get me wrong, you are an outstanding editor, but your interactions with some of the people here have raised my concerns. I will gladly change my vote if I feel it is right. -- Bacon-Man ^{Talk to me goose!} 01:00, March 20, 2012 (UTC)
  • In light of Leon's and Guardian's comments, I hereby change my vote :3 -- Bacon-Man ^{Talk to me goose!} 00:31, March 21, 2012 (UTC)
• Admins need to be able to act civil no matter who they are talking to. -- ☢Valoopy☣ 01:12, March 20, 2012 (UTC)
• BILLYOCEAN ^{Wanna talk?} 01:43, March 20, 2012 (UTC)
• To be an admin is to act as one. You are going the right direction, but now is not the time. Pony of the East 03:02, March 20, 2012 (UTC)
• MysteryStranger: Trust in the power of Infinity! 10:53, March 20, 2012 (UTC)
• I respect you as an editor and you do a great job of that. However I think the position of admin isn't quantity but about quality. You don't need tons of edits to become an admin in my opinion. Secondly, this is your second application in your 5 months of being here. Since your first I think you've improved as a user; but you have applied straight away in as little time as possible and this could be seen as a power grab. In the future I think you will make a good admin but you haven't been here long enough yet and are trying to get to it too quickly. The Australian Kiwi 21:19, March 20, 2012 (UTC)
  • I rushed my decision I think, will post my final later today. The Australian Kiwi 07:34, March 21, 2012 (UTC)
• Happened upon some Wi-Fi and I saw that you finally put up your second request! I think you have grown a lot during the days proceeding your previous request, and while you do have certain aspects that still need improving, I believe you have earned the right to join the Administrative ranks. You're still what I would consider an uncut diamond, but so were the rest of us before being inducted and we honed ourselves by becoming used to our new responsibilities. Also, for a little criticism, try and become a little more decisive. I see you changing opinions quite a bit. ;) Anyways, I'm going to finish up here and then I'm off to the beach. Is it unhealthy that I checked up on here during my vacation? ^Skål!
• If that (^^) were true, then many admins like Leon and Ryan shouldn't be admins, right? I think that people are coming to expect too much, and the approach we need is to understand, as so many of us have tried to say, it is not a rank, but rather it gives the user a few more buttons. Sure there are responsibilities that come with it, but this is not an autocratic hierachy, and people need to start recognising this. What is the point of grabbing power: there is no power, only tools. Besides, someone needs to fill in for me over the next few months... Φύλαξ ^{[~μίλησε μου~]} 23:24, March 20, 2012 (UTC)
• -- 02:11, March 21, 2012 (UTC)
• Believe me, I wouldn't say yes if I didn't mean it. I think you've earned it. Promise me one thing though, if you do make it, don't but in into other's conversations, whether it being on talk pages, or whatever. I'll think you'll do fine though-- 07:26, March 21, 2012 (UTC)
• The lone wanderer's bad-ass grandma 22:41, March 21, 2012 (UTC)

Comments

I'm going to have to think before voting sig. You didn't take the no well last time.... and this concerns me. I think you've grown a lot, but I'm not sure if you've learned how to deal with rejection well enough yet. For now, consider this me voting "present", and we'll see how it goes. Agent c 00:56, March 20, 2012 (UTC)

Of course, take your time. There are 7 full days ;) -SigmaDelta54^(Talk) 00:57, March 20, 2012 (UTC)

Right now I'm too short of time to vote, but I will say the only thing left that you need to avoid doing is getting involved in other people's conversations. Although sometimes this is helpful and called for, other times it can feel intrusive because even though people are aware that others can see their conversation, it's sometimes unpleasant to have others trying to get involved. This hasn't happened a lot to me, but it's a jist I've been getting. So just try to judge them better :) Φύλαξ ^{[~μίλησε μου~]} 20:07, March 20, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for that, Ci. I wish to address a point. This is not a "power-grab" simply because there is no power to be grabbed. From our policies and guidelines:

“Please note that the additional power is not a reward for good contributions nor a promotion to have more authority than other users. Simply put, a special rights user is a user who is being trusted with access to certain technical features to aid in article or community maintenance.”

Thanks. -SigmaDelta54^(Talk) 23:33, March 20, 2012 (UTC)

I've noticed that you haven't made any mention of why you would like Admin powers or what you would do with them. I'd be interested in hearing those points. The Gunny 23:41, March 20, 2012 (UTC)

Oh, sure, let me add that in. -SigmaDelta54^(Talk) 23:48, March 20, 2012 (UTC)

Just to go back to what Ci said, I do agree that although you mean well, sometimes it can seem disruptive when you enter another argument. Especially when said argument has been resolved. I know you mean well but sometimes it's best to just let the two people work it out themselves. Other than that, you're doing good. 03:09, March 21, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Yessie, and Ryan! -SigmaDelta54^(Talk) 18:29, March 21, 2012 (UTC)